National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 01. January 1897

The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the January Number. It includes the following articles: * The Gold Coast, Ashanti, and Kumassi, by George K. French * All Around the Bay of Passamaquoddy, by Albert S. Gatschet * Return of the Hourst Niger Expedition, by Ernest de Sasseville * Geographic Serials, by Henry Gannett * The National Geographic Society: Synopsis of a course of lectures on the effects of geographic environment in developing the civilization of the world, by Gardiner G. Hubbard along with Geographic Notes, and Miscellanea.