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BACK OF BOURKE: A STUDY OF LAND APPRAISAL AND SETTLEMENT IN SEMI‐ARID AUSTRALIA, by R. L. Heathcote, 9½> by 6½> inches, xiv and 244 pages, 24 figures, 17 tables. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1965. $6.50. WATER AND THE WORLD, by A. D. Tweedie, 7 by 4? inches, x and 236 pages, maps, diagrams, photos, index. Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd., Melbourne, 1966. Paperback, $1.35. FRONTIERS AND MEN, A Volume In Memory of Griffith Taylor (1880–1963), edited by John Andrews, 8¾> by 5½> inches, 186 pages, maps, frontispiece photo. F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1966. $5.75. ADELAIDE, by Michael Williams. 8½> by 6 inches, 40 pages, maps, photos. Longmans Australian Geographies No. 26, Longmans, Melbourne, 1966. 65c. LET ME ENJOY, Essays Partly Geographical, by O. H. K. Spate. 8¾> by 5¾> inches, xii and 303 pages. The Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1965. $5.00. L'HOMME DANS LE PACIFIQUE SUD, by François Doumenge. 9¾> by 8 inches, xxviii and 633 pages, maps, diagrams, photos, index. Publications de la Société des Océanistes, No. 19, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, 1966. 99 francs ($22.70). JAPAN, by R. W. C. Krippner. 8½> by 6 inches, 40 pages, maps, photos. Longmans Australian Geographies No. 25, Longmans, Melbourne, 1966. 65c. A DESCRIPTIVE ATLAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, by T. F. Kennedy. 9¼ by 7¼ inches, 64 pages, maps, text, index. A. H. and A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1966. Limp $1.40, cased $2.50. MONSOON ASIA, by H. Robinson. 9 by 5¾> inches, xv and 559 pages, maps, photographs, tables, bibliography, index. New Certificate Geography Scries, Advanced Level, Macdonald and Evans, London, 1966. 27/6 stg. ANTARCTIC SOILS AND SOIL FORMING PROCESSES, edited by J. C. F. Tedrow. 10 by 8 inches, 177 pages, maps, diagrams, photos. (Antarctic Research Series Vol. 8), American Geophysical Union, Washington, 1966. AFRICA, by Alan B. Mountjoy and Clifford Em‐bleton. 8½> by 5½> inches, 688 pages, maps, diagrams, plates, index. Hutchinson Educational Ltd., London, 1965. $5.15. AN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF EAST AFRICA, by A. M. O'Connor. 8¾> by 5½> inches, ix and 292 pages, maps, diagrams, index. G. Bell and Sons, London, 1966. $6.30. LATIN AMERICA, by H. Blakemore, and THE ARABS, by E. C. Hodgkin, each 7 by 4¾> inches, 128 pages, photos, maps, index. ‘The Modern World’ Series, paper bound, Oxford University Press, London, 1966. $1.30. LATIN AMERICA, by Irmgard Pohl and Josef Zepp, edited by Kempton E. Webb. 8¾> by 5¾> inches, ix and 315 pages, maps, diagrams, photos, index. John Murray, London, 1966. 30/‐ stg. THE MINING INDUSTRY OF THE NORTE CHICO, CHILE, by Leland R. Pederson. 9 by 6 inches, xi and 305 pages, maps, diagrams. Northwestern University Studies in Geography No. 11, Department of Geography, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1966. US$3.75. AN APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF KARST WATER, by A. F. Pitty. 8½> by 5½> inches, viii and 70 pages, maps, diagrams. Occasional Papers in Geography No. 5, University of Hull, 1966. 3/6 stg. ARID LANDS, edited by E. S. Hills. 9½> by 6¼>‐inches, xviii and 461 pages, maps, diagrams, photos, index. Methuen, London, 1966. 75/‐stg. THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF RETAIL NUCLEATIONS, by Barry J. Garner. 9 by 6 inches, xviii and 208 pages, maps, diagrams. Northwestern Studies in Geography No. 12, Department of Geography, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1966. US$3.75. LONGMANS DICTIONARY OF GEOGRAPHY, edited by Sir Dudley Stamp. 10 by 6½> inches, xv and 492 pages. Longmans, Green, London, 1966. 65/‐ stg. ATLAS OF LANDFORMS, by James L. Scovel, Emmett J. O'Brien, J. C. McCormack and R. B. Chapman. 14½> by 12½> inches, 164 pages, maps, photos, index. Dept. of Earth, Space and Graphic Sciences, U.S. Military Academy, West Point. John Wiley and Sons, New York 1965. $9.95. GEOGRAPHY AS HUMAN ECOLOGY: METHODOLOGY BY EXAMPLE, edited by S. R. Eyre and G. R. J. Jones. 9 by 6 inches, xii and 308 pages, maps, diagrams, photos. Edward Arnold, London 1966. 45/‐ stg. GODS, GHOSTS AND MEN IN MELANESIA, edited by P. Lawrence and M. J. Meggitt. 8¾> by 5¾> inches, 298 pages, index. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1965. $7.50. NEW VIEWPOINTS IN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, by J. Rutherford, M. I. Logan and G. J. Missen. 9¾> by 6¼ inches, xiii and 466 pages, maps, diagrams, photos, index. Martin‐dale Press, Sydney, 1966.