The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume X, No. 6 [‎129v] (111/186)

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GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THE MONTH.
Niger Coast Protectorate—Benin.
Boisragon.
The Benin Massacre. By Captain Alan Boisragon, one of the two survivors.
London : Methuen & Co., 1897. Size 8 X 5J, pp. 190. Portrait and Sketch-map.
Price 3*. 6 d. Presented by the Publishers.
A thrilling narrative of the massacre of British officials by the King of Benin, told
with remarkable modesty and free from any suspicion of exaggeration by one of the
survivors.
Niger Territories. Vandeleur.
Nupe and Ilorin. By Lieut. Seymour Yandeleur. From the Geographical Journal
for October, 1897. Size 10 x tij, pp. 26. Maps, Plans, and Illustrations.
Reunion. FVanpcme 22 (1897) : 581-598. O’Zonx.
L’Agriculture a la Re'union. Par Le'on O’Zoux.
NORTH AMERICA.
Bering Sea—Sealing.
Thompson.
United States. No. 3 (1897). Report by Prof. D’Arcy Thompson on his Mission
to Behring Sea in 1896, dated March 4, 1897. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode,
1897. Size 13J x 8 J, pp. 40. Diagram. Price 6 d.
Canada.
British Association for the Advancement of Science, Toronto Meeting, 1897.
Handbook of Canada. Published by the Publication Committee of the Local
Executive, Toronto, 1897. Size 8 x 5£, pp. viii. and 416. Maps and Diagrams.
This handbook contains, in part i., chapters on the Physical Geography and Geology
of Canada, by Dr. G. M. Dawson; on the Climate, by Prof. Stupart; the Zoology, by
Prof. Ramsay Wright; and the Flora, by Prof. Macoun. Part ii. deals with the History
and Administration of Canada; and part iii. witlx Economic Resources, Trade, and
Population. There are excellent coloured geological, “ surface-features,” climato
logical, and political maps of the Dominion.
Canada—Geological Survey Report.
Geological Survey of Canada. G. M. Dawson, c.m.o., etc., Director. Annual Report
(New Series), volume viii. Reports A, D, J, L, R, S. 1895. Ottawa, 1897. Size
10 X 7. Maps and Plates. Presented by the Survey.
Canada—New Brunswick. B. Nat. Hist. S. New Brunswick 15 (1897): 65-82. Duff.
Tidal Phenomena of the St. John River at low summer level. By A. Wilmer
Duff, si. a. With Diagram.
An important contribution to tidal observations.
Canada—North-West Territory, Klondyke. Nautical Mag. QQ (1897): 762-766. Small.
Waterways to Klondyke. By H. B. Small.
Canada—North-West Territory, Klondyke.
Wade.
Fortnightly Rev. 62 ( 1 897) : 464-470.
The Clondyke Gold Fields. By Mark S. Wade, bi.d. With Map.
Mexico - J- Geology 5 (1897) : 466-478. Farrington.
The Eruptive Rocks of Mexico. By Oliver C. Farrington.
Mexico and Central America. B. American G. S. 29 (1897) : 160-167. Littlehales.
Recent Foreign Surveys under the direction of the U.S. Hydrographic Office. By
G. W. Littlehales. J
Describes the survey of the west coast of Mexico, and of the bay of Honduras.
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Tabla de alturas tomadas de la obra Estudios complementarios para la Geologfa y
Paleontologia de la Republica Mexicana. Por Dr. J. Felix y Dr. H. Lenk. Obra
traducida por Ingeniero Isidoro Epstein.
A table of altitudes with authorities, arranged alphabetically in provinces.
Mexico-Guatemala Boundary Question. Romer
B. American G.S. 29 (1897): 123-159.
Settlement of the Mcxico-Guatemala Boundary Question. By the Mexican
Minister at Washington.