We are glad to notice that the zeal of the
map-makers has not diminished with the return of peace. It is a sign, we hope, of renewed public interest in geography. The first part of The " Daily Telegraph" Victory Atlas (1s. 3d.), which we have just received, is to be highly commended. It contains three large coloured maps of Germany (historical), South-Western Spain (political), and Australia (physical). The map of Germany shows the frontier changes very clearly, and insets illustrate the rise of Prussia and the Allied occupation of the Rhineland. The map of Australia is particularly good ; the physical con- figuration of the island continent is shown in bold colouring, and the railways, including the Transcontinental, are plainly marked. Such maps remind us of the very rapid advance of British cartographers to the front rank within the last ten years.
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