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drawal of certain public timber lands 

 from entry and their protection as for- 

 est reserves ; and the utilization of the 

 "Weather Bureau and the agricultural 

 experiment stations in forming a service 

 of water statistics and the survey of 

 vpater-supplies to serve as a basis for the 

 application of proper principles of wa- 

 ter management. On the invitation of 

 the Australasian Association represent- 

 atives were appointed to serve on an In- 

 ternational Committee to prepare a uni- 

 form system of biological nomenclature. 

 The meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation was immediately followed by 

 that of the American Geological So- 

 ciety, which was followed in its turn 

 by that of the International Geological 

 Congress. The former meeting also 

 took on somewhat of an international 

 character, for several of the European 

 geologists were present, and such of 

 them as chose to take part in the pro- 

 ceedings were given the first places. 

 The meeting of the International Con- 

 gress was the fifth of the triennial series, 

 and was attended by about two hundred 

 members, nearly half of whom were 

 foreigners from Austria, Belgium, Chili, 

 France, Mexico, Peru, Roumania, Rus- 

 sia, Switzerland, Canada. Germany, 

 Great Britain, and Sweden. Profs. 

 James D. Dana and James Hall were 

 designated honorary presidents of this 

 body and Prof J. S. Newberry presi- 

 dent; but he not being able to attend 

 on account of age, the sessions were pre- 

 sided over by one or another of the vice- 

 presidents. Prof. Joseph Leconte pre- 

 siding at the opening session. The 

 Congress was welcomed by Secretary 

 Noble, in a happily phrased address, 

 in which he spoke of the importance 

 of geology in its scientific and economi- 

 cal aspects, the activity with which its 

 study is pursued in the United States, 

 and the liberality with which it is as- 

 sisted by the Government. The meet- 

 ings were varied by the usual number 

 of excursions, ending in a grand excur- 

 sion of the International Geologists to 



the Yellowstone Park, the mining dis- 

 tricts, the Colorado Cafion, and other 

 points of geological interest in the "West, 



The American Association has se- 

 lected Rochester, N. Y., as the place for 

 its meeting of 1802, and the following 

 ofBcers have been chosen for that oc- 

 casion : 



President, Prof. Joseph Le Conte, Berke- 

 ley, Cal.; permanent secretary. Prof. F. W. 

 Putnam, Cambridge, Mass.; general secre- 

 tary, Prof. Amos W. Butler, Brookville, Ind.; 

 council secretary. Prof. T. H. Norton, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio; treasurer, William Lilly, Mauch 

 Chunk, Pa. 



Vice-presidents of sections : A, Prof. J. 

 R. Eastman, Washington, D. C; B, Prof. B. 

 F. Thomas, Columbus, Ohio ; C, Dr. Alfred 

 Springer, Cincinnati, Ohio ; D, Prof. J. B. 

 Johnson, St. Louis, Mo.; E, Prof. H. S. Will- 

 iams, Ithaca, N. Y.; F, Prof. S. H. Gage, Ith- 

 aca, N. ¥.; H, W. H. Holmes, Washington, 

 D. C; I, Prof. S. Dana Horton, Pomeroy, 

 Ohio. 



Secretaries of sections : A, Prof. Wiuslow 

 Upton, Providence, R. 1.; B, Prof. Browne 

 Ayres, New Orleans, La.; C, Prof. J. L. 

 Howe, Louisville, Ky.; D, Prof. 0. H. Lan- 

 dreth, Nashville, Tenn.; E, Prof. R. D. Salis- 

 bury, Madison, Wis.; F, Prof. B. D. Halsted, 

 New Brunsvvick, N. J.; H, Dr. Stewart Culin, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; I, Lester F. Ward, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Auditors ; Dr. H. Wheatland, Salem, 

 Mass.; Thomas Meehan, Germantown, Pa. 



LITERARY NOTICES. 



The Question of Copyright. By George 

 Haven Putnam. New York : G. P. Put- 

 nam's Sons. Pp. 412. 



This convenient and timely book con- 

 tains a summary of the copyright laws at 

 present in force in the chief countries of the 

 world, together with a report of the legisla- 

 tion now pending in Great Britain, a sketch 

 of the contest in the United States, from 

 1837 to 1891, in behalf of international 

 copyright, and certain papers on the devel- 

 opment of the conception of literary prop- 

 erty, and on the probable effects of the new 

 American law. To the author's view, the 

 American act of the present year, providing 

 copyright for aliens, can hardly be accepted 



