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National Geographic : 1902 Nov
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GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE "Lost on the Ice Cap," by Hugh J. Lee, a member of Peary's expedition of 1893-'94, is the author's experience of being lost on the ice cap in winter and wandering two nights and one day without food before regaining camp. It is a story of fortitude and pluck that has few equals. But "The White World" has its more cheerful chapters as well. Mrs. F. L. Lee contributes "An Arctic Honeymoon ;'' Albert Operti several pages on "An Artist in the Frozen North; " the editor, Rudolf Kersting, a chapter on " Photography in the Far North," and Robert Stein something about Eskimo music. Vienna and the Viennese. By Marie Homer Lonsdale. Illustrated. Phil adelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co. 1902. Miss Lonsdale is the author of " Scot land-Historic and Romantic," pub lished by the same firm several months ago. From her latest work one ob tains an admirable impression of what Vienna is like. Many anecdotes are told about the famous statesmen and emperors who for centuries made his tory at the great capital. The volume will be specially interesting to those who have been fortunate enough to have visited the city. Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1901. By David T. Day. Washington: U. S. Geolog ical Survey. 1902. This valuable volume contains a se ries of interesting reports by experts on the development of the mineral indus tries of the United States in 1901. The value of our mineral productions during that year exceeded one billion dollars for the second time in our history. The " Introduction and Summary"' are by Dr David T. Day; the reports on Iron Ores and Manganese Ores by John Birkinbine ; Statistics of American Iron Trade, by James M. Swank; Copper, Lead, Zinc, by Charles Kirchoff ; Gold and Silver, by George E. Roberts; Aluminum, Platinum, etc., by Joseph Struthers; Coal and Coke, by E. W. Parker ; Petroleum and Natural Gas, by F. H. Oliphant ; Precious Stones, by George F. Kunz; Mica, Asbestos, etc., by Joseph Hyde Pratt; Ores of Economic Importance, by E. O. Hovey. Picturesque Sicily. By William Agnew Paton. Illustrated. New York and London : Harper & Bros. 1902. This is a new and revised edition of a work first published in 1897. It is mainly a description of the picturesque island as it is today, but the author does not forget the historical interest which clings to every town and hamlet in the island that for centuries was the battle field of the Greek, the Carthaginian, the Roman, the Saracen, and the Norman. Some unusually fine pictures illustrate the text. Stanford's Compendium of Geography. Vol. I: South America. Vol. II: Central America and West Indies. With many maps and illustrations. By A. H. Keane. Edited by Sir Clements Markham. New York. 1901. Useful and interesting information is contained in these two volumes. For a general knowledge of South and Cen tral American resources and geography, one could not do better than consult them. In the former series of Stan ford's Compendium South and Central America filled the pages of only one volume, but in recent years so much more has been learned about these coun tries, and so much greater interest is felt in them, that the editor has now devoted two large volumes to the sub ject. Some excellent maps and illus trations accompany the text. 4II
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