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ultimate results of these investigations, lie saw that earthquake 

 effects had already heen diminished and that in future the loss of 

 life and property would he further minimized. 



His kindly disposition made him the friend of all who had the 

 pleasure of his acquaintance, whilst the straightforward manner in 

 which he never failed to express his ideas gained their admiration. 



J. M. 



IMI I S C IE Xj X. -A. 35T IE O TJ 3 . 



A Glossary of the names of geological formations (Piani e sotto- 

 piani in Geologia : Calabria, 1895) has been compiled by Signor 

 U. Botti. It includes such terms as Albien, Algonkian, Sequanien, 

 Toarcien, etc. In the preparation of his work the writer consulted 

 a number of publications, but he seems mainly indebted to the 

 "Tableau des terrains" of Mayer Eymar. We thus have a number 

 of terms which have been formulated or modified by that particular 

 author, but have never (or hardly ever) been used in geological 

 literature : e.g. Bagshotin, Dartmouthian, Davidsin, (for St. David's 

 beds — ? meant for Davidsian), Llamberison (? Llanberisian), Llandei- 

 lian, Londinien, etc. We also make acquaintance with Antepara- 

 doxidien, Begudien, Boomin, Carcassien, Coutchiching, Dellysien, 

 Devillien, Eobiotic, Falaisin, Frigidiano, Hydroplastic, Mihielin, 

 Nervien, Niceen, Psychozoic, Etage de Sotern, Spanweton, Stampien, 

 and Virgloriano — names which we give according to the spelling of 

 Signor Botti. The work, though far from complete, will be useful 

 to those who are perplexed about the meanings of some of the 

 numerous terms of modern days : it will be useful also to those who 

 are given to naming formations or groups of strata, as it may help 

 them to avoid using a term already occupied. Thus we learn that 

 the term Georgian (from Georgia) was introduced by Walcott in 

 1891, for the Lower Cambrian Oleuellus-beds ; but we may inform 

 the writer of the Glossary that the term Georgian (from the 

 districts bordering St. George's Channel) was suggested in 18S5, 

 by Dr. Hicks, for the rocks usually grouped as Cambrian. 1 



SvENSKA VaXTVARLDENS HlSTORIA I KORTHET FraMSTALLD, AF 



Gunnar Andersson. 8vo, pp. 106, 1 Map and 58 Figs, in the text. 

 Stockholm : P. A. Norstedt and Sons. — Though this little book deals 

 largely with the recent distribution of plants in Sweden, so much 

 space is devoted to the past history of the flora, as preserved in peat- 

 mosses, clays, and travertines, that it should not be overlooked by 

 geologists. Dr. Andersson has done such excellent work in collecting 

 and studying the fossil plants of Sweden, that we are glad to 

 see his and Prof. Nathorst's leading results embodied in a truly 

 scientific history of the origin of the Swedish flora. The author, 

 being equally at home with the recent and fossil plants of Sweden, 

 can trace the influence of bygone climatic changes, and can give 

 interesting illustrations of the past and present distribution of certain 

 of the species. 



1 Geol. Mag., Dec. Ill, Vol. II, p. 359. 



