The importance attached to forest exploitation by the Argentine Government is further indicated by the publication of the leaflet "Quebracho Colorado," which is known as the hard wood of the Argentine Republic. The value of this wood species as a material for railroad construction and for other industries requiring "iron" wood is set forth and various authorities in the business and commercial world are quoted in support of its claims. "Paraguay in Wort und Bild" (Paraguay in Word and Picture), by R. VON FISCHER-TREUENFELD, is a study of the economic development of the Republic, The author, Consul-General of Saxony in Paraguay, gives in a brief form a general idea of this fertile land, whose broad extent might accommodate millions of people. The volume contains valuable information upon the geographical situation of Paraguay, the physical conditions, the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, as well as population and language. The development of Paraguay's history, treated in Chapter IV, comprises the prehistoric conditions, the Spanish and Jesuit dominations, the government of dictators until the war of 1864–1870, and finally the constitutional Republic of the present day. Stock raising, agriculture, forestry, commerce, and industry form the chapters upon domestic economy. The author endeavors to point out the excellent qualification of the country for colonization, and states that since the withdrawal of the free distribution of public lands the country has greatly benefited by the superior class of immigrants now received at her shores. This book is handsomely illustrated, and is a valuable addition to the literature on the subject of German interests in South America. It has recently been received by the Columbus Memorial Library. The Columbus Memorial Library is in receipt of a book by H. MANGELS, entitled "Wirtschaftliche, naturgeschichtliche und klimatologische Abhandlungen aus Paraguay" (Essays on Economy, Natural History, and Climate of Paraguay). The author, who is German Consul at Asuncion, in the preface to his book, says: "In these essays I endeavored to make my experiences of many years' standing accessible to the farmers and gardeners settled here, and to propagate in monthly and yearly reports the proper opinion upon the meteorological conditions of the climate in this country, a knowledge of great importance especially to farming. This work contains principally a carefully revised selection of these essays, formerly published in the "Paraguay Rundschau-Deutsche Wochenschrift für Landwirtschaft, Handel und Industrie" (Paraguay Outlook-German Weekly Periodical for Agriculture, Commerce, and Industry), as well as some new additions, and consequently forms a second edition of those publications. In the "Verhandlungen des Deutschen Wissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Santiago de Chile" (Reports of the German Scientific Association in Santiago de Chile), 1904, Volume V, No. 1, Dr. HANS STEFFEN publishes the account of his journey in the fiord region of Chile, undertaken in the summer of 1898-99 for the purpose of exploring this region to a greater extent than had been done heretofore. The essential results of this exhibition were: The crossing of the isthmus of Ofqui; the exploring of Estero Kelly, Estero Jesuitas, and tributaries; the exploring of Baker Fiord and its affluents, and the finding of the mouth of Rio Baker. A sequel to this article is found in "Petermann's Mitteilungen," 1904, Volume 50, No. VI, entitled "Baker Der Fjord in Westpatagonien." Both articles have maps attached which greatly enhances their value. Information collected for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition concerning immigration in the Argentine Republic has been compiled and published by the immigration department of the Republic, covering statistics from 1857 to 1903. It is shown that during the period. in question, 3,004,995 immigrants entered the country, exclusive of what are known as first-class passengers, Italy furnishing the main proportion. An interesting table gives the various occupation engaged in by these intending settlers, showing that agriculturists preponderated. ADDITIONS TO THE COLUMBUS MEMORIAL LIBRARY DURING SEPTEMBER, 1904. 8°. Agüero, P. de: Biografías de Cubanos distinguidos, por de P. Agüero. I. Don José Antonio Saco. Londres, Imprenta de W. & A. Webster, 1858. port., 83 p. 8°. =Alcorte, A.: Las garantías constitucionales. Segunda edición corregida. Buenos Aires, Félix Lajouane, 1897. viii, 488 p. André, Eugène: A naturalist in the Guianas. With thirty-four illustrations and a map. 1904. xiv, 310 p. 8°. With a preface by Dr. J. Scott Keltie. Antón, Manuel: Antropología de los pueblos de América anteriores al discubrimiento. Madrid, "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra," 1892. 