The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎385r] (122/232)

GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THE MONTH.
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Spain-BUba 0 . Larrea _
Trade of Bilbao and District for the year 1899. Foreign Office, Annual No 2445
1900. Size 9J x GJ, pp. 32. Price 2d.
Sweden. B. Geolog. I. University Upsala 4 (1899): 231-242. Gavelin.
On the glacial lakes in the upper part of the Ume river-valley. By Axel
Gavelin. With Map. J
Sweden—Climate. La G., B.S.G. Paris (1900): 199-208. Egnel.
Le climat de la Sufcde et les causes des variations de climat, d’aprbs M Ekholm
Par M. Egnel. With Maps.
The maps embrace the whole of Northern Europe. The article is a summary of
the memoirs published in Ymer during 1899.
Sweden—Gothenburg. jj n g.
Trade of Gothenburg for the year 1899. Foreign Office, Annual No. 2490 1900
Size 10 x 6^, pp. 34. Price 2|d.
Switzerland. Jahrb. Schweiz. Alpenclub Zb 187-202. Correvon.
La Valle'e de Tourtemagne, en Valais. Par H. Correvon. With Illustrations.
Switzerland. Le Globe B.S.G. Geneve 39 (1900) : 109-112. Rosier.
Le milieu geographique Suisse conside're comme facteur du de'veloppement
historique. (Resume.) Par M. W. Rosier.
Turkey—Salonica. Shipley.
Trade of Salonica and District for the year 1899. Foreign Office, Annual No.
2468, 1900. Size 10 x 6, pp. 36. Price 2^d.
United Xingdom-England. Barnes and Holroyd.
Mem. S. Speleologie No. 23 (1900): pp. 19.
La Blue-John-Mine h Castleton (Angleterre). Par MM. Barnes et Holroyd.
With Plans.
United Kingdom—England. Bosworth.
Philips’ County Readers. Kent, Past and Present. By George F. Bosworth.
London : G. Philip & Son, 1901 [1900]. Size 7£ x 5, pp. x. and 268. Maps and
Illustrations. Price 2s. Presented by the Publishers.
An excellent history of Kent adapted for use as a “ reader ” in the schools of that
county. The geographical sections are subordinated to the historical.
United Kingdom—Ireland. Economic P.R. Dublin S. 1 (1899) : 1-72. Johnson.
The Irish Peat Question. By T. Johnson, d.sc. With Illustrations.
United Kingdom—Orkneys. T.R.S. Edinburgh 39 (1897-98) : 383-424. Elett.
The Old Red Sandstone of the Orkneys. By John S. Flett, m.b., etc. With
Map.
United Kingdom—Scotland. T.R.S. Edinburgh 39 {1898-99): 779-826. Buchanan.
The Meteorology of Ben Nevis in Clear and in Foggy Weather. By J. Y.
Buchanan. With Diagrams.
United Kingdom—Rainfall. Wallis.
British Rainfall, 1899. On the distribution of Rain over the British Isles during
the year 1899, as observed at about 3500 Stations in Great Britain and Ireland,
with articles upon various branches of Rainfall work. Compiled by H. Sowerby
Wallis. London: E. Stanford, 1900. Size 9 X 5£, pp. 56 and 252. Portrait,
Charts, and Diagram. Price 10s. Presented by the Compiler.
This volume is accompanied by a sketch of the career and an admirable portrait of
Mr. G. J. Symons, the founder of the British Rainfall Organization. The work is one
of national importance, although entirely organized by a private individual and carried
out by the co-operation of a staff of volunteer unpaid workers, the magnitude of which
is unexampled in modern scientific enterprise.
United Kingdom—Tide Tables. Harris and Havergal.
Tide Tables for the British and Irish Ports for the year 1901 : also the times and
heights of High Water at full and change for the principal places of the Globe.
By Captain H. R. Harris and Commander A. Havergal. London: J. D. Potter,
[1900]. Size 10 x 6£, pp. xl. and 262. Price 2*. Presented by the Hydrographer,
Admiralty.
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