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three men who. know Staten Island as none others know it, one 

 politician who is a politician in the best sense of the term, and 

 two public spirited citizens." 



The general impression conveyed by the book is that most of 

 the chapters are so incomplete as to give an erroneous impression 

 of our resources under the several headings. In a second edi- 

 tion, which is apparently contemplated, these should be either 

 omitted entirely or else made reasonably complete. 



A. H. 



Studies of Cretaceous Coniferous Remains from Kreischer- 

 ville, New York 1 



In the preface to this Memoir the statement is made that it " is 

 designed to present the results derived from critical studies of 

 coniferous remains from certain of the Cretaceous deposits at 

 Kreischerville, Staten Island, New York, especially from two 

 exposures, locally known as the Androvette pit and the Drum- 

 mond pit. . . ."• 



Although it is a joint contribution by two authors the individual 

 work of each is clearly specified. The senior author, Dr. Hollick, 

 is stated to be responsible for identifications based upon external 

 characters of the larger specimens and for the figures illustrating 

 them, and the junior author, Dr. Jeffrey, for the preparation and 

 microscopical examination of the smaller specimens and lignites, 

 and determinations based upon internal structure as shown in 

 the photomicrographs of sections. 



The introduction gives a history and complete bibliography of 

 previous investigations of the paleobotany of the vicinity, begin- 

 ning with the brief reference to the lignite by Lewis C. Beck, 

 in the First Annual Report of the New York State Geological 

 Survey, in 1837, and terminating with a list of recent papers by 

 the authors, preliminary to the one now before us, all of them 



1 By Arthur Hollick, Ph.D., New York Botanical Garden, and Edward 

 Charles Jeffrey, Ph.D., Harvard University. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 

 3 : Roy. 8vo, pp. 138, pis. 29. May 20, 1909. 



