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Other peculiarities in style of diction and text arrangement are 

 so obvious they can not fail to attract attention and will either 

 amuse or exasperate the reader, according to his temperament or 

 the spirit in which he is perusing the book ; but these features 

 need not be noted here. The introductory chapter may be 

 skipped and then the remainder of the work may be read with 

 pleasure and profit by anyone who possesses even an elementary 

 knowledge of the principles of geology and an interest in the 

 natural features of his environment. The chapter which will 

 appeal with special interest to the members of our Association is 

 the one with the caption Borough of Richmond (Staten Island), 

 included on pages 171-186, with excellent views of the Triassic 

 trap rock quarry at Elm Park and the Cretaceous clay and sand 

 pits at Kreischerville. This chapter presents most of the salient 

 facts of our local geology in a pleasing manner, in language that 

 the layman can understand. The succeeding chapter, on Evi- 

 dences of Glaciation in and about Greater New York also con- 

 tains many references to the phenomena of the Ice Age on 

 Staten Island, and a picture of " sugar-loaf rock " on Grymes 

 Hill. 



