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tain, in Tuolumne county, California, and 

 which has been usually described as basalt. 

 The rocks are intermediate between the tra- 

 chytes and andesites and are specially named 

 ' latites. ' Inasmuch as sis other names have 

 already been proposed for rocks of this general 

 character, the author had a magnificent oppor- 

 tunity to resist the temptation to make a new 

 one. 

 Bulletin 149. ' Bibliography and Index of North 



American Geology, Paleontology, Petrology 



and Mineralogy for 1896,' F. B. Weeks. 



This bulletin continues the excellent series 

 already represented by Nos. 127, 130, 135 and 

 146. 

 Bulletin 150. ' The Educational Series of Rock 



Specimens, collected and distributed by the 



U. S. Geological Survey,' J. S. Diller. 



The petrography of the series is set forth by 

 Mr. Diller and othei's. The work will be more 

 fully reviewed elsewhere in Science. 

 Bulletin 151. ' The Lower Cretaceous Gryphseaa 



of the Texas Region,' R. T. Hill and T. W. 



Vaughan. 



This Bulletin has been reviewed in Science 

 for January 20, 1899 (p. 110), by Professor 

 Frederic W. Simonds. 



Bulletin 152. ' Catalogue of the Cretaceous 

 Plants of North America,' F. H. Knowlton. 



Bulletin 153. ' Bibliographic Index of North 



American Carboniferous Invertebrates,' 



Stuart Weller. 

 Bulletin 154. 'A Gazetteer of Kansas,' Heni'y 



Gannett. 

 Bulletin 155. ' Earthquakes in California in 



1896 and 1897,' Charles D. Perrine. 

 Bulletin 156. ' Bibliography and Index of North 



American Geology, Paleontology, Petrology 



and Mineralogy for 1897,' Fred. B. Weeks. 



The titles of Nos. 152-156 inclusive indicate 

 the contents. 



The Macmillan Company announce the early 

 publication of the second part of Dr. Dav- 

 enport's ' Experimental Morphology, which 

 treats of the effect of chemical and physical 

 agents upon growth. They also announce ' A 

 History of Physics ; in its Elementary Branches 

 Including the Evolution of Physical Labora- 



tories' which has just been completed by 

 Florian Cajori, Ph.D., professor of physics in 

 Colorado College and author of ' A History of 

 Mathematics.' 



The Open Court Publishing Company have 

 now in press the ' Principles of Bacteriology,' 

 by Professor Ferdinand Hueppe, of the Uni- 

 versity of Prague, translated by Professor E. 

 O. Jordan, of the University of Chicago. 



BOOKS received. 

 Hand-book of Metallurgy. CARL SuHNABEL. Trans- 

 lated by Henry Lewis. London and New York, 

 The Macmillan Company. 1898. Vol. I., pp. 

 xvi + 876. Vol. II., pp. xiv + 732. $10.00. 



A Guide to the Study of the Geological Collections of the 

 New York State Museum. FREDERICK J. H. Mer- 

 rill. Albany, University of the State of New 

 York. 1898. Pp. 207 + 65 plates. 40 cents. 



Earthenware of the New York Aborigines. "WILLIAM 

 M. Beauchamp. Albany, University of the State 

 of New York. 1898. Pp. 76 + 142. 245 illustra- 

 tions. 25 cents. 



Tlie Last Link, our present Knowledge of the Descent of 

 Man. Ernest Haeckel. London, Adam and 

 Charles Black; New Y'ork, The Macmillan Com- 

 pany. 1898. Pp. 156. $1.00 



The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology. J. E. Maer. 

 Cambridge, The University Press ; New York, 

 The Macmillan Co. 1898. Pp. 304. S1.60. 



Society for tlie Promotion of Engineering Education 

 Sixth Annual Meeting, Vol. VI. Edited by T. C. 

 Mendenhall, J. B. Johnson and A. Kingsbury. 

 Published by the Society. 1898. Pp. xxvii -|-324. 



Traite de zoologie concrete. YvES Delage and Ed- 

 UAED Herouaed. Vol. VIII., Les prooordes. 

 Paris, Schleicher Freres. 1898. Pp. vii +379. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND ARTICLES. 

 The New England Botanical Club has estab- 

 lished a journal to encourage the study of the 

 local flora. It has been given the name Rhodora 

 and will be published monthly at 740 Exchange 

 Building, Boston. The editor-in-chief is Mr. 

 B. L. Robinson, with Messrs. F. S. Collins, M. 

 L. Fernald and Hollis Webster as associate 

 editors. The first number, which contain twenty 

 pages and two plates, opens with an editorial 

 announcement, followed by a number of inter- 



