62 GEOLOGY, 



A detailed description of the glacial deposits, and of phenomena 

 ascribed to glaciers alone by the author. The map is a MS. one, com- 

 prising 6 sheets of the French " Carte de I'Etat-Major." G. A. L. 



Favre, Ernest. Eevue geologique Suisse pourl'annee 1873. [Swiss 

 Geology for 1873.] Arch. Sci. Bib. Univ. Geneve, t. 1. pp. 269- 

 304, 329-354. Also separate reprint, pp. 66, with index of authors 

 and table of contents. 1 plate. 

 Gives abstracts of all works on the geology of Switzerland published 

 in 1873, under 3 heads : — Descriptive geology ; the study of the various 

 formations in chronological order ; and Petrology, Applied Geology, &c. 

 The papers of 83 authors are analyzed, and 7 sections are given illus- 

 trative of some of the points touched on. The chief subjects discussed 

 are : — the general geology of the Western and Eastern Alps, the plain 

 of Switzerland, the Jura, and the Khine valley ; the crystalline and 

 PalaBozoic rocks; Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, and Quaternary 

 beds. G. A. L. 



Feistmantel, Ottokar. Einige Worte zur Erklarung iiber die 

 Schichten des Kothliegenden bei Budweis. [Lower Permian 

 shales of Budweis.] Yerh.k.-k. geol. Keichs. pp. 34-36. 

 A defence of the author's views as to the stratigraphical relations of 

 the above-mentioned deposits. 



. [Carboniferous rocks of Bohemia.] N. Jahrb. Heft iv. 



pp. 406-410. 

 Letter giving an account of researches on the Carboniferous rocks of 

 Bohemia, and their flora. 



FiRKET, Ad. Sur I'existence du schiste gris fossilifere au nord du 

 massif de Condroz. [Presence of the grey fossiliferous schist 'N. 

 of the main mass of Condroz.] Ann. Soc. Geol. Belg. t. i. Bull, 

 pp. xxxvii, xxxviii. 



Note of occurrence at La Houzee, &c. of supposed Calceola schists 

 lying between the Burnot conglomerate and the Givet limestone. 



Transformation sur place du schiste houiller en argile plas- 



tique. [Transformation in place of Coal-Measure shale into 



plastic clay.] Ann. Soc. Geol. Belg. t. i. Mem. pp. 60-64. 



Note of a case in which this alteration has been produced by means, 



it is supposed, of the action of percolating rain-water, within 700 



years. G. A. L. 



Foster, P. Le N., Jun. Coal-mining in Italy. Journ. Soc. Arts, 



vol. xxii. no. 1139, pp. 900-902 (Brit. Assoc), and Coll. Guard, 



vol. xxviii, p. 304. 



The coal-fields noticed are in the Tuscan Maremma, are of Miocene 



age, and have been broken up into small basins by upheaval caused by 



intrusion of igneous rocks. The coal is good. The succession of beds 



in the Montebamboli basin is given, and the Casteani mines are noticed, 



with an analysis of the coal. W. W. 



