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GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THE MONTH.
Russia—Trans-Caspian Railway. Giofrits 73 (1898): 140-144. Hahn.
Die transkaspische Eisenbahn bis Tschardscbui. Yon C. v. Hahn. With Illus
trations.
Description of a trip along the trans-Caspian line as far as Charjui, with interesting
photographs of Geok-Tepe, Askabad, Merv, and Charjui.
Russia—Trans-Caucasia. Lisovskii.
Mem. Caucasian Sect. Imp. Russian G.S. 20 (1896) : 1-232.
Y. Ya. Lisovskii. trans-Caucasia. Part i. [In Russian.] With Map.
The first part of a comprehensive general account of trans-Caucasia, treating of
the physical geography, with a remarkably clear map of the whole Caucasus region,
on the scale of 1 : 100,000.
Russian Asia. Iz. Imp. Russian G.S. 33 (1897): 348—355. Mushketoff.
Exploration of Russian Glaciers in 1896. By I. V. Mushketoff. [In Russian.]
On the glaciers of the Caucasus, and the mountains of Central Asia and Southern
Siberia.
Russian Central Asia. Contemporary Rev. 73 (1898): 680-697. Adler.
A Bird’s-Eye Yiew of the trans-Caspian. By E. N. Adler.
A record of a journey last year on the trans-Caspian railway to Samarcand.
Russian Central Asia. Konshin.
Solution of the problem on the ancient course of the Amu-Daria. According to
contemporary geological and physico-geographical data. A. M. Konshin. Zapiski,
Imperial Russian Geographical Society, General Geography. T. xxxiii. No. 1.
St. Petersburg, 1897. Size 10 X 7, pp. 256. Maps and Plates. [In Russian.]
This is an elaborate discussion of the present condition of the region between the
Murghabon the south, the Aral lake on the north, and the Caspian on the west, of which
a geological map is given. The dunes of the desert region are considered incidentally,
and some interesting drawings of them are reproduced.
Russian Central Asia. Oesterreichische Monats. Orient. 24 (1898): 25-29. Rein.
Eine Woche in Samarkand und am Serafschan. Von Prof. Dr. J. Rein.
Russian Turkestan. GZo&us 73 (1898): 268-272. Vamhery.
Bilder aus Russisch-Turkestan und Ferghana. Von H. Vambe'ry. With
Illustrations.
Siam. Smyth.
Five Years in Siam, from 1891 to 1896. By H. Warington Smyth. 2 vols. Lon
don : John Murray, 1898. Size 8£ x 5J, pp. (vol. i.) [16] and 330; (vol. ii.) [10]
and 338. Maps and Illustrations. Price 24s. Presented by the Publisher.
These volumes present in a handsome form the results of Mr. Warington Smyth’s
numerous adventurous journeys in Siam, which have, in part, already been described
in the Geographical Journal and the extra publications of the Society. The
descriptions of travel are supplemented by general chapters on Siamese history and
politics, and by a collection of valuable appendices dealing with commercial statistics,
natural phenomena, Siamese music and musical instruments. The book is beautifully
illustrated by the author’s sketches and from photographs.
Siam. Young.
The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe. Being Sketches of the Domestic and Religious
Rites and Ceremonies of the Siamese. By Ernest Young. With Illustrations by
E. A. Norbury. London : A. Constable & Co., 1898. Size 10 x 7, pp. xiv. and
400. Price 15s. Presented by the Publishers.
This deals with the people of Siam on the basis of several years’ residence in Bang
kok and much reading. The life and customs of the people are first considered, then
the amusements, the predominant industry of rice-growing, which has a chapter to
itself, the laws, and ceremonies for the dying and dead. A very full account is given
of the temples and the religion of Siam, and the whole concludes with a chapter
devoted to elephants. There are numerous illustrations from photographs and sketches.
Siam. Imp. and Asiatic Quarterly Rev. 5 (1898) : 145-163. Gerini.
Shan and Siam. By Capt. G. E. Gerini.
A controversial discussion of the names Shan and Siam, and of some points in
the history of Siam.