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• Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1947, Vol.63 (3), p.139-152

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Taylor & Francis Group

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1947

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• EUROPE Prehistoric Britain. By Jacquetta and Christopher Hawkes. 8 1/4×5 1/2. Pp. xvi+280. 30 figs. 22 plates. London: Chatto and Windus, 1947. 15s. The Riddle of Prehistoric Britain. By Comyns Beaumont. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 208. 21 illustrations. End-paper sketch map. London : Rider and Co., n.d. 18s. Forests and Forestry in Great Britain. By William Ling Taylor, c.b.e. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. ix+172. 20 photographs. London : Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd., 1945. 12s 6d. Scotland: A Description of Scotland and Scottish Life. Edited by Henry W. Meikle, c.b.e., D.LITT., ll.d. 9x6 1/2. Pp. xii+263. Text illustrations. 96 plates. 9 plates in colour. End-paper maps. Edinburgh : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1947. 15s. The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History. By George F. Black, ph.d. 10x7. Pp. lxxii+838. Frontispiece. New York : The New York Public Library, 1946. $10.00. Shetland and the Shetlanders. By W. P. Livingstone, f.r.s.g.s. 7×4 #fr3/4> Pp.x+229. 31 plates. End-paper maps. Edinburgh : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1947. 7s 6d. Autumns in Skye, Ross, and Sutherland. By T. Ratcliffe Barnett. 7 1/2×5. Pp. xiii+198. 24 illustrations from photographs by Douglas Guthrie and Archibald E. Robertson. End-paper sketch maps. Edinburgh : John Grant Booksellers Ltd. Revised edition, 1946. 7s 6d. Western Highlands. By Arthur Gardner, m.a.,f.s.a. 8 3/4×5 5/8. Pp.vii+in. 300 illustrations. London : B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1947. 21s. Tramping in Arran. By Tom S. Hall. 6 3/4×4 1/4. Pp.112. 11 illustrations. 2 sketch maps. Goat Fell indicator chart. Falkirk : The Wayfaring Association. Third edition (revised), 1947. 5s. Autumn in Kyle and the Charm of Cunninghame. By D. C. Cothbertson. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 216. . 25 illustrations. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., n.d. 12s 6d. In and around Durham. By F. H. Rushford. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp.64. 40 illustrations. 2 maps. Durham : F. H. Rushford, 1946. 5s. Bradford: The Growth and Development of a Great City, 1847-1947. 9 1/4×6 1/2. Pp.98. Colour prints, photographs, and diagrams. Bradford : The Bradford and District Newspaper Co. Ltd., 1947. 5s. Journeys in the Sun. By Douglas Goldring. Foreword by Hugh Kingsmill. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xii+256. 18 illustrations. London : Macdonald and Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1946. 10s 6d. Denmark 1947. 7 1/4×5. Pp.280. 104 illustrations. End-paper maps. Copenhagen: Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Danish Statistical Department, 1947. Poland and Russia, 1919-1945. By James T. Shotwell and Max M. Laserson. 9x6. Pp. vii+114. Sketch map. Published for The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. New York : King's Crown Press, 1945 ;. Second printing, 1946. London : Geoffrey Cumberlege. $2.25 or 15s 6d. Introducing the U.S.S.R. By Beatrice King. 7×5. Pp. xii+112. Illustrated. London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1946. 5s. Russia and the Russians. By Edward Crankshaw. 7 1/2×5. Pp.256. London: Macmillaa and Co. Ltd., 1947. 9s 6d. The Population of the Soviet Union : History and Prospects. By Frank Lorimer. 10 1/2×8. Pp.xiv+289. 31 figs. 22 plates. 512 references. Geneva: League of Nations, 1946. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 15s. Vsesoyuznoe Geographicheskoe Obshchestvo za Sto Let. [The Centenary of the All-Union Geographical Society.] By L. S. Berg. 8 3/4×5 5/8. Pp.264. 42 illustrations. Moscow and Leningrad: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 1946. ASIA A Pilgrim in Arabia. By H. St. John B. Philby. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp.198. Frontispiece. 82 illustrations. London : Robert Hale Ltd., 1946. 16s. Aden to the Hadhramaut: A Journey in South Arabia. By D. van der Meulen. Foreword by Sir Bernard Reilly, k.c.m.g., c.i.e., o.b.e. 9×6. Pp. xvi+254. 91 illustrations. Sketch map. London : John Murray, 1947. 18s. The Economic History of India: 1600-1800, By Radhakamal Mukerjee, m.a., ph.d. 9 3/4×6 1/2. Pp. xxiii+195. 5 maps. Memoir of the United Provinces Historical Society. Bombay : Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., n.d. Rs. 7-8. Secret Siberia. By Emil Lengyel. 9×6. Pp.285. 9 illustrations. End-paper map. London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1947. 