GAe NATIONAL 



GEOGRAPHIC 

 ,i MAGAZINE 



JULY, 1905 



No. 7 



PAGE 



CONTENTS 



The Evolution of Russian Government. By Dr Edwin A. 



Grosvenor. Illustrated with 1 4c Full-page Illustrations . 309 



The Purpose of the Anglo- Japanese Alliance* By Hon. Eki 

 Hioki, of the Japanese Legation 333 



The Purple Veil — A Romance of the Sea. By H. A. L. 



Illustrated 337 



Our Mines and Quarries. Illustrated 342 



The Home of the National Geographic Society 342 



The Geographical Balance ' 342 



Victoria Falls. Illustrated 349 



William Ziegler. Illustrated 355 



The Foreign Commerce of Japan 357 



Geographic Literature . 360 



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