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Explorations in Alaska 269 



The Mission of the " Diana " 271 



Geographic Literature 274 



Geographic Miscellanea 277 



Shishaldin as a Field for Exploration ; Joseph Stanley-Brown 281 



Magnetic Work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey ; L. A. Bauer 288 



Deep-Sea Exploring Expedition of the Steamer Albatross; Hugh M. 



Smith 291 



Geographical Congress at Berlin 296 



The Proposed American Interoceanic Canal in its Commercial As- 

 pects ; Joseph Nimmo, Jr 297 



The Interoceanic Canal ; Emory R. Johnson .' 311 



Plans for Reaching the South Pole; Gilbert H. Grosvenor 316 



Geographic Literature 320 



Miscellanea 326 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 327 



The Commercial Development of Japan ; 0. P. Austin 329 



The Bad Lands of South Dakota ; N. H. Darton 339 



The AVest Indian Hurricane of August 7-14, 1899 ; E. B. Garriott. . 343 



The Return of "Wellman ; J. Howard Gore 348 



The International Cloud Work of the Weather Bureau ; Frank H. 



Bigelovv 351 



The American Association for the Advancement of Science 355 



The Rediscovery of Puerto Rico 359 



The Wellman Polar Expedition ...... 361 



Through Franz Josef Land 362 



The Isthmian Canal Problem ; W J McGee 363 



Geographic Literature 364 



Geographic Miscellanea 371 



Life on a Yukon Trail ; Alfred Pearce Dennis 377 



Tides of Chesapeake Bay ; E. D. Preston 391 



The Relation of Forests and Forest Fires ; Gifford Pinchot 393 



Variations in Lake Levels and Atmospheric Precipitation ; Alfred J. 



Henry 403 



Calculations of Population in June, 1900 ; Hemry Farquhar 406 



The Definite Location of Bouvet Island ; O. H. Tittmann 413 



Peary's Work and Prospects ; H. L. Bkidgman 414 



Peary's Explorations in 1898-1899 415 



The California and Nevada Boundary ; C. H. Sinclair 416 



Geographic Literature 417 



Railroads and Canals 420 



Geographic Miscellanea 421 



The Alaskan Boundary ; Hon. John W. Foster 425 



Life on a Yukon Trail (continued) ; Alfred Pearce Dennis 4o7 



The Rational Element in Geography ; W. M. Davis 466 



Ed ward Orton 474 



National Geographic Society 474 



Geographic Literature 475 



