The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. I., No. 3, July, 1889

by Various

"The Home Life of the Samoans and the Botany of the Islands," by Mr. W. E. Safford, U. S. N.

May 3, 1889, Twenty-fourth Meeting.

The paper of the evening was entitled, "Across Nicaragua with Transit and Machéte," by Mr. R. E. Peary, U. S. N. To be published in the "National Geographic Magazine," Vol. I, No. 4.

May 17, 1889, Twenty-fifth Meeting.

The paper of the evening was entitled, "The Krakatoa Eruption," by Dr. A. Graham Bell. The paper was discussed by Captain C. E. Dutton.

(Translated by Mr. R. L. Lerch.)

INTERNATIONAL LITERARY CONTEST

To be held at Madrid, Spain, under the auspices of the Commission in charge of the celebration of the Fourth Centennial Anniversary of the Discovery of America.

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