The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎385v] (123/232)

696
GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THE MONTH.
Demidoff.
By E. Demidoff. London : Row
land Ward, Limited. 1900. Size 9* X 6J, pp. xii. and 324. Map and Illustrations.
Price 2Is. net. Presented by the Publishers.
Prince Demidoff and his wife, together with Mr. and Mrs. Littledale, made the
journey which he describes in this volume during 1897. From Barnaul on the Ob the
route led south-eastward to the sources of the Chuya river, and thence into Mongolia,
up the Kobdo river almost to its source, and then along the northern slope of the
Altai mountains. The book is excellently illustrated, and has a clear map.
Central Asia. Hedin.
Die geographisch-wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse meiner Reisen in Zentralasien,
1894-1897 Yon Dr. Sven Hedin (Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen. Erg'anzung-
sheft Nr. 131). Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1900. Size 11 X 7$, pp. 400. Maps.
Price 20 mark.
The complete scientific geographical results of Dr. Sven Hedin s three years work
in Central Asia (1894-97).
Ceylon. Leclercq.
Un sejour dans 1’Ile de Ceylan. Par Jules Leclercq. Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie,
1900. Size 7£ X 5, pp. 294. Map and Illustrations. Price ifr. Presented by the
Author.
M. Leclercq visited Ceylon after having seen Java, in the hope that he might
decide to which island belonged the distinction of being the earthly paradise, but
after having tried both he is unable to pronounce for one or the other, so evenly
balanced did he find their diverse excellences.
China. Walton.
China and the Present Crisis, with Notes on a Visit to Japan and Korea. By
Joseph AValton. m.p. London: Low & Co., 1900. Size8 x 5, pp. xii. and 320.
Map. Price 6s. Presented by the Publishers.
The record of the travels, experiences, and opinions of a Member of Parliament after
a tour of eight months’ duration in China, and a brief visit to Japan and Korea.
India. Hunter.
A History of British India. By Sir William Wilson Hunter, k.c.s.i., etc., volume
ii. To the Union of the old and new Companies under the Earl of Godolphin’s
Award. London: Longmans & Co., 1900. Size 9£ X 6, pp. 420. Price 16«.
Presented by Lady Hunter.
This volume carries on the history of English enterprise in India from 1623 to
1708. The final chapter (1698-1708) had not been written at the time of the author’s
death, but is supplied following the indications of his notes by P. E. Roberts, who
also contributes an introduction to the book.
India. Sewell.
A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar). A contribution to the History of India. By
Robert Sewell. London : Sonnenschein & Co., 1900. Size 10J x 6J, pp. xxii. and
428. Maps and Illustrations. Price 15s. Presented by the Author.
The history of the old kingdom which occupied the south of the Indian peninsula,
and of the rise and fall of Portuguese power in India. An important part of the
work is the translation for the first time of two important Portuguese documents, by
Domingo Paes about 1520 and Fernao Nuniz about 1535. There are several maps
and numerous photographs of ruins dating from the period of prosperity.
India—Burma. Sherriff.
Railway Communication with China. By William Sherriff. The Burmah-China
Railway. [Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian of March 9, 1900.] Size
8£ X 6j, pp. 4. Presented by the Author.
India—Burma.
Tables for the Transliteration of Shan Names into English. Rangoon, 1900.
Size 10 x 7, pp. 14. Presented by the Government of Burma.
India—Earthquake. Mem. Geolog. Surv. India 26 {16^): 666. Oldham.
Report on the Great Earthquake of June 12, 1897. By R. D. Oldham. With Maps
and Illustrations.
This is an exhaustive report on the last great Indian earthquake, which is considered
in all its aspects. The main memoir is supplemented by numerous special reports
made by members of the Geological Survey deputed to investigate the phenomena in