47 p. 8°. Arber, Edward: The first three English books on America. [21551]-1555 A. D. Being chiefly translations, compilations, &c., by Richard Eden, from the writings, maps, &c., of Pietro Martire, of Anghiera (1455-1526); Sebastian Münster, the cosmographer (1489-1552); Sebastian Cabot, of Bristol (1474-1557). With extracts, &c., from the works of other Spanish, Italian, and German writers of the time. Edited by Edward Arber. Birmingham, 22 June, 1885. 408 p. 4°. xlviii, =Baader, Walter: Durch Nicaragua dem projectiesten interozeanischen kanal entlang. Basel, Kreis, 1903. front. 76 p. 12°. Volume 17, Baldwin, John D.: Ancient America, in notes on American archeology. With illustrations. New York, Harper and Brother, 1872. xii, 299 p. 8°. Blair, E. H., and Robertson, J. A.: The Philippine Islands, 1483-1898. 1609-1616. Cleveland, The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1904. 336 p. 8°. Coudreau, O.: Voyage à la Mapuerá. 21 avril 1901-24 décembre 1901. Lahure, 1903. illus., map, 166 p. 4°. Paris, A. Voyage au Maycurú. 5 juin 1902-12 janvier 1963. Paris, A. Lahure, 1903. illus., map, 151 p. 4°. Voyage au rio Curua. 20 novembre 1900-7 mars 1901. Paris, A. Lahure, 1903. illus., map, 108 p. 4°. d'Assier, Adolphe: Le Brésil contemporain. Races, mœurs, institutions, paysages, colonisation. Paris, Durand et Lauriel, 1867. 320 p. 8°. Dawson, Thomas C.: The South American republics. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. maps, illus., 513 p. 12°. Pt. 2.-Contents: Perú, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Panamá. Deléage, Paul: Haïti en 1886. Paris, E. Dentu, 1887. port., 394, (1) p. 12°. Diguet, M. Léon: La Sierra du Nayarit et ses indigènes. (Extrait des Nouvelles archives des missions scientifiques, t. IX.) Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1899. map, 64 p. 8°. Echeverría y Reyes, Aníbal: . . . Geografía política de Chile, ó sea recopilación de leyes y decretos vigentes sobre creación, límites y nombre de las provincias, departamentos, subdelegaciones y distritos de la república. . . Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Nacional, 1888-[89]. 2 v. in 1. 8°. Contents: T. I. Magallanes á Linares; T. II. Talca á Tacna. =Field Columbian Museum: Zoological series, vol. 4, pts. 1 & 2. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies. By Daniel Giraud Elliot. Chicago, 1904. 2 v. 8°. Fischer-Treuenfeld, R. v.: Paraguay in wort und bild. Eine studie über den wirt schaftlichen fortschritt des landes . . . Berlin, Mittler und Sohn, 1903. map, illus., 81 p. 8°. Gaffarel, Paul: Histoire du Brésil français au seizième siècle. Paris, Maisonneuve et Cie., 1878. (4), 512 p. 8°. Garcillasso de la Vega: Histoire des Incas, rois du Pérou., Nouvellement traduite de l'Espagnol de Garcillasso de la Vega. Et mise dans un meilleur ordre; avec des notes & des additions sur l'histoire naturelle de ce pays. Tomes 1 & 2. Paris, Chez Prault fils, 1744. 2 v. 12°. Histoire de l'île de Saint-Domingue depuis l'époque de sa découverte par Christophe Colomb jusqu'à l'année 1818 . . . Paris, P. F. Dupont, 1819. ii, 390 p. 8°. =International Bureau of the American Republics: Honduras. Geographical sketch, natural resources, laws, economic conditions, actual development, prospects of future growth. Edited and compiled for the International Bureau of the American Republics by Alfred K. Moe, United States consul at Tegucigalpa. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. maps, illus., 252 p. 8°. Leyes y reglamentos sobre privilegios de invención y marcas de fábrica en los países Hispano-Americanos, el Brasil y la república de Haití. (Revisado hasta agosto de 1904.) Washington, Imprenta del Gobierno, 1904. 415 p. 8°. Monthly Bulletin. Vol. 17, No. 2. August, 1904. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. pp. 285-572. 8°. CONTENTS. The Second General International Sanitary Convention of the American Republics. Argentine Republic. Exports, first five months of 1904; port movements in April; meat trade with Great Britain in 1903: German paper in the republic; maize crop for 1903-4; cereal statistics; cotton cultivation. Bull. No. 1-04-18 CONTENTS-continued. Bolivia. New President and cabinet; railway extension in the republic; railway and telegraph statistics for 1903. Brazil. Exports, first quarter of 1904; customs receipts, May, 1904; cametá rubber of Brazil; coffee movement for the month of May, 1904. Chile. Extradition treaty with Belgium; construction of the Transandine Railway; financial situation; nitrate output for 1904-5; nitrate trade during June and July, 1904. Colombia. New presidential cabinet; renewal of diplomatic relations. Costa Rica. Agricultural development; imports of merchandise in 1903; pearl fisheries in the republic. Cuba. Cuban tobacco in Texas; American coal in Cienfuegos; customs receipts during first half of 1904. Dominican Republic. Message of President Morales. Guatemala. Election of President Cabrera. Honduras. Trade in cotton goods. Mexico. Election of President Díaz; foreign commerce in April, 1904; public expenditures; Peru. Foreign commerce in 1903. Salvador. Shipments of coffee. United States. Trade with Latin America; consular trade reports; foreign commerce for Uruguay. Movement of the port of Montevideo in April, 1904; financial condition of the Venezuela. Regulations governing the acquisition of asphalt properties; surcharge on German view of the effects of the Panama Canal on international commerce. Coffee statistics, fiscal year 1903-4. The world's wheat crop, 1903. The world's iron output. Trade of America and Great Britain, first half of 1904. Trade opportunities in Latin America. Book notices. Library accessions and files. Venezuela. Geographical sketch, natural resources, laws, economic conditions, actual development, prospects of future growth. Edited and compiled for the International Bureau of the American Republics by N. Veloz Goiticoa, Secretary of the Bureau. