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The National Geographic Magazine 



November y — "The Part of Africa where 

 President Roosevelt will Probably Hunt," by 

 Sir Henry H. Johnston, pioneer African Ex- 

 plorer. Illustrated. 



November 13 — "Fashion Plates from Afar," 

 by Hon. O. P. Austin, Chief of the U. S. Bureau 

 of Statistics. An account of the queer methods 

 of dress and adornment employed by savage 

 and civilized man from the Garden of Eden to 

 the present day. Illustrated with lantern slides 

 and . moving pictures. 



November 20 — "Bulgaria and Her Neigh- 

 bors," by Dr Hermann Schoenfeld, Professor 

 of Germanics and Continental History, George 

 Washington University, and Consul General of 

 the Ottoman Empire in Washington. 



November 27 — "The Savage South Seas," by 

 Mr Oliver Bainbridge, of England. Mr Bain- 

 bridge will describe the natives and ocean life 

 in Fiji, the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon 

 Islands, Papua and Maoriland, a little known 

 and romantic region. Illustrated. 



December 4 — "Through the Canyons of the 

 Euphrates on a Raft of Skins," by Mr Ellsworth 

 Huntington, of Yale University, author of "The 

 Pulse of Asia," etc. The narrative of some in- 

 teresting experiences and sights in the "Land 

 of the Arabian Nights." Illustrated. 



December 11 — "The Redemption of Ireland," 

 by Mr William E. Curtis. No longer does the 

 Irishman in Ireland live on potatoes and peat. 

 Illustrated. 



December 18 — -"The Turkish Revolution," by 

 Dr Howard S. Bliss, President Syrian Protest- 

 ant College, Beirut. The democratic revolu- 

 tion in Turkey, which has thus far gained its 

 ends without bloodshed, is one of the most re- 

 markable and almost incredible movements of 

 history. Dr Bliss since 1902 has been President 

 of the great American University in Syria, of 

 which his father, Dr Daniel Bliss, had been 

 President for 36 years. Illustrated. 



January 8 — "A Digger's Work in Palestine," 

 by Dr Frederick J. Bliss, author of "A Mound 

 of Many Cities," "Excavations in Palestine," 

 etc. Dr Bliss has been conducting important 

 excavations in Palestine for 20 years. In one 

 mound he found eight cities buried one under 

 another. Illustrated. 



January 15 — "The Non-Christian Tribes of 

 the Philippine Islands," by Dr Frederick 

 Starr, of the University of Chicago. Who they 

 are, how they live, and what the American 

 people and government are doing for them. 

 Illustrated. 



January 22 — "The Panama Canal and the 

 Spanish Main," by Mrs Harriet Chalmers 

 Adams, author of "Wonderful Sights in Andean 

 Highlands," "Land of the Incas," etc., in the 

 National Geographic Magazine. How 40,000 

 men are making the dirt fly at Panama ; how 

 they are cared for; their mess halls and amuse- 

 ments. With an excursion to the Spanish 

 Main. Illustrated with lantern slides and mov- 

 ing pictures. 



January 29 — "Abraham Lincoln — Boy and! 

 Man," by Mr W. W. Ellsworth, of the Century 

 Co. The year 1909 is the centenary of Lincoln's 

 birth. 



February 5 — Major General A. W. Greely r . 

 U. S. Army, will address the National Geo- 

 graphic Society. The subject of this lecture 

 will be announced later. Illustrated. 



February 12 — "The Bird Islands of Our At- 

 lantic Coast," by Mr Frank M. Chapman, of the 

 American Museum of Natural History. Illus- 

 trated with lantern slides and moving pictures- 

 of the pelicans and fish hawks. 



February 19 — "Java — The Garden of the 

 East," by Mr Henry G. Bryant. Mr Bryant,, 

 like the majority of travelers, describes this 

 island as "the most beautiful and fascinating 

 region in the world." Illustrated with lantern 

 slides and moving pictures. 



February 26 — "Aerial Locomotion," by Mr 

 Wilbur Wright or Mr Orville Wright. 



March 12 — "The Hunting Fields of Central 

 Africa," by Mr Gardiner F. Williams, author 

 of "The Diamond Mines of South Africa," and 

 for 20 years general manager of the De Beers- 

 diamond mines at Kimberley. Illustrated with 

 lantern slides and moving pictures. 



March 19 — "Ruwenzori, the Snow Crowned' 

 Mountain of the Equator," by Prof. Edwin A. 

 Fay, of the Tufts College, President American 

 Alpine Club. This is the African peak which 

 the Duke of the Abruzzi ascended two years- 

 ago. The magnificent photographs of the na- 

 tives and scenery along the route taken by the 

 famous Italian photographer, Sella, who ac- 

 companied the Italian prince, will be shown on' 

 lantern slides. 



March 25— "Brittany— The Land of the 

 Sardine," by Dr Hugh M. Smith, Deputy Com- 

 missioner of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries.. 

 The industries and customs of this picturesque- 

 section of France will be interestingly de- 

 scribed by one who knows them well. Illus- 

 trated. 



April 2 — "Homes for Millions — Reclaiming 

 the Desert," by Mr C J. Blanchard, of the 

 U. S. Reclamation Service. Illustrated with 

 lantern slides and moving pictures. 



MEETINGS AT HUBBARD MEMORIAL 

 HALL 



In addition to the regular meetings held' 

 every Friday evening in the Masonic Temple, 

 there will be occasional meetings of a more- 

 technical character in Hubbard Memorial Hall. 

 Notices of these meetings will be published in 

 the Washington newspapers. Postal announce- 

 ments will also be sent to members asking for 

 them. During December or January addresses 

 are expected from Dr Albrecht Penck, Pro- 

 fessor of Geography in the University of Berlin, 

 Germany, and Kaiser Wilhelm Professor in 

 Columbia University for 1909, and Prof. Ray- 

 mond F. Beazley, author of "The Dawn of 

 Modern Geography," of Oxford University. 



