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of the Cretaceous and the Tertiary of the state with such other matters as are 

 closely allied. Also laboratory and literary work is being carried rapidly forward 

 on the several chapters on coal, gypsum, etc. to constitute Vol. Ill of the Survey, 

 a volume to be devoted to economic geology entirely. 



It is hoped that the Legislature at its next session will make provision for the 

 proper illustration and publication C)f each of these volumes. 



The Elements of Physics, by E. L. Nichols and W. S. Franklin, Vol. II , Elec- 

 tricity and Magnetism — This book is of a decidedly higher grade than the majority 

 of text-books upon the subject, and really forms a connecting link between them 

 and the more elaborate treatises upon special departments of physics. Starting 

 with a chapter upon the properties and analysis of distributed scalars and vectors, 

 the work discusses clearly and fully the topics usually treated under the subjects of 

 electricity and magnetism. 



The proofs of the various propositions are in general clear and as simple as the 

 difficulties of the subject permit. A good knowledge of calculus is required, and 

 the student should be especially familiar with the idea of infinitesimals 



The book is thoroughly up to date, even such a recent subject as Roentgen's 

 discovery being treated. It may be highly recommended to those students possess- 

 ing the requisite mathematical knowledge, as a thoroughly scientific and accurate 

 presentation of the subject. In order, however, to derive the greatest benefit from 

 its study, the student should do a large amount of outside reading, describing, in 

 dstail, the phenomena treated — A. St. C, D. 



With this number Mr. George Wagner is added to the Editorial Board of the 

 Quarterly. He has already been helpful in rectifying the exchange list, and will 

 in futura be in charge of the circulation. 



The Editor of the University Quarterly has studied the type-writer question 

 with some care. He has come to the conclusion that every professional scholar 

 should b.ive and use a typewriter, for the sake of accuracy, neatness and economy 

 of time. What machine is the best for a professional stenographer he does not pre- 

 tend to know, but he has concluded that the Hammond is the best for the profession- 

 al man who is to operate his own machine. And this from the following grounds: 

 Having watched the work of four or five standard machines in the hands of his col- 

 leagues he finds that the Hammond work is vastly superior in alignment and uni- 

 formity of impression; it is lighter and less bulky than other standard machines; the 

 •single keyboard with shift-keys is much sooner learned, and as rapidly worked by 

 any but professionals; it makes less noise than some; the quick and inexpensive 

 change of font makes it convenient for all, and especially desirable for language 

 men. For the.se reasons the Editor uses and recommends the Universal Hammond . 



