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The Lower Amazon, by Algot Lange (G. P. Putnam's Sons,

10s. 6d. net), is a record of three recent journeys made by the author in the State of Pard. These included a canoe trip np the Tocantins River, another to the headwaters of the Rio Moju, and an exploring journey throngh the interior of the island of Maraj6, in the estuary of the Amazon. Mr. Lange gives a very interesting description of the life of the rubber- collectors who tap the trees of the virgin forest, and also of the various Indian tribes of the Tupi stock, whom he had the opportunity of studying at close quarters in the course of his adventurous wanderings. His full notes on the timber and other commercial products of this little-known region should be useful to American capitalists.