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GEOLOGICAL NOTES AND NEWS. 



Mr. W. A. Richardson has an illustrated paper on ' The fibrous 

 Gypsum of Nottinghamshire,' and another on 'A new Model rotating- 

 stage petrological microscope,' in The Mineralogical Magazine for 

 December. 



In referring to the work of Yorkshire geologists at the Annual Meeting 

 of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, Prof. J. E. Marr stated that the most 

 valuable geological work published during the year was by a predecessor 

 of his in the chair, on ' William Smith : his Maps and Memoirs.' 



The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 301, contains 

 ' The Anniversary Address of the President, Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, F.R.S., ' 

 on ' Some Features of the Pleistocene Glaciation of England,' and 

 Mr. S. S. Buckman's contribution on Jurassic Chronology, in which 

 he compares the distribution of Lias ammonites, etc., in tlie West of 

 England with that in Yorkshire and other parts. 



Our American friends are very thorough in the way of their publica- 

 tions, as shown by Bulletin No. 109 of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 recently published. This is entitled ' Contributions to a History of 

 American State Geological and Natural History Surveys, edited and 

 compiled by G. P. Merrill,' contains about 600 pages, and is illus- 

 trated by an enormous number of portraits of well-known American 

 Geologists. 



No. 302 of The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society contains 

 three papers of particular interest to northern naturalists. The first two, 

 by Mrs. E. M. Reid (Two Pre-glacial Floras from Castle Eden, County 

 Durham, and A Comparative Review of Pliocene Floras, based on the 

 Study of Fossil Seeds), will appeal to those naturalists investigating the 

 peat deposits. The third paper is by Dr. F. J. North on ' Syringothyris 

 Winchel, and certain Carboniferous Brachiopoda referred to Spiri ferina 

 D'Orbigny.' 



Among the contents of the recent issues of The Geological Magazine 

 likely to interest our readers we notice 'The Origin of Flint,' by 

 R. M. Brydone ; ' The Distribution of British Carboniferous Nautiloids,' 

 by the late Wheelton Hind ; ' William Smith : his maps and Memoirs ' 

 [review of],' by Prof. J. E. Marr ; ' Obituary Notice, Wheelton Hind, 

 with list of Memoirs ' ; ' The Quartzose Conglomerates at Caldon Low,' 

 by J. W. Jack.son and J. K. Charlesworth ; ' The Iron Ore Supplies of the 

 World,' by F. H. Hatch ; ' A Theor>^ of the Marginal Drift,' by W. B. 

 W'right ; and ' Notes on the Genus Sphaerocorphe,' by W. B. R. King, 

 the last being based on an exceptionally complete specimen from the 

 Ashgillian Beds of Norber Brow, Y^orkshire. 



The annual meeting of the Yorkshire Geological Society was held at 

 Leeds on December ist, and the attendance and the nature of the papers 

 read were reminiscent of the days before the war. The annual report 

 showed that the membership was about 145. The treasurer's statement 

 indicated a balance in hand of ;£ioo. The Secretary, Mr. H. E. Wroot, 

 outlined the work of the Society during the past year, and indicated 

 ways in which the work might be done in the future. As illustrating 

 the fact that notwithstanding aU that has been accomplished in 

 the county by some of the greatest authorities on British Geology, 

 there is still much to do, the following papers were read and discussed : — 

 By Mr. J. W. Stather, ' An extraordinary section in the Oolites and 

 Glacials at South Cave ' ; By Mr. W. S. Bisat, ' Coralline clays and 

 other beds near North Ferriby ' ; By T. Sheppard, ' New evidence as 

 to the sites of the lost towns of the Humber ' ; By Prof. Kendal), 

 ' Speculations on the history of the Yorkshire Rivers ' ; By Mr. Wilfred 

 Barker, ' Pakcobotany of the Barnsley Bed.' Perhaps as a sign of the 

 times, a resolution was passed making it clear that women were eligible 

 for election as members. 



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