Geographic Literature 443 



The Philippine Islands. Edited by 

 Emma Helen Blair and James Alex- 

 ander Robertson. Vol. xxiv, pp. 

 340 ; Vol. xxv, pp. 322. Cleveland, 

 Ohio : Arthur H. Clark Co. 1905. 

 In these two volumes we have the 

 conclusion of Medina's early Augus- 

 tinian history and a survey of affairs 

 generally in the Philippines for 1630- 

 1636. It is, of course, all original ma- 

 terial translated into English, the Span- 

 ish text not being given. There are 

 enough notes to explain the most im- 

 portant points. With the present rise 

 of Japan into world politics it is very 

 significant to note the friction at that 

 early period between the governments 

 of these two archipelagoes. A con- 

 siderable part of these pages deals with 

 church quarrels, and Medina gives 

 numerous biographies of ecclesiastics. 

 Religious zeal is very apparent, just as 

 in other Asiatic lands today, as there 

 are constant calls for more missionaries. 

 The volumes are up to the high level 

 of the previous ones as to paper, print, 

 and binding. C. M. 



Antarctica* By Otto Nordenskjold and 

 J. G. Anderson. With many illus- 

 trations and maps. Pp.608. 6^x9 

 inches. New York : The Macmillan 

 : Co. 1905. 



This is a perfunctory and uninterest- 

 ing description of life in Antarctic re- 

 gions. The expedition of which the 

 book is a narrative followed beaten 

 tracks and accomplished little that is 

 new. Beyond the fact that some brave 

 men incurred d anger and passed a winter 

 in a hut about 9 by 6 feet, there is really 

 no reason for the existence of the book. 

 The illustrations are lifeless and poorly 

 printed. 



SOME RECENT GOVERNMENT 

 REPORTS. 



Loug Range Weather Forecasts. E. B. 

 Garriott, U. S- Weather Bureau, Bull. 35. 



Soil Inoculation for Legumes. George T. 

 Moore, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bull. 71. 



Periodic Variation of Rainfall in the Arid 

 Region. Wm. B. Stockman, U. S. Weather 

 Bureau, Bull. N. 



Seeds and Plants Imported, 1900- 1903. Da- 

 vid G. Fairchild, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Bull. 66. 



Development of Single-germ Beet Seed. 



C. O. Townsend and E. C. Rittue, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, Bull. 73. 



Copper as an Algicide and Disinfectant in 

 Water Supplies. George T.Moore and Karl F. 

 Kellerman, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bull. 76. 



Beneficial Bacteria for Leguminous Crops. 

 George T. Moore and T. R. Robinson, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bull. 214. 



What Forestry Means to Representative 

 Men. President Roosevelt, the Ambassador of 

 France, Secretary Wilson, Senator Warren, 

 Congressmen Lamb, Lacy, Reeder ; Mr Charles 



D. Walcott, Dr David T. Day, F. H. Newell, 

 Guy E. Mitchell, J. B. Lippincott, A. P. Davis, 

 Rev Edward Everett Hale, Overton W. Price. 

 Giffort Pinchot, etc., Bureau of Forestry Cir- 

 cular 33. 



Imports of Farm and Forest Products, 190 1- 

 1903. Compiled by the Division of Foreign 

 Markets, Bureau of Statistics, Bull 31. 



Exports of Farm and Forest Products, 190 1- 

 1903. Compiled by the Division of Foreign 

 Markets Bureau of Statistics, Bull 32. 



Report of the Condition of Treated Timbers 

 Laid in Texas, February, 1902. Hermann 

 Von Schrenk, Bureau of Foresty, Bull. 5T. 



Forest Conditions of Northern New Ham- 

 shire. Alfred K. Chittenden, M. F., Bureau 

 of Forestry, Bull. 55. 



Chestnut in Southern Maryland. Raphael 

 Zon, Bureau of Foresty, Bull. 53. 



Forest Planting in Western Kansas. Royal 

 S. Kellogg, Bureau of Forestry, Bull. 52. 



The Basket Willow ; also Insects Injurious 

 to the Basket Willow. William F. Hubbard 

 and F. H. Chittenden, Bureau of Forestry, 

 Bull. 46. 



Coyotes in Their Economic Relations. Da- 

 vid E. Lantz, Biological Survey, Bull. 20. 



Raspberries L- C. Corbett, Farmers' Bull. 

 213. 



The External Parasites of Hogs. Earle C. 

 Stevenson, Bureau of Animal Industrv, Bull. 

 69. 



Information Concerning the Milch Goats. 

 George Fayette Thompson, M. S., Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, Bull. 68. 



The School Garden. L. C. Corbett, Farmers' 

 Bull. 218. 



Investigations for the Promotion of the 

 Oyster Industry of North Carolina. Caswell 

 Grave, Ph. D., U. S. Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries. Report, 1903. Pp. 247-341. 



Report of the Special Commission for the 

 Investigation of the Lobster and Soft-shell 



