The Historical Geography of Asia Minor. By Professor W. M.
Ramsay. (John Murray.)—This is the fourth volume of the "Royal Geographical Society's Supplementary Papers." The author relates, in his "Prolegomena," a misfortune which will excite the sympathies and regrets of all students. Ho lost in some unaccountable way the manuscript of his completed work, and what he now gives to the world is the best substitute that ho could provide. He speaks of it in a depreciatory way, but we can well believe that the public has lost greatly by the misfortune. But what we have is of very high value. Professor Ramsay is an. enthusiastic student and explorer, and it is not too much to say that his researches in the arclneological field have resulted in a quite remarkable advance in geographical knowledge. His work is far too elaborate and, in some respects, technical, for us to attempt to deal with it in these columns. We must be content with the strongest recommendation of it as a book which cannot fail to take its place as a standard work of reference, while making the sug- gestion that the author might put some of his more important results into a smaller compass and a more accessible shape. It would not be right, however brief our notice, to pass by without acknowledgment, the particularly excellent maps.
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