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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE

VOLUME I, 1889




WASHINGTON

PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

1889




OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

1889


GARDINER G. HUBBARD, _President_
HERBERT G. OGDEN  |
GEO. L. DYER      |
A. W. GREELY      | _Vice-Presidents_
C. HART MERRIAM   |
A. H. THOMPSON    |
CHARLES J. BELL, _Treasurer_
HENRY GANNETT  |
GEORGE KENNAN  | _Secretaries_
CLEVELAND ABBE      |
MARCUS BAKER        |
ROGERS BIRNIE, JR.  |
G. BROWN GOODE      |
C. A. KENASTON      | _Managers_
W. B. POWELL        |
O. H. TITTMANN      |
JAMES C. WELLING    |




PRINTERS
TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR,
NEW HAVEN CONN.




Vol. I. No. 1.

THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE.




PUBLISHED BY THE

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

WASHINGTON, D. C.


Price 50 Cents.




CONTENTS.


Announcement

Introductory Address by the President

Geographic Methods in Geologic Investigation: Wm. M. Davis

The Classification of Geographic Forms by Genesis: W. J. McGee

The Great Storm of March 11 to 14, 1888: A. W. Greely,
  Everett Hayden

The Survey of the Coast: Herbert G. Ogden

The Survey