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. Maps. ills. 608 p. 8°. Madiou, Thomas: Histoire d'Haïti. Tomes 1-3. Port-au-Prince, Imprimerie de Jh. Courtois, 1847-1848. 3 v. in 2. 4°. Mangels, H. Wirtschaftliche naturgeschichtliche Abhandlungen aus Paraguay. München, Fr. P. Datterer & Cie., 1904. illus., 364 p. 8°. Monte y Tejada, Antonio del: Historia de Santo Domingo desde su descubrimiento hasta nuestros días. Tomo 1. Habana, Establecimiento Tipográfico de Soler, 1853. xxi, 600 p. illus. 4°. Narbrough, John [and others]: An account of several late voyages and discoveries: . man's discoveries on the coast of the South Terra Incognita. III. Captain J. Wood's attempt to discover a north-east passage to China. IV. Marten's observations made in Greenland and other northern countries. To which are added a large introduction and supplement, containing short abstracts of other voyages into those parts and brief descriptions of them. The whole illustrated with exact charts and curious figures. London, Printed for D. Brown without Temple Bar in Exchange Ally, etc., etc., 1711. Maps. illus. 223 (1) p. 12°. =Olsson, Emilio: The Argentine: the land of the future. A lecture delivered by Señor Emilio Olsson, in the River Plate House, London, on June 8th, 1903. With illustrations, map, and valuable information from the latest official data on the Argentine Republic. Buenos Aires, John H. Kidd and Company, 1904. 32 p. 12°. Princeton Uriversity: Reports of the Princeton University expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. Edited by William B. Scott. Vol. V. Palæontology. Part 1. Edentata, 3. Gravigrada. by William B. Scott. Princeton, N. J., The University, 1904. pp. 227-364. Pls. XXXVI-LXIII. 4°. Publishers' Weekly: The publishers' trade list annual. 1904. 32d year. Catalogues, as supplied by publishers, of books in print 1904. New York, Office of the Publishers' Weekly, August, 1904. v. p. 4°. ="Review of the River Plate": Some useful data on Argentina and Uruguay. Buenos Aires, "Review of the River Plate," [1904]. [8] p. 12°. Reynoso, Alvaro: Agricultura de los indígenas de Cuba y Haiti. Paris Ernesto Leroux, 1881. 111 p. 8°. =Rickard, T. A.: Across the San Juan mountains. 1st ed. New York and London, illus. 115 p. 8°. The Engineering and Mining Journal, 1903. Santa-Ana Nery, F. J. de: Folk-lore Brésilien. Poésie populaire. Contes et légendes. Fables et mythes. Poésie, musique, danses et croyances des indiens. Accompagné de douze morceaux de musique. Préface du Prince Roland Bonaparte. Paris, Perrin et Cie., 1889. xii, 272 p. 12°. =Schüler, Heinrich: Brasilien von heute. Ein Rückblick auf die Regierungszeit des Präsidenten Dr. Campos Salles. Berlin, D. Dreyer & Co., [1904]. illus. 215 p. 8°. =Tejera, Emiliano: Los restos de Colón en Santo Domingo. Imprenta de García Hermanos, 1878. 70 p. 8°. Los dos restos de Cristóbal Colón exhumados de la catedral de Santo Domingo en 1795 i 1877. Santo Domingo, Imprenta de García Hermanos, 1879. 111 p. 8°. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. Diccionario demográfico argentino. Oficinas de registro de estado civil. Puntos poblados. Estaciones de ferrocarriles, puertos, oficinas de correos y telégrafos. Buenos Aires, Taller Tip. de la Penitenciaria Nacional, 1902. 77 p. fo. Ministry of Agriculture: The immigration offices and statistics from 1857 to 1903. Information for the Universal Exhibition of St. Louis, U. S. A. Buenos Aires, printing establishment of the Argentine Weather Bureau, 1904. 27 p. 8°. Notes upon Argentine flora. (Extracts from Gustavo Niederlein's work, "La Riqueza florestal de la República Argentina.") Buenos Aires, Anderson and Co., 1904. 21 p. 12o. 66 Quebracho Colorado," the hardwood of the Argentine Republic. Aires, printing establishment of the Argentine Weather Bureau, 1904. 12°. Buenos 16 p. Buenos Buenos Ministerio de agricultura: Memoria del Ministro de agricultura de 1902–3. Aires, Oficina Meteorológica Argentina, 1903. 221 p. 8°. Ministerio de hacienda: Ley de arancel consular y decreto reglamentario. Aires, Compañía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco, 1904. 36, (8) p. 8°. Plano de los ferrocarriles de la República Argentina. Índice y kilometraje de las estaciones é itinerario de las mensagerías. Año 1903. Edición corregida y aumentada. Buenos Aires, Imprenta Arsenal Principal de Guerra, 1903. unp. 12°. map. |