GEOGRAPinc LlTICIiATrni'T^ \n 



Here tlioy embarked on a small steamboat ami deseemletl the Konp), 

 which at Bumba has a width of 'M) kiinmetei-s. On Aii;riist ."1 they sailed 

 for ICmope, and ]M. Verseimy died sliortly after his return to France. 



KUNKSr I)K Sasskvii.i.k. 



Paius, Jdinmrii 2.2, 1S97 . 



GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE 



Tjithoniliini Prartice for Befiinnm^ In Botanij. By William A. Setchell, 

 Ph. n., Professor of Botany in the University of (.'alifornia. I'p. xiv 

 + 199. New York: The ^Facmillan (V>mpany. 1S97. 90 cents. 

 That school instruction in botanv is emertiinjir from the dilettantcism 

 and dry ternunolofryism of " manuals" on the one hand, ami the proud 

 but narrow microscopism of the usual " laboratory jiuides" on the other, 

 is evidenced by the appearance of Professor Setchell's Laboratory Prac- 

 tice for Beijinners in B>otany. It is a book in which technical names for 

 the parts of plants and machinery for handling and e.xamininjrspecinKMis 

 are given a subordinate place, while the gros.s structure of plants is ex- 

 amined with the question constantly in mind, " How <loes the plant make 

 use of the organs, and in what way are the modifications in ditferent 

 plants adapted to their special requirements?" The book contains Ki 

 chapters on the anatomy of seeds, seedlings, roots, stems, leaves, buds, 

 flowers, inflorescence, and fruits, and interspersed chaitters on protective 

 structures, storage of food, climbinj; and insectivorous plants, vegetative 

 rei>rodaction, pollination, seed dispersion, and other similar subjects. 

 The book cannot fail to go a long way toward placing the student— ami, 

 we may add, the teacher also — in the attitude of keenly observing the 

 relation of structure to function, a kind of observation in which Charles 

 Darwin and Sir John Lubbock have been our chief masters, and which 

 will ultimately give the science of botany the acute scientilic interest and 

 real educational value in secondary schools to which it is so well adapted 

 and so fully entitled. !'■ '^'^ ^'• 



An Inlrodiirlidti to Gcolo(/!/. By W. B. Scott, Blair Profe.s.sor of (leology 

 and I'aheontolog'y in Princeton University. Pp. xxvir + 57:;, witli 

 numerous illustration.s. New York : The Macmiihui Conq.any. iS'.tT. 

 $1.90. 

 Students and teachers are to be congratulated on tlic ajipcaraMcc of 

 another elementary work on geology. As explained by the author, the 

 treatise " had its origin in the attempt to write an introductory work, 

 dealing principally with American geology, u|)on the lines of Sir Arcld- 

 bahUleikie'sexcellent little 'Cla.ss Book.' * * * The book is intended 

 to serve as an introduction to the science of (ieology, both for students 

 who desire to pursue the subject exhaustively, and al.<o for the much 

 larger class of those who wish merely to obtain an outline of the methods 

 and principal results of the science." The contents suggest that the 

 treatise, is an expansion of Professor Scott's lectures on geology in Prince- 

 ton Universitv. 



