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commercial development by the British 

 during the last five years of 500,000 

 square miles in equatorial Africa, with a 

 vigorous semi-civilized population of 

 20,000,000; "The French Empire in 

 Africa," being an account of the French 

 work in Algeria, Tunis, and more espe- 

 cially their ambitions for the transforma- 

 tion of the Sahara Desert, by Charles 

 Rabot, editor of "La Geographie," of 

 Paris. 



U. S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES 



IT is hereby ordered that there be 

 added to the duties of the United 

 States Board on Geographic Names, 

 created by Executive order dated Sep- 

 tember 4, 1890, the duty of determining, 

 changing, and fixing place names within 

 the United States and insular possessions, 

 and it is hereby directed that all names 

 hereafter suggested for any place by any 

 officer or employee of the government 

 shall be referred to said board for its con- 

 sideration and approval before publica- 

 tion. 



In these matters, as in all cases of dis- 

 puted nomenclature, the decisions of the 

 board are to be accepted by the depart- 

 ments of government as the standard au- 

 thority. 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



The White House, January 23, 1906. 



GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE 



Jungle Trails and Jungle People. By 



Caspar Whitney. Pp. 310, 8 vo. 



New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. 



1905. 



A series of fascinating narratives of 

 hunts for big game in Siam, Burma, the 

 Malay States, and Sumatra, sprinkled 

 through which is a lot about the 

 country and the people, their life, 

 thoughts, and characteristics. One is 

 struck with the characterization of the 

 Malays of the Federated States, which 

 holds good wherever Malays are found. 

 "He was very rarely the bloodthirsty, 



sullen, silent creature of which we have 

 had so often the pen picture. He is, to 

 be sure, thriftless, indolent, unambi- 

 tious, but he is polite, good-natured, 

 contented . . . above all else . . .. 

 the Malay is intensely self-respect- 

 ing . . . He is reserved, self-con- 

 tained . . . He resents insult so 

 strongly that bloodshed may result 

 . . . is deliberate of speech . . . 

 and is not demonstrative. He walks 

 erect and he looks you in the eye." The 

 Philippine Malay is all this, except that 

 he is ambitious, and will work to better 

 his condition. 



The book is printed on heavy paper, 

 and is beautifully and appropriately 

 illustrated H. G. 



From "Africa," by Frank G. Carpenter, Copyrighted 



Disembarking Passengers, Portuguese East 

 Africa. The passenger enters the basket 

 and is swung overboard. 



Carpenter 's Geographical Reader — 

 Africa. By Frank G. Carpenter. Pp. 

 336. Six maps and numerous illustra- 

 tions. y]/ 2 by 5^2 inches. New York r 

 American Book Company. 

 With this volume Mr Carpenter com- 

 pletes his series of Geographical Readers 