15s. AFRICA Le Congo Physique. By Maurice Robert. 11×7 1/4. Pp.449. 70 figs. 29 plates. Published under the auspices of the Comité Spécial du Katanga. Liège : H. Vaillant-Carmanne S.A. Third edition (revised), 1946. 400 fr. AMERICA Behold Our Green Mansions : A Book about American Forests. By Richard H. D. Boerker. 9×6. Pp. xv+313. Photographs and diagrams. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press ; London : Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1945. $4.00 or 24s. Hitch-hiking the Alaśka Highway. By Gertrude Baskine, m.a., p.r.c.g.s. 8 3/4×5 5/8. Pp. x+317. Toronto : The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd., 1946. 12s 6d. The Last Trek of the Indians. By Grant Foreman. 9×6. Pp.382. 7 maps. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1946. $4.00. New York. Photographs by Andreas Feininger. Introduction by John Erskine. Picture text by Jacquelyn Judge. 14 1/2×10. Pp. viii+103. 96 photographs. End-paper maps. Chicago and New York : Ziff-Davies Publishing Company, 1945. $5.00. Jungle Journey. By Jo Besse McElveen Waldeck. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 255. Illustrations by Kurt Wiese. New York : The Viking Press ; Toronto : The Macmillan Co. of Canada Ltd., 1946. $2.50. OCEANIA The Pacific Ocean. By Felix Riesenberg. 9×5 1/2. Pp. 284. Decorations and 6 maps by Stephen J. Voorhies. London: Museum Press Ltd., 1947. 18s. Waterless Horizons. By Malcolm Uren and Robert Stephens. 8 1/4×5 1/4. Pp. 255. 44 illustrations. 7 sketch maps. Melbourne : Robertson and Mullens Ltd. Fifth edition, 1945. 10s 6d. POLAR REGIONS Polar Exploration. By Andrew Croft. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. x+268. 22 illustrations. 8 maps. London : Adam and Charles Black Ltd. Second edition, 1947. 15s. The Ice-capped Island: Greenland. By Kare Rodahl. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp.142. 78 photographs. Sketch map. End-paper maps. London and Glasgow : Blackie and Son Ltd., 1946. 12s 6d. Fangst og Forskning i Sydishavet. Vol.3, ii. Antarktikas Historie. By Bjarne Aagaard. 10×6 1/2. Pp. xiii+563-IIII. Illustrated. 49 maps. Kommandor Chr. Christensens Hval-fangstmuseum, Sandefjord, Publ. No. 11. Oslo: Gyldendal, 1944. Oppdagelser i Sydishavet fra Middelalderen til Sydpolens Erobring. By Bjarne Aaoaard. 9 1/2×6 1/2. Pp.117. 29 illustrations. 8 sketch maps. Norges Svalbard-og Ishavs-Undersøkelser, Meddelelser No. 62. Oslo : Jacob Dybwad, 1946. Kr. 5.00. CARTOGRAPHY Die Schweiz auf alten Karten. By Professor Dr. Leo Weisz. Introduction and appendix by Professor E. Imhof. 12×8 1/2. Pp. 231. 244 map excerpts and other illustrations. Zurich : Verlag der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung, 1945. EDUCATIONAL World Geography. By John Hodgdon Bradley. 10×7 1/2. Pp. vii+487. 443 illustrations (maps, diagrams, photographs). Boston, Mass., and London : Ginn and Co. Ltd., 1945. 14s. About this Earth : An Introduction to the Science of Geography. By F. Kingdon Ward, b.a., f.l.s., f.r.g.s., v.m.h. 8×5 1/2. Pp. 168. London : Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1946. 7s 6d. Fundamentals of Economic Geography. By Nels A. Bengtson and Willem van Royen. 9×6. Pp. xxvii+802. 299 maps and illustrations. London : Constable and Co. Ltd. Revised edition, 1947. 32s 6d. Introduction to Plant Ecology : A Guide for Beginners in the Study of Plant Communities. By A. G. Tansley, m.a., f.r.s. 73/4×5 #fr1/4>. Pp. 260. 15 figs. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Second edition, 1946. 8s 6d. The Land of Britain and how it is used. By L. Dudley Stamp. 8×5 1/2. Pp. ix+80. 16 plates. 20 maps and plans. Specimen land utilisation map. London : The British Council; Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1946. 2s 6d. GENERAL The Next Development in Man. By Lancelot Law Whyte. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 275. London : The Cresset Press Ltd., 1944. 15s. Racial Pride and Prejudice. By Eric John Dingwall. 8×5 1/4. Pp. x+246. London: C. A. Watts and Co. Ltd., 1946. 8s 6d. The Illusion of National Character. By Hamilton Fyfe. 6 1/2×4. Pp. vii+157. The Thinker's Library, No. 116. London : C. A. Watts and Co. Ltd., 1946. 2s 6d. Land Classification for Land-use Planning. By G. V. Jacks. 9×7 1/2. Pp.90. 3 figs. Bibliography. Technical Communication No. 43. Harpenden : Imperial Bureau of Soil Science, 1946. 4s. Danmarks gamle Tropekolonier. By Sophie Petersen. 10×6 1/2. Pp.435. 206 illustrations. Map of Danish West Indies, 1:120,000. Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskabs Kulturgeografiske Skrifter, Bd. 4. Copenhagen : H. Hagerup, 1946. When Men and Mountains Meet. By H. W. Tilman, d.s.o., m.c. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. x+232. 54 photographs. 6 sketch maps. Cambridge : University Press, 1946. 15s.