8o Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



The author acknowledges his indebtedness to Dr. Charles P. 

 Berkey for the preparation of rock sections for microscopic ex- 

 amination, and to Dr. Alexis A. Julien for their critical study. 

 The conclusion reached in regard to the serpentines and their 

 associated minerals is to the effect that " numerous field observa- 

 tions and determinations of the mineral constituents by micro- 

 scopic examination, indicate conclusively that all had a common 

 origin and that this was a basic igneous rock such as an enstatite 

 or a pyroxenite. 



Ph. D. 

 Running Away from Folks^ 



This is a breezy little sketch of some of the localities in and 

 around New York City, to which the person with little time and 

 money at his disposal may make brief and pleasant journeys. A 

 trip through Staten Island is described, via the Richmond Turn- 

 pike, Howard Avenue, the Serpentine Road, and thence to Rich- 

 mond, and an excellent picture is included of the view from the 

 heights above Silver Lake, looking over the Kill von Kull to New 

 Jersey. The writer is a little hazy in regard to his geology, how- 

 ever, when he describes our range of serpentine hills as " the 

 great glacial moraine that runs down the island like a spine," 

 and his guess was a good many miles out of the way when he 

 mentions Richmond Hill as the terminus of the " glacial ridge." 

 However, he says, " we left Manhattan after lunch ; we are back 

 again by dinner-time," so there was hardly time to bother very 

 much about facts. 



A. H. 



William Winter, the Dean of American Dramatic Critics^ 



This is a biographical sketch of our talented fellow citizen and 

 an appreciative account of his work as a dramatic critic, with 



^Walter P. Eaton. Harper's Bazar, April 1910, illustrated with pictures 

 by Walter K. Stone. 



^ Walter Prichard Eaton. Munsey's Magazine 42 : 820-826, zuith portrait. 

 Mr 1910. 



