174 The Ottawa Naturalist. [October 



REVIEWS. 



" Reminiscen'ces Among the Rocks : In Connection with the 

 Geological Survey of Canada" ; by Thomas C. Weston, F. 

 G. S. A., Toronto, Warwick Bros, and Rutter, 1899. 



The above is the title of a very neat and attractive little vol- 

 ume written by one of the few survivors of the early and pioneer 

 days of geological research in Canada, and also a member of our 

 club of many years standing. Mr. Weston's work brought him 

 in contact with many interesting places and personalities through- 

 out the Dominion. The plain, unconventional way in which he 

 has presented the numerous amusing anecdotes as well as at- 

 tractive records of scientific work, selected from a pile of official 

 note-books kept by him during the thirty-seven years of his con- 

 nection with that branch of the Canadian service, commends the 

 volume to the reading public as one of special interest. Whilst 

 disclaiming all literary skill, the author describes many an amus- 

 ing incident such as are but seldom recorded or described from a 

 geologist's standpoint, but which are nevertheless full of interest 

 and merriment. The brief biographical sketches of Sir Wm. Lo- 

 gan, Dr. T. Stenny Hunt, E. Bilhngs, Alex. Murray, Scott Bar- 

 low, E. Hartley, Horace Smith, and many others, including 

 " Michael" and many other characters met by Mr. Weston during 

 his very extensive travels, lend that peculiar personal charm to the 

 volume which always attaches to reminiscences. 



The book is of special value to the working geologist and 

 palaeontologist who desires to know the best type localities for ob- 

 taining suites of fossils with which to illustrate the fauna and flora 

 of the sedimentary formations of Canada. Mr. Weston has, per- 

 haps more than any other officer of the Geological Survey of Can- 

 ada, contributed to the vast number of specimens now contained 

 in the National Museum at Ottawa, and the notes he has given us 

 in systematic and chronological order, from the time he first joined 

 the Survey under Sir Wm. Logan, until his recent superanuation, 

 will be read with much interest. We commend this volume to all 

 members of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club. 



H. M. A. 



