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Abstract Abstract M. R. Shackleton. Europe: A Regional Geography. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 440 Park Ave., New York, N.Y., 1962. New impression (1962) of the sixth edition, 1958. 510 pages with table of contents, index and 154 maps and photographs. $7.50. S. R. Eyre. Vegetation and Soils: A World Picture. Aldine Publishing Co., 64 E. Van Buren St., Chicago 5, Ill., 1963. 324 pages with table of contents, black and white illustrations, appendices, bibliography and indices. $7.95. Walter A. Wittich and Gertie Hanson Halsted (editors). Educators Guide to Free Tapes, Scripts, and Transcriptions. Educators Progress Service, Randolph, Wis., 1963. xvi and 177 pages with title, subject and source indices. $5.75. Henry Rees. Australasia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. London House and Maxwell, 122 East 55th St., New York, N.Y., 1962. 253 pages with table of contents and index. $5.50. R. Davis and B. Ashabranner. Land in the Sun. Little, Brown and Company, 34 Beacon St., Boston 6, Mass., 1963. 92 pages with table of contents, illustrations and index. $4.50. F. B. Howard-White. Nickel: An Historical Review. D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., 120 Alexander St., Princeton, N.J., 1963. 350 pages with foreword, author's preface, notes, appendices and index. $6.95. J. Eric S. Thompson. Maya Archaeologist. University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., 1963. 284 pages with 16 plates, 24 figures in text and two maps. $5.00. Africa and the United States: Images and Realities. Background Book, 8th National Conference, U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, Dept. of State Publ. 7332, Afr. Ser. 26, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961. iv and 212 pages with table of contents and bibliography. $1.00. (paperback) D. P. Bickmore and M. A. Shaw, directors. Atlas of Britain. Oxford University Press, 417 Fifth Ave., New York, 16, N.Y., 1963. 200 pages of maps, gazetteer and a removable plastic reference overlay sheet. $100.00. Robert M. Lunny. Early Maps of North America. New Jersey Historical Society, 230 Broadway, Newark, N.J., 1961. 47 pages including 26 plates. $1.80. Mary Foley Horkeimer and John W. Diffor, compilers and editors. Educators Guide to Free Films. 23rd ed. Educators Progress Service, Randolph, Wis., 1963. X and 661 pages with table of contents, directions for the use of the Guide, title index, subject index, source and availability indexes and list of sources having films available in Canada. $9.00. Lauren C. Post. Cajun Sketches. Louisiana State University Press, Hill Memorial Bld., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 3, La., 1962. 215 pages with table of contents, photographs and index. $5.95. S. H. Steinberg, editor. The Statesman's Yearbook: 1963–1964. St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Ave., New York 10, N.Y., 1963. xxxvi and 1728 pages including index plus an eight plate atlas supplement. $10.00. William E. Rudolph. Vanishing Trails of Atacama. The American Geographical Society, Broadway at 156th St., New York 32, N.Y., 1963. VI and 87 pages plus map, photographs and bibliography. $3.50. Edward Higbee. Farms and Farmers in an Urban Age. The Twentieth Century Fund, 41 E. 70th St., New York 21, N.Y., 1963. xiii and 183 pages with statistical and map appendices and index. $3.00.