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the Ninety-seventh Meridian, relates to a re- 

 gion vast in extent — including more than 

 three hundred thousand square miles, and 

 embracing many diverse conditions that in- 

 fluence the water supply — and one that has 

 been little studied by geographers and geolo- 

 gists. The regions discussed — for there are 

 more than one of them — are radically differ- 

 ent in most natural aspects from the older 

 inhabited portion of the United States. " It 

 is far more different from New England than 

 is Japan. It has more points in common 

 with Europe than with the great Mississippi 

 Valley. The chalk lands and downs of Texas 

 are more related to France than to the rocks 

 of the adjacent Arkansas and Missouri 

 States." The author has endeavored to give 

 only the laws of the occurrence and distribu- 

 tion of water. First, he corrects some pre- 

 vailing mistakes on the subject, and shows 

 how water really gets under the ground and 

 is found there ; then he describes the several 

 regions topographically and geologically, and 

 with reference to the conditions as to under- 

 ground waters. This part of the work is 

 well illustrated by maps and sections. 



The Industrial Magazine is a new peri- 

 odical devoted to the Promotion of Legiti- 

 mate Industrial Enterprises, Railroad and 

 Manufacturing Interests, and General Topics ; 

 Mrs. Kittie F. Miller, editor; published by 

 the Industrial Magazine Company, Chicago. 

 In the first two numbers railroad matters are 

 given prominence and occupy by far the 

 largest proportion of the space. Other en- 

 terprises are noticed in special articles ; and 

 information of what is going on in the rail- 

 road and industrial world is given in brief 

 items. 



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Alexander, James B. The Dynamic Theory of 

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Anagnos, M. Helen Keller. Boston: Wright 

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Branner, J. C. Annual Report of the Geologi- 

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Brooklyn Ethical Association, Twelfth Year, 

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Burt, Stephen Smith, M.D., New York. The 

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Campbell, H. J. Text-book of Elementary 

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Chamberlain, A. F. Report on the Kootenay 

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George, Henry. A Perplexed Philosopher. 

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Hoffmann, H. A., and Jordan, David Starr. A 

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