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introduction of ideas for which adquate preparation has not been made, 
or from the two brief exposition of complex phenomena. The result is 
that the pupil, if not his teacher, will sometimes be staggered. From 
actual experience with a group of teachers, it has been found that a 
large proportion of them do not catch the idea of a cuesta (p. 133), 
and it is not easy to see what good purpose the introduction of the term 
serves, for the pupils who will use this volume. ‘The defect referred to 
above will, it is to be feared, interfere with the usefulness of this very 
excellent book. 
The volume is abundantly illustrated (261 figures and ro plates) 
and every illustration is to the point. Half-tones have been excluded, 
and engravings put in their place. There can be no question but that 
in most cases the engravings are much more effective than reproduc- 
tions directly from photographs, for the non-essential features are 
omitted, and the essential features brought into prominence. We have 
seen no text-book on this subject in which the illustrations so uniformly 
illustrate the exact points which they were meant to illustrate, and in 
such a way that their meaning cannot be mistaken. 
The three volumes mentioned above put new and rich resources 
into the hands of teachers and students of physiography, and should 
result in great improvement in the teaching of the subject. 
Rebs: 
Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences, 1597-8. Vol. XVI. 
This volume of 320 pages indicates a laudable degree of activity in 
various scientific lines. The presidental address by Dr. S. W. Williston 
on “Science in Education” is an admirable exposition of the existing 
status and current tendencies of education in liberal and professional 
‘ines and contains excellent suggestions relative to desirable changes 
in which science shall be a larger factor. The papers in geology and 
paleontology are six in number as follows: Physiography of Southeast- 
ern Kansas, by George I. Adams; /usulina cylindrica Shell Structure, 
by Alva J. Smith; New Developments in the Mentor Beds, by A. W. 
Jones; Fossil Turtle Cast from the Dakota Epoch, by C.S. Parmenter : 
Deep Well at Madison, Kan., by F. W. Bushong ; Correlation of the 
Coal Measures of Kansas and Nebraska, by J. W. Beede. 
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