Ordnance Survey of Scotland. The following publications were issued from 1st to 31st August 1901 :-Parish Maps (Scale 1: 2500, Revised, with Houses ruled, and with areas. Price 3s. each). Aberdeenshire.-Sheets XXVI. 9; XXVIII. 2; LXVI. 13, 14, 15; LXXIV. 4, 8, 12, 16; LXXV. 4, 5, 8, 9, 13; LXXXV. 4, 8. Forfarshire.-Sheets xxx. 6, 9, 11, 15; XXXI. 1, 5, 9, 13; XXXVII. 9; XLIII. 14; XLVIII. 3, 4; XLIX. 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11. Inverness-shire.Sheets LXXXVII. 8, 11, 12, 15, 16; LXXXVIII. 5; c. 1, 2, 3. Perthshire.-Sheets XLIII. 9, 10, 15, 16; LIII. 4, 7, 8, 16; LXIV. 8, 11; LXXIV. 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16; LXXXVI. 1, 3, 4; XCVIII. 5, 9. Zetland.-Sheets XLVIII. 5; LII. 6; LVI. 2, 6, 11, 15; LVII. 1, 3; LIX. 4, 5, 8, 12, 15, 16; LXII. 7, 8, 10; LXV. 6. Note. There is no coloured edition of these Maps. The unrevised impressions of these Sheets are withdrawn from sale.

Six-inch Maps (Quarter Sheets-Revised).

Aberdeenshire.-102 NW., 102

NE. (Price 1s. each). Perthshire.-(3 NW. and 3 SW.), 3 SE.; 4 NE., 4 SW., 4 SE.; 9 NE., 9 SW., 9 SE.; 10 NW.; 17 NW., 17 NE. (Price 1s. each). With Contours :- Aberdeenshire.-22 SE.; 26 SE.; 29 SW.; 30 NW.; 31 NE., 31 SE. ; 34 SE. ; 35 NW. ; 37 SE. ; 43 NE. ; 44 NE., 44 SE.; 45 NW., 45 SW., 45 SE.; 46 SW.; 47 NE.; 48 NE.; 53 NE. ; 54 NE., 54 SE.; 55 SW., 55 SE.; 56 NW., 56 NE., 56 SW.; 57 SW.; 62 SE.; 63 NW., 63 SW. ; 64 NW., 64 NE., 64 SW., 64 SE.; 65 NE.; 66 NW., 72 NW., 72 NE., 72 SW., 72 SE. ; 71 NW.; 84 SE. (Price 1s. each). Clackmannanshire.-134 NE., 134 SW. (Price 1s. each). Perthshire.-62 SW.; 63 NE.; 64 NW.; 73 SW.; 85 NW., 85 SW., 85 SE.; 95 NE.; 96 NW., 96 SW.; 97 SW.; 108 NE.; 109 NW.; 117 NW.; 118 NW.; 127 NE.; 128 SW.; 134 NE.; 135 NW. (Price Is. each).

The Zincographs of the under-named Ordnance Survey Plans having, in many cases, been sold out, another edition has been printed, and is now ready for sale. All plans hitherto published in Sections are filled in complete to their margins or to the County Boundary. No revision of the original plans having taken place, these impressions are similar to those already issued to the public, except as stated above, or as notified in the following Remarks.

sold out.

Banffshire.-1. 12; now made a full sheet. Caithness-shire.-XXXIX. 13. Cromartyshire.-LXXVII. 16; with areas added; but the old edition will be Kincardineshire.-III. 16; vII. 12; now made a full sheet and areas added. Ross-shire. —LXXVII. 16; with areas added; but the old edition will be sold out, all at the Scale of 1: 2500. General remarks, August 1901. Caithnessshire.-Latheron, XXXIX. 13. Cromartyshire.-Resolis, LXXVII. 16. Kincardineshire. Maryculter, III. 16; with areas added; coloured price now altered to 3s. Fetteresso and Banchory Devenick, vII. 12; coloured price now altered to 4s. Ross-shire. Avoch, LXXVII. 16; with areas added; coloured price now altered to 3s. All at the Scale of 1: 2500; uncoloured are 3s. each with areas, and 2s. 6d. each without areas.

Catalogue of the Ordnance Survey Publications of Scotland, revised and corrected to the 1st January 1901. This is the last edition issued.

