29 DECEMBER 1906, Page 25

The M.P. Atlas (W. and A. K. Johnston, 25s. net)

is, to quote the title-page, "a collection of maps showing the commercial and political interests of the British Isles and Empire throughout the world." It gives maps of the world (1) in Mercator's Projection ; (2) with a view of the production of foodstuffs (North America, the Russian Empire, India, the Eastern Coast of Australia, and a strip of territory in South America being prominent). Another map exhibits the mean annual rainfall, and another the "Postal Delivery from London." "Routes to India and the Cape" are next set out. Other maps follow showing the Colonies, &AL, and, of course, the British Isles. South America, included on account of its importance as a food-supply, is the only apparent exception.