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Focuses on Mississippi River in the U.S., during the 1930s. Geographical features of the river; Tributaries of the river; Impact of rise in level of water of the river on human life.

Focuses on a world sight-seeing tour conducted for 20 million school children of the U.S., through pictures, in early 1900s. Reasons behind the sight-seeing tour; Comparison of traditional methods of teaching geography in U.S. schools with that by modern methods; Benefits of teaching physical geography through pictures.

Features the Lake Clarke in Pennsylvania. Description of the contour of the lake; Identification of access routes to get to the lake; Condition of the indigenous peoples near the lake.

Discusses the loss of shoreline along the coast of Louisiana due to various causes. Loss of marsh, islands, and swamp which once covered more than 6,000 square miles in the early 20th century; How the nutria, a South American rodent, escaped into the wild and devoured the marsh roots; Efforts of the U.S. Army Corps to dredge 14 major ship channels to inland ports by the 1960s; How oil companies cut canals for pipelines and wells; Impact of the rising sea level and the loss of vital sediments and nutrients into the wetlands; Proposal from the state of Louisiana for a 14-billion-dollar plan to save the remaining wetlands from destruction.

Provides scientific information about Mount McKinley in Alaska. Altitude of the mountain; Measurement of elevation; Distance in a triangulation plan.

The article presents the author's insight on the new series of the journal "National Geographic Magazine" as an American monthly publication. The author states that the editors struggle to identify the precise scope of the journal with the mutuality between sciences and geographic, as geography also deals physical, political and commercial aspects of the New World. The author notes that various works from the members of the National Geographic Society will be regularly published in the journal.