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Roemer's knowledge was not, however, entirely confined to 

 science, though its range here was surprisingly great ; he was also 

 well informed in the classics and helles leltres. His nature was 

 winning, his manner attractive, and his influence with the young 

 great. It scarcely need be said that he had many friends and 

 admirers. Although happily married for twenty-three years he 

 was childless, yet his love of children was shown in the rearing of 

 his wife's nieces as his daughters. 



It was his great good fortune to be able to look back upon a life 

 rich in opportunities and fruitful in results. He had expressed the 

 hope that the end might find him in the full possession of his powers 

 rather than burdened with the infirmities of old age, and his wish 

 was granted. He died at Breslau on December lith, 1891, in his 

 74th year. 



IsrOTIGiES OIF- DVCZBDVCOIIRS, ETC - 



1. Canada. (?). — " A Summary Report of the Geological Survey 

 Depai'tment for the Calendar Year 1901, printed by order of Parlia- 

 ment, Ottawa, 1902," has reached us ; but nowhere in the title 

 do we discover its country of origin. From internal evidence, 

 howevei", we gather it comes from Canada. The report is full of 

 interesting matter, contains two new Trionyx, illusti-ated, from the 

 Cretaceous of Alberta, but suffers from the want of an index, or at 

 least chapter headings. In these busy days 269 pages of Report are 

 apt to be considered as mere Report unless the reader is furnished 

 with a clue to the contents. 



2. Pyrenean Volcanoes. — Patrick W. Stuart- Menteath describes 

 the volcanic phenomena of the Pyrenees in a series of papers 

 published in the Boletin de la Sociedad Aragonesa de Ciencias 

 Naturales (Zaragoza), a new serial of which we have seen No. 5 

 of vol. i (May, 1902). 



3. The German Geological Society. — Dr. E. Koken has pub- 

 lished (Berlin, 1901) " Die Deutsche geologische Gesellschaft in den 

 Jahren 1848-1898, mit einem Lebenabriss von Ernst Bey rich," with 

 a portrait of Beyrich. It is interesting to recall the names of the 

 founders of the German Society — von Beust, Beyrich, von Buch, 

 von Carnall, Ehrenberg, Ewald, Girard, von Humboldt, Karsten, 

 Mitscherlich, J. Miiller, Rose, Weiss. 



4. Maryland. — The fourth volume of the Maryland Geological 

 Survey (Baltimore, 1902) deals with "Palaeozoic Appalachia, or the 

 History of Maryland during Paleeozoic time," by Bailey Willis. 

 This is a highly interesting physical and dynamical paper, and is 

 well illustrated. A second report on Highways by Messrs. Reid & 

 Johnson contains results of tests of road materials and technical 

 notes on road construction. Heinrich Ries contributes a long report 

 on the Clays of Maryland, both from a geological and economic 

 point of view. We again recommend the get-up of this publication 

 to the notice of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. 



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