As the Geographical Journal consists largely of papers which have
been read before the Royal Geographical Society, and which have been of necessity reported in the newspapers, the magazine has often a rather belated look. Thus, in the April number, there are given the now fairly well-known views of Captain Young- husband upon Chitral, and Professor Basil Hall Chamberlain's investigations into the history and habits of the Luchuans. Yet it is always desirable that the public should have an opportunity of reading these papers in full—as they are here—and well illustrated. In addition to Chitral and the Luchu Islands, several other subjects of interest are dealt with,—such as the triangula- tion of Africa and the geography of mammals. And, mirabile dictu, Mr. S. L. Hinde's "Three Years' Travel in the Congo Free State" contains not a little that is absolutely novel.
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