Ordnance Survey of Scotland. The following publications were issued from 1st to 30th September 1901 :-Parish Maps (Scale 1: 2500, Revised, with Houses ruled, and with areas. Price 3s. each). Aberdeenshire.-Sheets xx. 2; xxv. 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; xXVI. 5, 13; XXXIII. 2, 4, 5, 6; xxxшa. 8; XXXIV. 1; XLII. 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16; L. 15; LI. 2, 4; LX. 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15; LXVI. 16; LXVIII. 6, 7, 8; LXIX. 1, 3; LXXV. 1, 2, 3, 6; LXXXVI. 1, 2, 3, 5. Banffshire.— Sheets XXXVIII. 9, 10, 14. Forfarshire.-Sheets XXIII. 11, 14; xxiv. 6, 7, 11;

xxx. 4, 8, 10, 12, 16; XLIII. 13; XLVIII. 8, 12; XLIX. 9, 10, 13; LIII. 5. Invernessshire.-Sheet LXXXVII. 14. Orkney.-Sheet LXXIII (1 and 5). Perthshire.-Sheets LIII. 12; Lxiv. 7. Zetland.—Sheets LIX. 1; LXII. 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; LXV. 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 13, 14; LXVII. 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 14.

Note. There is no coloured edition of these Sheets, and the unrevised impressions are withdrawn from sale.

Six-inch Maps (Quarter Sheets-Revised). Perthshire.-7 SE.; 51 SE. (Price 1s. each). With contours: Aberdeenshire.-20 SW., 20 SE.; 21 SE. ; 22 SW.; 23 NE., 23 SW., 23 SE.; 27 SW., 27 SE. ; 28 NE., 28 SW., 28 SE.; 29 NW., 29 NE., 29 SE.; 30 NE., 30 SW., 30 SE.; 31 SW.; 32 NE., 32 SW.; 34 NE.; 35 SW., 35 SE.; 36 NW., 36 NE., 36 SW., 36 SE.; 37 NE., 37 SW.; 38 NW., 38 NE., 38 SW.; 39 NW., 39 NE., 39 SW., 39 SE. (40 NW. and SW.); 41 NW.; 46 NW., 46 SE.; 47 SW., 47 SE.; 48 NW.; 52 SE.; 53 NW., 53 SW., 53 SE. ; 54 SW. ; 55 NW., 55 NE. ; 56 SE. ; 57 NW.; 62 NE.; 63 NE., 63 SE.; 65 NW.; 66 NE.; 71 SE.; 82 SE.; 93 SE. Clackmannanshire.-133 NW. Perthshire.-62 SE.; 85 NE.; 97 NW., 97 NE., 97 SE.; 109 SE.; 111 SW.; 118 SE.; 133 NW. (Price 1s. each).

Tae Zincographs of the under-named Ordnance Survey Plans baving, in many cases, been sold out, another edition has been printed, and is now ready for sale. All plans hitherto published in sections are filled in complete to their margins, or to the county boundary. No revision of the original plans having taken place, these impressions are similar to those already issued to the public, except as stated above, or as notified in the following remarks. Forfarshire.--XLIII. 4; now made a full sheet. Inverness-shire.—XIII. 3; with areas added, but the old edition will be sold out. Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.-LXXVII. 15; now made a full sheet and areas added. All at the Scale of 1 : 2500. General remarks, September 1901. Forfarshire.-Glamis, XLIII. 4; coloured price now altered to 4s.; Eassie and Nevay, XLIII. 4; formerly printed on XXXVII. 16, now made a full sheet with Glamis parish; price 4s. coloured. Total number of plans in this parish is now altered to 12. Inverness-shire. -Croy and Dalcross, XIII. 3. Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.-Resolis, LXXVII. 15. Ross-shire. Avoch, Urquhart, and Logie Wester, LXXVII. 15; with areas added; coloured price now altered to 3s. All at the Scale of 1 : 2500.

Catalogue of the Ordnance Survey Publications in Scotland, revised and corrected to the 1st January 1901. This is the last edition issued.

NEW BOOKS.

Australasia, The Commonwealth, and New Zealand. By ARTHUR W. JOSE. London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1901.

This latest publication of the "Temple Primers" Series is like many of the others a model of condensation. Mr. Jose first gives us a brief but clear description of the physical features of Australasia and New Zealand, and then a sketch of the history of the colonies, commencing with what is known or conjectured of Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch discovery, and ending with the federation of the Commonwealth last year. There is also a useful chapter on the indigenous races and one on Australia of to-day. To those who do not care to face more detailed and controversial works on the subject, such as those of Ruxden, Parker, Wallace, etc., this useful little volume may be readily commended.

