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ant addition to the text-books on physiographical geography is that by 

 Jacques W. Redway, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 

 This volume, as the author states in his preface, " is designed to show- 

 that the distribution of life is governed very largely bj' the conditions 

 of geographic environment, and that human history and industries are 

 always closely connected with geographic laws — in many instances the 

 direct resultants of them." The book is planned for use in high schools 

 and in normal schools. Some of the more important chapters are : 

 The wasting of the land ; by rivers ; by underground waters ; by 

 avalanches and glaciers, and by imperfect drainage. The dispersal of 

 life ; distribution of plants and animals and the industrial regions of 

 the United States are also treated. The matter is excellently arranged. 

 The author's style is succinct and clear. The volume is well printed 

 and freely illustrated with a good grade of half-tones. It is a book to 

 be commended. 



John Ckaig. 

 Cornell University, 



Ithaca, N.Y. 



Sponges from the Coast.s of North- Eastern Canada and Green- 

 land, by Lawrence M. Lambe, F.G.S. 



The paper bearing the above title was read before the Royal Society 

 of Canada at the last annual meeting, and was subsequently published 

 in the Transactions of the Society, appearing in second series, 1900- 

 1901, Volume VI., Section IV. It consists of "identifications or 

 descriptions of species found off the coast of Labrador in Davis Strait 

 and Baffin's Bay," and is an extension of a former paper, entitled, 

 " Sponges from the Atlantic Coast of Canada." 



The paper is excellently illustrated by six plates, showing different 

 sponge structures. As the descriptions are purely technical, it is only 

 possible here to refer those interested in sponges to the paper itself, 

 where full information may be had. The painstaking methods 

 employed by the author have yielded gratifying results, and the paper 

 marks a distinct advance in our knowledge of a branch of marine 

 fauna, which, though of lowly organism, is of great scientific and 

 general interest. 



0. E. L. 



