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GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THE MONTH.
Victoria. ./. R. Colonial 1. 2% (1896): 46-51.
The Colony of Victoria : some df its Industries. By E. Jerome Dyer.
POLAR REGIONS.
Ancient Knowledge. G.Z 3 (1897): 88-92.
Die Entstehung der Lehre von den Polarzonen. Von H. Berger.
The growth of knowledge of the polar regions amongst the ancient Greeks is briefly
stated.
Antarctic. Norske G. Sehlc. Aarb. 7 (1896): 11-25. Borchgrevink and Biill.
Den sidste autarctiske reise og lorelpbig plan for en ny expedition af C. E.
Borchgrevink.
Et par billeder med text af Kaptein H. L. Bull.
Arctic. Blackwood's Mag. 161 (1897): 238-256.
Franklin and the Arctic.
Arctic. Nineteenth Century (1891) : 250-269. Kropotkin.
Recent Science. By Prince Kropotkin.
In pp. 259-269 Prince Kropotkin discusses the voyage of the Fram and the geo
graphy of the North Polar area.
Arctic—Baffin Land. J. Geology 5 (1897) : 17-33. Watson.
Evidences of Recent Elevation of the Southern Coast of Baffin Land. By Thomas
L. Watson.
The results here described were referred to in the Journal for December, 1896 (vol.
viii. p 643).
Arctic ballooning. Rev. Scientifique (1) 7 (1897): 269-271. Graffigny.
Les expe'ditions ae'rostatiques au Pole Nord. Par M. Henry de Graffigny.
Arctic—Peary's Expedition. Science (n.s.) 5 (1897): 308-310. Barton.
Lieutenant Peary’s Expedition. By George H. Barton.
A separate copy has been sent by the author.
Greenland Douglas.
Across Greenland’s Ice-Fields. The Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the
Great Ice-Cap. By M. Douglas. London : T. Nelson & Sons, 1897. Size 7£ X 5£,
pp. 218. Portraits and Illustrations. Presented hy the Author.
Sir Clements Markham writes the preface to Miss Douglas’ book, and considers
that it is likely to prove “ most useful as a means of preserving an interest among us
in the exploration of the unknown parts of our globe, and of arousing that spirit of
emulation \\hich in the years that are gone built up the greatness of our country.”
Greenland. «7. Geology 4 (1896): 769-810. Salisbury.
Salient Points concerning the Glacial Geology of North Greenland. By Rollin
D. Salisbury. With Illustrations.
Greenland, Northern. Astrnp.
Eivind Astrup. Blandt Nordpolens Naboer. Med illustrationer af Th. Holmboe,
samt Fotografier og Karter. Folkeudgave. Kristiania : H. Aschehong & Co.,
1896. Size 9J x 6J, pp. 208. Presented hy Dr. J. Russell-Jeaffreson.
PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY.
Barometric Measurement of Height. Fowler
P.R.S. Victoria (n.s.) 8 (1896) : 169-179.
Observations with Aneroid and Mercurial Barometers and Boiling Point Ther
mometers. By Thomas Walker Fowler.
A series of readings made at a fixed station with a standard mercurial barometer,
a “mountain mercurial,” three different aneroids, and a boiling-point thermometer.
The aneroids behaved in a very capricious manner; the mountain mercurial and the
thermometer showed nearly constant errors.
Meteorology. Meteoroloq. Z 14 (1897): 1-8. Mohn.
Meteorologische Beobachtungen in Norwegen wahrend der Sonnenfinsterniss am
9 August 1896. Von Professor H. Mohn aus Christiania.
The data for the temperature of the air during the eclipse of August, 1896, are
those obtained at Bugones by Prof. Mohn, South Varanger, Koutokeino, Vadsb, Vardb,
Havningberg, and Bodo by other observers.
Dyer.
Berger.