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of the Interior, 1893-04 By J. W. Powell, Director. Pp. 405-476. Washington,
1895. Size 12x8. Map and Illustrations.
The maps include some fine reproductions of relief models of the site of San
r rancisco.
United States—Census.
[Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890.] Report on Manufacturing Indus
tries in the United States. Part i. Totals for States and Industries (pp. 1002).
Part n. Statistics of Cities (pp. xliv. and 828); Repoit on Real Estate Mortgages.
\\ ashington, 189o. Size 12 x 9£, pp. viii. and 944. Diagrams.
GENERAL.
Aerial Navigation. Scottish G. Mag. \2 290- 298. White.
Aerial Navigation. By A. Silva White.
Bibliography.
Catalogue of the Library of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. . ' Yol. i. Supjilement. London :
Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1895. Size 9x6, pp. 384. Presented by the
Secretary of State for India.
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Huitieme. (Supplement i.) Paris: Imp. Nationale, 1893. Size 10 X 6£, pp. ii.
and 530. Presented by the French Minister of War.
I he supplement contains the titles of works exclusively relating to military science,
including military geography.
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-The Literature of Geography: how shall it be recorded? By Frank Campbell.
Reprinted from the ‘ Report of the Sixth International Geographical Congress,
London, 1895.’ (pp. 391-398). Size 10 x 6£, pp. 8.
Bibliography.
Geographical Index (Extra-European) to Books, Periodicals, etc., 1895. Map
Room. Intelligence Division, W.O., 31st December, 1895. Size 11 x 7£, pp. xviii.
and 86. Presented by the Intelligence Division, War Office.
This geographical index to books is now being published monthly.
Bibliography—Spanish.
Librerfa de Penella y Bosch . . . Barcelona. Catalogo de las Obras de fondo y
surtido clasificadas por Materias y seguidas de un Indice alfabetico de Autores y
Iraductores. Barcelona: Penellay Bosch, 1896. Size 8£ x 6£, pp. viii. and 228.
A priced catalogue of Spanish works.
British Colonies. Gill.
The British Colonies, Dependencies, and Protectorates, Physical, Commercial,
Descriptive, Political, Social, Historical. By George Gill. London: G. Gill &
Sons, [1896.] Size 7| x 54, pp. 472. Maps. Price 2s. 6d. Presented by the
Publishers.
A fairly careful compilation. The maps printed in colour, if somewhat rough, are
effective. The spelling on maps and in text differs in many cases ; and the deviations
from the R.G.S. rules for place-name orthography, which the author says he follows
“ as far as usage renders it desirable,” naturally do not commend themselves to those
who strive after uniformity.
British Empire. Nineteenth Century (1896) : 27-33. Young.
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Die Frage der Weltkarte im Masssfab 1 : 1,000,000 vor dem Londoner Geogra-
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pp. Ixxiv., 432, and (366). Maps. Presented by the Church Missionary Society.