During more than three centuries the record was held by the British. It was then captured by America in 1882. In 1895 it passed into the hands of the Norwegians, who held it until won by the Italians in 1900. America regained it in 1906, and now must keep it finally. The chief records are as follows:— British {Parry 82° 45′ on 25th July 1827. {Markham 83° 20′ ” 12th May 1876. American Lockwood 83° 24′ ” 13th ” 1882. Norwegian Nansen 86° 13′ ” 7th April 1895. Italian Cagni 86° 34′ ” 24th ” 1900. American Peary 87° 6′ ” 21st ” 1906. American {Cook 90° 0′ ” 21st ” 1908. {Peary 90° 0′ ” 6th ” 1909. ----- [3] Dr. Cook seems to have made a mistake here. His route was evidently west of Norwegian Bay. _Printed by_ MORRISON & GIBB LIMITED, _Edinburgh_ SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS. WITH CLUB AND CADDIE. Verses and Parodies by E. M. GRIFFITHS. Fcap. 8vo, cloth extra, t.e.g., =2s. 6d.= net. “Since the Granta days of Calverley and J. K. Stephen, I am doubtful whether so many excellent parodies have been gathered together in one little volume. . . . Although parody is not a form of poetry that readily enters into permanent literature, yet there is something of freshness and something of intimacy in the style of these verses which might well find them a place on any bookshelf beside such volumes as ‘Fly Leaves’ and ‘Lapsus Calami.’”—_Vanity Fair._ OUR LITTLE TOWN. And other Cornish Tales and Fancies by =Charles Lee=, Author of “The Widow Woman,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, =3s. 6d.= “The reader of ‘Our Little Town’ makes acquaintances whom he will not willingly forget. Knowledge, tenderness, truthfulness, humour, these qualities are stamped on every page of ‘Our Little Town,’ which is as good work as Mr. Lee could wish to do.”—_Scotsman._ “Our readers should keep this delightful volume by them—they will want to dip into it again and again.”—_Academy._ RUBÁIYÁT. By OMAR KHÁYYÁM. Translated by EDWARD FITZGERALD. Ornamental Borders and Illustrations in Colour by FRANK BRANGWYN, A.R.A. Post 8vo, inlaid cloth extra, =3s. 6d.= net. “One, a fancy portrait of the poet himself, sitting reading in his garden, is practically monochrome, the rest are fine pieces of colour, sometimes, as in the picture of the potters in the market-place, low in tone, in other cases, an opulent scheme of reds, ambers, and russets. The Eastern character of the poem, its profusion and richness, are happily reflected in these pictures.”—_Yorkshire Post._ DULALL, THE FOREST GUARD. By C. E. GOULDSBURY, late of the Indian Police. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, =3s. 6d.=