364 MISCELLANEOUS. 



Behring's Strait, letting in the warm Japan current of the Pacific, and 

 that of the cold climate of the Glacial era to a rising of Arctic lands, 

 thereby excluding the Gulf Stream, are new (pp. 755, 756). Two new 

 chapters occur at pp. 687-696, 758-764. There are large additions 

 throughout, and many new cuts. 



W. W. (from a letter from Prof. Dana). 



Dakwin, Charles. The Structure and Distribution of Coral Eeefs. 

 Ed. 2. Pp. XX, 278, 3 maps, 6 woodcuts. 8vo. London. 



Contains replies to criticisms of Prof. Dana and Dr. Semper. An 

 account of the Pelew Islands is added, as also a description of a bar of 

 sandstone off Pernambuco. The later chapters have been almost re- 

 written, and the maps have been revised. F. W. It. 



Davis, William S. Pirst Book of Geology. 160 pp., 115 illustra- 

 tions. 12mo. New York. 

 Reprint from English edition. 



Dawkins, Prof. W. B. Inaugural Address, 1874. Trans. Man- 

 chester Geol. Soc. vol. xiii. part vii. 



Refers to evidence before the Coal Commission that blood-heat would 

 be reached in long- wall collieries at 3420 feet; but 1040 metres 

 (3511 feet) had been reached without need of any special ventilation. 

 After noticing various memoirs, states that the classification of the 

 Drifts proposed by Mr. J. Geikie will not apply to Lancashire, and that 

 probably the musk sheep and Arctic mammals lived in Southern France 

 during the period of minimum temperature marked by the ice-sheet in 

 Northern Britain, and that they retreated southwards before the in- 

 creasing cold. C. E. De R. 



. Note on the occurrence of palaeolithic implements, associated 



with bones of extinct mammalia, in old river-gravels of Europe 

 and India. Mem. Lit. Phil. Soc. Manchester, xiv. p. 15. 



Debeat, H. Poteries anciennes et mammiferes dans la tourbe de 

 Nortkerque. [Ancient pottery and mammals in the peat of Nort- 

 kerque.] Ann. Soc. Geol. Nord, 1870-1874, p. 9. 



Note of occurrence. 



. Silex polls dans la tourbe de Querieux. [Polished flints in 



the peat of Querieux.] Ann. Soc. Geol. Nord, 1870-1874, p. 9. 

 Note of occurrence. 



Antiquites des tourbieres d'Ardres et d'Aveluy. [Antiquities 



of the peat-deposits of Ardres and Aveluy.] Ann. Soc. Geol. Nord, 

 1870-1874, pp. 29, 30. 

 Flint implements at the former place ; polished flint axe, worked 

 antlers, and Roman medals at the latter. 



[Stone hatchets from the neighbourhood of Lille.] Ann. Soc. 



Geol. Nord, 1870-1874, pp. 69, 70. 

 Note of occurrence. 



