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disharmony with the dominant green of 

 the encompassing South Slavs. In other 

 words, the colors tell their own story of 

 the kinship of the races which they sym- 

 bolize. 



A MONOGRAPH OF PERMANENT EDUCA- 

 TIONAL VALUE 



Dr. Grosvenor's text, which elaborates 

 the facts set forth in such graphic form 

 by the map, constitutes, with the scores 

 of illustrations, a monograph of perma- 

 nent educational value and ever-recurrent 

 human interest. The entire number is 

 a fitting contribution to the important 

 monographic library which the National 

 Geographic Society is gradually creating 

 for its members by issuing in magazine 

 form such noteworthy numbers as "Flags 

 of the World," the Larger Mammals of 

 North America, the Smaller Mammals of 

 North America, "The Land of the Best" 

 (a bird's-eye view in text and pictures 

 of the resources and advantages of Amer- 

 ica), and several numbers devoted to 

 American birds. 



"The Races of Europe" not only pro- 

 vides material of fascinating interest to 

 the casual reader, but contains the au- 

 thoritative groundwork for the student of 

 the most intricate and at the present time 

 the most vital problem which diploma- 

 tists, statesmen, and humanitarians have 

 set themselves to solve. 



It is confidently believed that this num- 

 ber of the Geographic will prove a work 

 of lasting value ; for however political 

 boundaries in Europe may be changed by 

 treaties or by conquest, and however eth- 

 nographic delimitations may be affected 

 by migration and immigration, racial 

 characteristics and traits are fairly con- 

 stant from generation to generation and 

 are materially modified only through the 

 centuries. 



Earlier geographic articles having 

 racial significance 



For the convenience of those readers 

 of the Geographic who preserve their 

 files, footnotes have been added under the 

 various race headings in order that more 

 detailed presentations of peoples and lo- 



calities, described in earlier issues of the 

 magazine, may be used for reference. 



In addition to the articles thus enu- 

 merated, those who find the races of Eu- 

 rope a subject of engrossing interest will 

 derive pleasure and profit from reading 

 again such authoritative and entertaining 

 articles as Col. Theodore Roosevelt's 

 "How Old Is Man?" (February, 1916) ; 

 "The Sea-kings of Crete," by the Rev. 

 James Baikie (January, 191 2) ; "From 

 Jerusalem to. Aleppo," by John D. Whit- 

 ing (January, 191 3) ; "Megaspelaeon, the 

 Oldest Monastery in Greece," by Carroll 

 Storrs Alden (March, 1913) ; "The Res- 

 urrection of Ancient Egypt," by the Rev. 

 James Baikie (September, 1913) ; "Vil- 

 lage Life in the Holy Land," by John D. 

 Whiting (March, 191 4) ; "Where Adam 

 and Eve Lived," by Frederick and Mar- 

 garet Simpich (December, 1914) ; "Im- 

 pressions of Palestine," by Viscount 

 James Bryce (March, 191 5) ; "The Gates 

 to the Black Sea," by Harry Griswold 

 Dwight, and "Homer's Troy Today," by 

 Jacob E. Conner (May, 191 5) ; "Venice," 

 by Karl Stieler (June, 191 5) ; "Historic 

 Islands and Shores of the ^Egean Sea," 

 by Ernest Lloyd Harris (September, 



191 5) ; "The Cradle of Civilization," an 

 account of Mesopotamia, by the Rev. 

 James Baikie, and "Pushing Back His- 

 tory's Horizon," an account of archae- 

 ological explorations in Assyria and Baby- 

 lonia, by Albert T. Clay (February, 



1916) ; "The Hoary Monasteries of Mt. 

 Athos," by H. G. Dwight (September, 

 1916) ; "Lonely Australia," by Herbert 

 E. Gregory (December, 1916) ; "Our For- 

 eign-born Citizens" (February, 1917) ; 

 "On the Monastir Road," a war-time pic- 

 ture of Macedonia, by Herbert Corey 

 (May, 191 7) ; "European Famines of the 

 Past," by Ralph Graves, and "Letters 

 from the Italian Front," by Ethel M. 

 Bagg ( July, 1 91 7) ; "Andorra, a Unique 

 Republic in the Pyrenees," by Herbert 

 Corey (March, 1918), and "Under the 

 Heel of the Turk," by William H. Hall 

 (July, 1918). 



Extra copies of this "Races of Europe" 

 number, including the Map, may be ob- 

 tained from the office of the National 

 Geographic Society at fifty cents each. 



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