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traveler so readily gain a general view of the results attained l3y special- 
ists. One may amusedly regret that snow is spoken of as having eight- 
sided crystals (p. 56), and at the same time enjoy the account of avalanches 
and of moraines, which will surely edify many an inquiring traveler. 
Perhaps two names, Sallanches and Salanfe, are confused ; hut where else 
shall we go for a simple and accessible English rendering of such studies 
as Heim’s on the former course of the Rhine or the beheading of the Inn ? 
As a consequence of the latter accident, four little lakes have been formed 
on the valley floor, barred by alluvial fans thrown out by the lateral 
sti-eams. Here is the best example that can now be quoted of this pecu- 
liar species of lakes ; yet the Athenteum critic Avill have it that they are 
not caused “ by dams formed by lateral streams, but by the rocky bar- 
riers above and below the lake of St Moritz. Lateral streams have only 
divided in two places the upper lake.” Having a particular interest in 
lakes of this class, I wrote to Professor Heim, of Zurich, for fuller jiartic- 
ulars, it being from his original study that Lubbock took his account. In 
reply, Heim gives details confirming his original statement and justifying 
Lubbock’s abstract of it. A valuable list of works and authors referred 
to is given in an appendix. An index is unfortunately wanting. 
One of the chief values of Lubbock’s book lies in its being so mani- 
festly the work of one who has enjoyed the study and observation requii'ed 
in its preparation. The author may still spell Chamonix ^ ‘ Chamonni ; ” 
perhaps, as a very busy man, he may leave proof-reading to others (we 
hope he gives his own time to higher pursuits), but he certainly shows 
himself a generous man in taking the pains to make so accessible to many 
others the beauties of nature that he has himself appreciated so well. 
W. M. Davis. 
Frye’s Home and School Atlas. Boston : Ginn & Co. 1896. $1.15 by mail. 
This is a by-product of the Frye series of school geographies. It con- 
tains 24 geographic maps, 9 of which are devoted to the United States and 
10 to other parts of the world, the remainder being historical and com- 
mercial. These are well indexed and are convenient for ordinai’y use, 
although upon very small scales. There is also a series of relief maps of 
the continents and principal countries, and the work concludes with cli- 
matic and industrial maps of the United States, with descriptive text, 
tables, etc. 
Lakes of North America: A Ilea<ling Lesson for Students of Geography and 
Geology. By Israel C. Russell, Professor of Geology in the Universit}' 
ofMichigan. Pp. xi -f- 125, with 32 illustrations. Boston : (iinn A Co. 
1895. 
This little book is a treatise on lakes, in the light of the new geography. 
It classilies lakes by the origin of their basins, as those due to atmosplieric, 
atpieous, glacial, volcanic, and other agencies. It treats of the movcMiients 
of lake waters, as tiiles, waves, ami currents, the elfect of lakes upon 
climate, and the How of streams. It describes the characteristic topog- 
raphy of lake shores, as dill's, terraces, banks, deltas, etc. ; the character- 
