The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎390r] (132/232)

GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THE MONTH.
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Terrestrial Magnetism. Ann. Hydrographie 2% (1900): 363 370, 435 445.
Bericht der Deutschen Seewarte iiber die Ergebnisse der magnetischen Beobach-
tungen in dem deutscben Kustengebiete und in den deutschen Schutzgebieten
wiihrend der Jahre 1897, 1898, und 1899.
Tide Nautical Mag. 69 (1900) : 466-483. Moxly.
The New Theory of Tide. By Rev. J. H. S. Moxly.
Tideg- ‘ Nautical Mag. 69 (1900): 549-553. Plumstead.
Moxly’s Theory of the Tides. By E. Plumstead.
Volcanic Phenomena. Rev. Maritime 146 (1900): 55-69. Thoulet.
Les phenombnes volcaniques dans leurs rapports avec 1’oce'anographie. Par J.
Refers to volcanoes in general, and goes on to deal specially with submarine
eruptions and the influence of volcanic phenomena on oceanic deposits.
ANTHR0P0GE0GRAPHY AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY.
Ancient Empires. Maspero.
The Passing of the Empires, 850 b.c. to 330 b.c. By G. Maspero. Edited by A.
H Sayce. Translated by M. L. McClure. London: Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, 1900. Size 11 x 7£, pp. xii. and 824. Maps and Illus
trations. Price 25s.
This volume concludes Prof. Maspero’s great work on the history of the ancient
East down to the downfall of Assyria and Egypt.
Historical. Beazle y-
New Light on some Mediaeval Maps. (IV.) By C. Raymond Beazley. m.a (From
the Geographical Journal for September, 1900.) Size 10 X 6£, pp. 12. Facsimile
Map.
Statistics. JR. Statistical S. 63 (1900) : 459-479. Craigie.
Address to the Economic Science and Statistics Section ot the British Association,
held at Bradford, 1900. By Major P. G. Craigie, President of the Section.
On the collection of statistics, especially with regard to the census of the United
Kingdom and to agricultural statistics in general.
BIOGRAPHY.
Gerlaohe and Lecointe. Deutsche Rundschau G. 22 (1900) : 470-471.
Capitan Adrien de Gerlache und Lieutenant Georges Lecointe. With Portraits.
The commandant and captain of the Belgian Antarctic expedition.
Grabowsky. Deutsche Rundschau G. 22 (1900): 516-519.
Friedrich J. Grabowsky. With Portrait.
Herr Grabowsky made a journey of exploration in Borneo in 1880, and subsequently
travelled extensively in the Malay archipelago and New Guinea, making ethnographical
collections.
Jagor. Deutsche Rundschau G. 22 (1900): 520-521.
Dr. Friedrich Jagor. With Portrait. . , , . . .
Born in 1817, the son of an hotel-keeper; died in 1900, a distinguished ethnologist
and scientific traveller.
_ „ Oswell.
Oswell. „, . ...
William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer. The Story of his Life, with certain
correspondence and extracts from the private journal of J^vid Livingstone,
hitherto unpublished. By his eldest son, W. Edward Oswedl. With an Intro
duction by Francis Galton, p.c.l., etc. 2 vols. London: W. Heinemann, 1900.
Size 9x6, pp. (vol. i.) xxiv. and 268 ; (vol. ii.) xii. and 290. Portraits, Maps,
and Illustrations. Price 25s. net. Presented by the Publisher.
This biography gives for the first time full details of the part played by the late
Mr. Oswell in promoting and facilitating the early travels of Dr. Livingstone.
Smith. Scottish G. Mag. 16 (1900): 597-599. [Geddes.]
Robert Smith, b.sc. By P. G. With Portrait.
A sympathetic notice of the life of Robert Smith, who though only twenty-six
years of a<*e at his death, had qualified himself in a remarkable manner for the study