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the land depend in every case on the rain that falls either locally or 
on the heights of the water-sheds. 
In order to pursue the subject further the chapters on the atmosphere 
in the writer’s f Realm of Nature’ (London, Murray; New York, Scribner) 
or the little treatise on 4 Meteorology ’ by Mr. H. N. Dickson (London, 
Methuen) will be found useful and compact. Dr. R. H. Scott’s ‘ Meteor¬ 
ology’ and Mr. R. Abercromby’s ‘Weather’ in the International Science 
Series (London, Kegan Paul), and in a special degree Prof. W. M. Davis* 
‘ Elementary Meteorology ’ (Boston), will be found of great value. The 
most systematic treatment of climatology will be found in Hann’s 
‘ Handbuch der Klimatologie,’ 3 vols. (Stuttgart), which contains numerous 
references to special works. The most important work of all is the 
great ‘Atlas of Meteorology’ by Dr. A. Buchan and Dr. A. J. Herbertson,, 
forming Vol, III. of Bartholomew’s ‘Atlas of Physical Geography’ 
(London, Constable), which gives an unrivalled series of climate and 
weather-maps with explanatory letterpress and appendices containing 
complete bibliographies and lists of Weather Services in all parts of the 
world. 
Daily synoptical weather-maps are published by the Weather Service 
of almost every civilised country. That for the United Kingdom may be 
obtained for a subscription of £1 per annum from the Secretary of the 
Meteorological Office, 63, Victoria Street, London, S.W. The only 
weather-maps of large areas produced regularly are the Pilot Charts 
of the North Atlantic and the North Pacific, published monthly by 
the Hydrographic Office at Washington. These show the tracks of 
cyclones, and give a great deal of information as to the meteorology and 
currents of the oceans. They are intended primarily for the use of 
sailors. 
The following list gives the name of the official weather service of all 
countries outside Europe and the town in which the head office is 
situated. Application might be made to any of these offices for informa¬ 
tion as to the stations where standard instruments are established in the 
country in question. The list is taken from the fuller list of stations 
published in the ‘ Atlas of Meteorology.’ 
