National Geographic May 1913

The Monsters of Our Back Yards
A naturalist presents face- to- face close- ups and life histories of common insects and spiders.
The Monarch of the Canadian Rockies: The Robson Peak District of British Columbia and Alberta
The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution explores the majestic, glacier- clothed king of the range in order to learn more about the geology and fossils of the Cambrian period.
The Lama’s Motor- Car: A Trip Across the Gobi Desert by Motor- Car
An American firm in China is commissioned by the religious leader of Mongolia to secure an automobile from Detroit. Taking the vehicle across the Gobi desert, the Americans dragged it by bullock over miles of rough and perilously sandy terrain.