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grossier of the Paris basin, by M. E. Hebert ; on the Fahluns of the 

 south-west of France, by M. Delbos ; on the freshwater Phi/sa hme- 

 stone of MontoHeu (Department of the Aude), by M. Victor Rauhn. 

 There were also rectifications of his classification of the nummulitic 

 rocks by M. Victor Raulin, and a paper on a classification of the 

 tertiary rocks of Aquitain by the same author. 



Connected with the publications of the Geological Society of France, 

 M. d'Archiac has produced the second volume of his 'History of the 

 Progress of Geology,' one, like the first, replete with valuable matter. 

 It treats of the deposits kno\^^ as quaternary or diluvial. Itself a 

 condensation of a mass of information, illustrated by concise original 

 remarks, it would be impossible to afford you a just idea of its con- 

 tents in the brief notice which this address will permit. It may, 

 however, be desirable to mention, that in this second volume M. d'Ar- 

 chiac gives an account of the raised beaches and superficial deposits, 

 with fossil marine remains, and of the erratic blocks of the north of 

 Europe and of the British Islands, of the effects due to glacial action 

 in these islands, of their bone-caves and osseous breccias, and of their 

 palaeontology of this date. The quaternary deposits of Holland, 

 Belgium and of France are mentioned in detail, the latter under the 

 heads of basin of the Seine, chain of the Vosges and the valleys de- 

 scending from it, basin of the Rhine, basin of the Loire and central 

 plateau of France, north flank of the Pyrenees, basin of the Rhone, 

 and osseous breccia and bone-caves. The quaternary deposits of the 

 Alps follow, first considering those of the plains and valleys around 

 the Alps, and then those amid the mountains themselves. The ac- 

 cumulations of this date are then treated of as regards Southern 

 Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Asia, including under 

 the latter head those of the Ural, of Siberia, and of the north flank 

 of the Altai. Then follow the accumulations of Western Asia and 

 of Southern Asia. M. d'Archiac afterwards proceeds with the qua- 

 ternary deposits of Africa and of North America, first treating, as re- 

 spects the latter, of the marine and lacustrine deposits of the southern 

 of the United States, then of those in the Northern States, and after- 

 wards of the erratic blocks of North America. He next describes the 

 deposits supposed to be of this age in Southern and Central America 

 (including the West Indian Islands with a description of the Pampas 

 and of the raised beaches of the western coast), and in Australia. M. 

 d'Archiac concludes with a general summary, read also before the 

 Geological Society of France, and with theoretical considerations re- 

 specting the former extension of glaciers. 



Geological Notices. 



This address has so far extended beyond the limits originally con- 

 templated, and which may indeed be considered desirable, that we 

 would venture to trespass little further upon your indulgence. At 

 the same time it becomes matter of congratulation, as regards the 

 still increasing cultivation of our science, that even a sketch of the 

 progress of this Society, and mention of papers read before other 

 geological societies of our land, with notices of those communicated 