The Bolivian Andes. By Sir MARTIN CONWAY.

London and New York:

Harper and Brothers, 1901. Price 12s. 6d.

The volume now before us is one of the most interesting records of climbing and exploration which have appeared for a long time. Sir Martin Conway, as our readers are well aware, is an experienced mountaineer, and in this expedition to the Bolivian Andes he had with him two first-class Alpine guides, Antonie Maquiguaz and Louis Pellissier. The narrative shows that among the Bolivian Andes they needed and evinced the same self-control, sang-froid, fertility of resource, and power of endurance which are required in ascending the more dangerous of the Alpine peaks. But the perils and difficulties peculiar to mountaineering were by no means the only troubles the party had to meet and overcome. They had to deal with suspicious and obstructive local authorities, and what might have been worse, viz., superstitious and savage Indians, by whom the setting up of a theodolite or the taking of an astronomical observation was construed into an insult to their deities or a defilement of the ancestral sepulchres. It says much for the tact and courage of Sir Martin and his guides that they accomplished as much as they did with no worse collision between them and their surroundings than the comic arrest of Pellissier for some unknown local offence, which ended in his compounding a fine of five dollars by a payment of eighty

cents.

Sir Martin and his guides succeeded in reaching the summit of Illimani, which he found to be 21,200 feet in height. He unfortunately failed to reach the top of Ankohuma owing to bad weather. The story is, of course, in the first instance one of mountain exploration, but in addition to this we have graphic descriptions of the present condition of the Panama Canal, and much useful information as to the mining and rubber industries of Bolivia. Minor incidents to amuse the reader are numerous, such as an attempted revolution and a surveying expedition which aroused the anger of the Indians, and might have ended fatally to Sir Martin and his guides. All of these are narrated in an easy and graceful style which adds considerably to the attractions of the book and increases its interest to the general public. We must also add that there are several excellent illustrations.

Surrey. By WALTER JERrold.

London J. M. Dent and Co., MCMI. Price 4s. 6d.

If any of our readers contemplate for next season a walking or cycling tour in Surrey, they could not do better than consult and take with them this volume of Dent's "County Guides." It is by no means merely a glorified Bædeker, although it is an excellent guide in the Bædeker sense. The writer shows a considerable acquaintance with the byways as well as the highways of the history of the many famous towns and villages which abound in Surrey, and his quotations from the literature which illustrates his subject are apt and effective. Part II. contains chapters on the birds, flowers, entomology, and geology of Surrey, which will probably be a revelation even to those who have lived there all their lives.

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Historical Geography of the British Colonies. By C. P. LUCAS, C.I.E. Vol. v.
Canada. Part 1. New France.
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This is an excellent compendium of the history of Canada from the earliest times down to the Treaty of Paris in 1763 A.D., when it finally passed into the 2 X

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hands of the British. The feature of the work is a skilful endeavour to show how the geography of the country affected its history. "Canada, within its ancient limits, was a network of inland waters: a continent to be conquered and settled by water rather than land, and the congenial task of conquering it and attempting to settle it was allotted by providence to the French." How the French succeeded in conquering it but failed to settle it and finally lost it is set forth in an interesting and instructive narrative, skilfully condensed, but with sufficient details. The selfishness and short-sighted errors of the European governments are neither ignored nor unduly exaggerated, and fitting justice is done to the memories of such statesmen and soldiers as Champlain, La Salle, Frontenac, Wolfe, and Montcalm. Part II. will deal with the history of Canada during the last hundred and forty years.

Our Empire Past and Present. By the Earl of MEATH, M. H. CORNWALL LEGH, LL.A., and EDITH JACKSON. London: Harrison and Sons, 1901. Price 7s. 6d.

The volume now before us is the first of five which are to deal with the important subject of the British Empire. Unquestionably for some time past imperialism has been in the air, and the unexpected offer of the British Colonies to take a prominent share of the imperial burden in the South African war astonished not only England but the civilised world. How cordially the offer was accepted, and how gallantly it was redeemed is now a matter of history, but the history is only beginning. The authors of this series "desire to increase the prevailing knowledge of our imperial heritage, that its value may be enriched by intelligent endeavour and patriotism on our part and on our children's part after us." The present volume deals with the British Empire in Europe, and its keynote is, of course, the growth of England's sea-power. We have sketchy but well-written chapters on imperial progress and the growth of freedom and good government at home, followed by more elaborate chapters on the growth of our sea-power. After these come brief notices of the unions with Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and the principal events in the history of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The last chapters of the book are devoted to our Mediterranean possessions, Gibraltar, Malta, and Cyprus. Considering the space at the disposal of the authors, the work has been well done, and forms an excellent introduction to the subject for those who care to pursue it in more elaborate detail.

