20 RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA. 



are not restricted to the finest houses, tallest crops, fattest 

 hogs, etc., as is customary in "booster" literature. But the 

 aim has been to show neither the best nor the worst, but 

 typical average scenes. It cannot be claimed that an abso- 

 lutely fair average has been struck in every case, however, 

 for one traveler cannot see everything, and often when a 

 most desirable scene is encountered it cannot be photo- 

 graphed on account of weather conditions, or the position of 

 the sun, or too many trees in the way, or the author being 

 on a moving train, or having no more films on hand. And 

 even when conditions are just right for photographing, 

 accidents sometimes happen in developing, when it is too 

 late to go back and take the picture over again. 



IMPORTANT RECENT LITERATURE. 



The most important works on the geography of the 

 whole State or any part of it up to the beginning of 1913, 

 as far as known to the writer at that time, were cited in 

 our report on forests (Monograph 8 of this Survey), and 

 do not need to be repeated here, as that publication is easily 

 accessible. There are listed below two earlier publications 

 that contain important information about southern Ala- 

 bama, and several published since 1913. As in Mono- 

 graph 8, the names of authors are arranged alphabetically, 

 and the works of each (if more than one) chronologically. 



Earlier Works. 

 Harris, G. D. 



The Midway stage. Bulletins of American Paleontol- 

 ogy, No. 4, 157 pp., 17 plates. Ithaca, N. Y., 1896. 



Contains valuable descriptions of several southern Ala- 

 bama localities, particularly in Wilcox County, where the 

 Midway beds are best exposed. 



(Waring, George E., Jr., compiler) 



(Social statistics of) Mobile. Tenth Census U. S., 

 19:191-198, with two inserted single-page maps. 1887. 



Publications since 1913. 



(Allgood, M. C., Commissioner) 



Alabama hand book. Agricultural and industrial re- 

 sources and opportunities. 445 pp., numerous illustrations 

 in text, and folded political map of the State. 1919. 



