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We have not space to say much of the remainiag reports, 

 though they are all valuable and interesting. Those interested 

 in the economic geology of Ontario will do well to consult Mr. 

 Yennor's report, which contains notes on the iron ores of Fron- 

 tenac, Leeds and Lanark ; on the phosphate of lime in North 

 Burgess, Bedford, and South Crosby ; and on the gold of Mar- 

 mora. 



The mining statistics form a new feature in the Reports of the 

 Survey, the importance of which cannot be over-estimated. Some 

 of the figures given in the tables are undoubtedly too low ; but 

 this is explained by the difficulty experienced in obtaining com- 

 plete returns from persons engaged in mining. 



A 3Ianual of Paleontology. By Henry AUeyne Nichol- 

 son, M.D., &c., &c.. Professor of Natural History, University- 

 College, Toronto.^ 



This is a well executed and well illustrated octavo of 600 pages, 

 presenting to the student a comprehensive, and, on the whole, 

 accurate view of the subject of fossil organic remains, whether 

 animal or vegetable. The introductory chapters contain some 

 valuable general views on the subject of geology in its relations 

 to palaeontology, after which the author proceeds to take up his 

 main subject, that of fossil animals, arranged in zoological order. 

 The classification is that of the modern English school of zoology, 

 for whose shortcomings Dr. Nicholson is not to be held respon- 

 sible, as no writer of an educational work on natural history for 

 use in Great Britain can hope for success unless he conforms to 

 the prevalent London fashion. Prof. Nicholson, however, rises 

 altogether superior to this school in the wide view which he takes 

 of his subject, giving importance not only to European but also 

 to American fossils, and thus rendering- his work of far more 

 value to the student in this country than any other English 

 manual. Every group of animals to which we have had occa- 

 sion to refer in this part of the Manual, is clearly and well repre- 

 sented. 



The part devoted to fossil botany is less copious ; but students 

 of that important but neglected subject may be thankful to find 

 it represented at all, and on the whole a good general view is 

 given of the successive floras, which are treated not in botanical 



* Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh. 



