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include his studies of the Jurassic Cephalopoda of Kutch and 

 the Salt Range Fossils. From 1870 to 1875 ^® ^^^^ palaeontologist 

 to the Geological Survey of India. He then married and settled 

 in Vienna, where he was tutor at the University and subsequently 

 went to Prague to occupy the Chair of Mineralogy and Geology 

 at the German Technical High School. On the death of the 

 illustrious Joachim Barrande — the prince of palaeontologists — he 

 assisted in issuing the remaining volumes on the " Systeme 

 Silurien de la Boheme," and in conjunction with Professor J. J. 

 Jahn wrote the section bearing on the Crinoidea. In 1890 he suc- 

 ceeded Neumayer at the University of Vienna as Professor and 

 held that position at the time of his death. His researches on the 

 Cephalopoda and Brachiopoda are of great value and interest. 



H. M. A. 



BOOK REVIEW. 



A NEW PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



Probably in no other scientific branch has there been such a 

 change of method in the matter of presentation as in the study of 

 the topography and physiography of the earth's crust. In the old 

 days it was all included under geography, which it was intoto,wii\\ 

 the exception of a brief prefatory explanation of planetary relations 

 and the phenomena of changing seasons and temperatures. 

 Geography in the old days dealt with the rivers and mountain 

 ranges, the valleys and bodies of water, but chiefly with the arbi- 

 trary divisions of the earth's surface made by man, the political 

 centres and commercial marts. All this has been changed in re- 

 cent years. The natural has been separated from the artificial, and 

 the former has been given its rightful place in school curricula. 

 An important addition to the text books on physiographical geo- 

 graphy is that by Jacques W. Redway, published by Charles 

 Scribner's Sons, New York. This volume, as the author states in 

 his preface, "is designed to show that the distribution of life is 

 governed very largely by the conditions of geographic environ- 

 ment, and that human history and industries are always closely 

 connected with geographic laws- — in many instances the direct 

 resultants of them." The book is planned for use in high schools 

 and in normal schools. Some of the more important chapters, are 

 ''The wasting of the land ; by rivers, by underground waters, 

 by avalanches and glaciers, and by imperfect drainage. The dis- 

 persal of life ; distribution of plants and animals and the indust- 

 rial regions of the United States are also treated. The matter is 

 excellently arranged. The author's style is succinct and clear. 

 The volume is well printed and freely illustrated with a good grade 

 of half tones. It is a book to be commended. 



JOHN CRAIG. 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 



