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quakes, atmospheric electricity, and magnetic distnrbances. Brief reference 

 is also made to the establisliment of a meteorological observatory on Teneriffe, 

 and to the preparation of meteorological globes. 



Records of the seasons, prices of agricultural produce, and phenomena 

 observed in the British Isles, T. H. Baker (Loudon, [l'JIO\, pp. VH+.UW; rev. 

 in Agr. Gaz. [London^. 12 {1910), No. 1908, p. 78).— This book compiles the 

 available information ou this subject for England during the period from 750 

 B. C. to A. D. 1882. 



The meteorolog'ical service of Canada, R. F. Stupart {Pioc. and Trans. Roy. 

 Sac. Canada, o. ser., 3 {190!)), pp. CXLI-CXLV). — A brief account is given of 

 this service, which includes weather forecasting, climatology, seismologj'. ter- 

 restrial magnetism, solar research, and a time service. It is stated that the 

 weather charts and forecasts are based upon " information obtained by tele- 

 graph from 3G stations in Canada and 64 stations in the United States, also three 

 stations in Newfoundland, and from Bermuda. . . . During the year 1908, 

 1,561 storm warnings were issued to Canadian ports, and of these 90 per cent 

 were verified." From these data " means are computed and some appi'oach to 

 satisfactory normal values are now available for nearly all portions of the 

 Dominion." 



Monthly Weather Review {Mo. Weather Rev., 38 {1910), Xo. 6, pp. S.29- 

 990, fi[>s. 16. eJnuis 33). — This number contains the usual climatological sum- 

 maries, weather forecasts and warnings for June, 1910, river and flood obser- 

 vations, lists of additions to the Weather Bureau library and of recent papers 

 on meteorology and seismology, a condensed climatological summary, and cli- 

 matological tables and charts. There are also special papers on The Water- 

 1 lower Resources of Colorado, with Special Reference to Stream Flow, by W. I'.. 

 Freeman; Snowfall at Summit, Cal. (illus.), by A. G. McAdie; Avalanches in 

 the Cascades and Northern Rocky Mountains during Winter of 1909-10 (illus.). 

 by E. A. Reals ; The Catchment of Snowfall by Means of Large Snow Bins and 

 Towers (illus.), by F. H. Bigelow ; and The Temperature Conditions of Boston, 

 Mass. (illus.), by A. H. Palmer. 



Climatic records for 1909 {Alaska Stas. Rpt. 1909, pp. 72-S2).— Tabular sum- 

 maries are given of the reports of the volunteer weather observers of the 

 Weather Bureau on temperature, precii)itation, and general weather comli- 

 tions in Alaska during the year. 



Meteorolog'ical observations at the Massachusetts Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, J. E. Ostrander and R. N. IIali.owei.i, {Massadinsctts ,s7«. Met. 

 Buls. 259, 260, pp. '/ each). — Sunnnaries of observations at Andierst, Mass., on 

 pressure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, cloudiness, and 

 casual phenomena during July and August, 1910. The data are brietly dis- 

 cussed in general notes on the weather of each month. 



Evaporation from free water surfaces, A. G. Smith {Proc. loirn Acad. .svi'.. 

 16 {1909), pp. IS.j-lSS). — Observations made with pans floated upon the water 

 in a river and embedded in the soil on the ])ank of the river at Iowa City showed 

 a uniforndy higher rate of evaporation from tlie river jian than from the land 

 pan, the ratio being about 100 to 90. 



Water: Its origin and use, W. Cor.KS-FiNru {Xcw rork. 1909, pp. XXI + ',S3, 

 pis. 108). — This is not a scientific treatise, but a i)opular discussion of the sub- 

 ject. The subjects treated in tlie diflerent chapters are heat. atmosi>here. clouds, 

 i-ain, water, forms of water, snow, ice, glaciers, springs, rivers, waterfalls, lakes, 

 ocean and sea, mountains and volcanoes, chalk, denudation, how to obtain water, 

 use. abuse, and waste of water, and lessons from nature. 



Chemical and biological survey of the waters of Illinois, 10. Baktow et al. 

 {Univ. in. Bui, 7 {1909), No, 2, pp. 20.',, Jiys. 5).— This is the report of the Illi- 



