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THE 



GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 



anthig Joiuiual of (ll^o!afli|» 



WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED 



"THE GEOLOG^IST." 



EDITED KY 



HENRY WOODWARD, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. 



ASSISTED BY 



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ROBERT ETHERIDGE, F.R.S. L. & E., F.G.S. , &c., 



WILFRID H. HUDLESTON, M.A., F.R.S. , F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. 



GEORGE J. HINDE, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., and 



HORACE BOLINGBROKE WOODWARD, r= H ^ f n q 



FEBRUARY, 1900. '/^" ^^ 



G o nsr T IB isr 



Eeviews- 



I. Original Articles. page 



1. Emiuent Living Geologists : the 

 Rev. Osmoud Fisher, M.A., 

 F.G.S. (With a Portrait, 

 Plate TIT.) 49 



2. New Fossil Bird and Fish Re- 

 mains : Eocene, Wyoming. By 

 Charles R. Eastman. (Plate 

 IV.) 54 



3. Some Snowdoa Tarns. By J. R. 

 Dakyns, Esq 58 



4. A nevf Cvustacean, Mcsodromiliies 

 Birleyi : Gault, Folkestone. By 

 Henry Woodward, LL.D., 

 F.R.S. (Witha Woodcut.) ... 61 



II. Notices of Memoirs. 



1. J. Dewitz : Red Colour of Salt 

 Lakes of Egypt 64 



2. K.Jimbo: Minerals of Japan... 65 



III. Reviews. 



1. Dr. R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., on 

 Silurian Fishes. By A. S.nith 

 Woodward, F.G.S. (Witli * 

 Illustrations) 66 



2. Professor K. A. von Zittel : His- 

 tory of Geology and Palaeonto- 

 logy to the end of the Nineteenth 

 Century 73 



3. Indian Geology: (1) R. Bruce 

 Foote's Geology of Bellary Dis- 

 trict ; (2) R. Bruce Foote's 

 Geology of Baroda State 77 



4. Report of the Indian Geological 

 Survey 81 



5. The Pakieontographical Society's 

 Annual Volume for 1899 82 



6. Prof. W. J. Lewis's Crystallo- 

 graphy 85 



7. Dana's First Appendix to his 

 System of Mineralogy 86 



8. A. Strahan's Geology of the 

 South Wales Coalfield. Part I. 86 



9. G. F. Matthew's Etcheminian 

 Fauna of Cape Breton 87 



10. G. F. Matthew's Cambrian 



Faunas 88 



IV. Reports and Proceedings. 



Geological Society of London — 



1. December 20, 1899 89 



2. January 10, 1900 : Medals and 

 Awards 92 



V. Corkespondence. 



1. Mr. J. R. Dakyns 92 



2. Mr. G. C. Crick 93 



3. Professor E. Hull 94 



VI. Obituary. 



Prof. John Ruskin, M.A. , LL.D. 94 



VII. Miscellaneous. 

 Presentation to Prof. Wiltshire, 

 M.A., D.Sc 96 



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