Rambles round the Edge Hills and the Vale of the Red Horse. By the Rev. GEORGE MILLER. London: Elliot Stock, 1900.

The district described in this charming little volume, though not much frequented by tourists, is nevertheless the most picturesque to be anywhere found in the midlands of England. The Edge Hills which form part of the central tableland of England, rise from the upper valley of the Cherwell, and abruptly terminating at the villages of Tysoe, Radway, and Warmington, descend with a fall of 300 feet to the valley of the Red Horse, so called from the figure of a gigantic horse which had been carved on the slope of the hill above Tysoe, in imitation of the White Horse carved on the Berkshire hills. Throughout the volume, which is written in an easy and agreeable style, we are entertained not only with descriptions of the towns or rather villages in the district and of the scenery in the midst of which they are set, but also with much historical and archæological information regarding the churches, monasteries, manors, manor houses, and manorial families of

each parish. The author writes with an intimate personal knowledge of his subject, and presents not a few curious facts which he has derived from an examination of old records, some of which extend backward to pre-Norman times. In the body of the work a chapter is devoted to a detailed account (with plans) of the battle of Edge Hill fought between Charles 1. and Lord Essex soon after the outbreak of the Civil War. Facts are here pointed out which show the statement to be untenable that the royal forces were defeated and driven back to the hills. In the appendices will be found a collection of facts which give us an insight into the nature of English rural life in the olden days. Among the illustrations, which are but few, is a picture of Compton Wyniate's House, which for several generations was the favourite seat of the Earls of Northampton. In perusing the volume we desiderated a map of the district under description.

Les Nouvelles Sociétés Anglo-Saxonnes: Australie, Nouvelle Zélande, Afrique du Sud. Par PIERRE LEROY-BEAULIEU. Nouvelle édition entièrement refondue. Paris : Armand Colin, 1901. Pp. 487. Price 4 fr.

In the second edition of this interesting work the author speaks gloomily of the future of Australia owing to probable Labour troubles, and considers that Britain will eventually lose South Africa by the children or grandchildren of the defeated Boers wresting it from her. He is not surprised at the duration and magnitude of the present war. "The nature," he says, "of a war between Britain and the Boers was clearly demonstrated by the geography and history of the country." The author blames the British Government for undervaluing the military resources of the Boers, forgetting that Sir John Robinson, late Premier of Natal, confessed in a recent publication that even the Natal Government, "like the rest of South Africa, failed to grasp the magnitude of the peril that threatened both the Colonies and the Empire." (A Lifetime in South Africa. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1900., p. 328.)

After a glowing description of the war, in which he extols the heroism of the Boers and denounces the inhumanity of the British, the author reaches a climax by stating that Lord Roberts handed over the command to Lord Kitchener, "the butcher of Omdurman!" M. Beaulieu, who is neither a military man nor was present during the war, has apparently never read the opinion of the Austrian officer, Count Sternberg, who served with the Boers, and who wrote, "I may ɛay that never has a war been fought in so civilised a manner."-(My Experiences of the Boer War. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901, p. 210.)

With regard to the British Empire, however, the author fully recognises its grandeur. "The British Empire," he says, "is the greatest which has ever existed. Its area is three times that of Europe, and exceeds the fifth of the total landsurface of the globe, leaving far behind the territories, however vast, of Russia, China, the United States of America, and Brazil. Its population is probably slightly less than that of the Celestial Empire, but it is nevertheless a fourth of that of the world. . . . The sea being British, according to every Englishman's belief, and the British navy being omnipotent, the ocean unites instead of separating the scattered portions of the British Empire. Great Britain is at home on the waterways which lead to her dependencies, and can either prevent other Powers from communicating with theirs or throw a thousand obstacles in their path. This is what essentially differentiates the British Colonial Empire from any other, for Great Britain being mistress of the seas, communication between the various parts of her Empire is always as assured as if they formed one continuous territory."