156 ; Scientific Intelligence. 
2. The Coai Mines of the Western Coast i the United States ; 
by W. A. Goopyrear, Mining Engineer. 4 pp. 12mo. San 
Francisco. 1877, (A. L. Baneroft & Co. THe author of this 
volume has had a ten years’ intimate practical acquaintance with 
the singe mines of California, Oregon and Washington Territory. 
His work gives a clear and full description of the coal fields (none 
of ehiok are Polder than Cretaceous), and of the mines themselves 
as they exist to-day, together with ctopata of production, infor- 
mation concerning the relative value for steam purposes of the 
various coals which come to the San i nadibenees market, and ee 
cognate matters sige not only to geologists and minin 
engineers, but also to a o are connected with the coal annie 
the following tarot reached: that the mines of California 
cannot be relied on for much more coal ; an those of Coos Bay, 
> On the ‘Ongi of ‘Kames or Eskers in New Hampshire ; by 
RREN Shapes of os sets N. H. (Proc. Amer. Assoc., Buffalo 
Ne ew Hampshire; and as being Héttnes jevers! rine in length, or 
n some places containing occasional angular bowlders. A single 
raieionel “kame,” 140 to 250 feet high, is said to exte nd in the 
Connecticut valley from Lyme, N. H., to Windsor, Vt., a distance 
of twenty-four miles. Mr. Upham describes the terraces as con- 
—. ace 
e han the ka. 
referred to depositions by sub-glacial oem of the ence 
dropped by the melting glacier before its ret 
4, The American Paleozoic Fossils. A Catdloiree of the Gen- 
= and Species, with names of authors, et places of publica- 
n, Groups of Rocks in which found, and the Etymology and 
Sinification of the words, and an Suahrntiers devoted to the 
Stratigraphical mye d of the Paleozoic rocks; by S. A. MILLER. 
254 pp. 8vo. Cincinnati, 1877, Published by the Author.—This 
title gives the contents not Mr. Miller’s work. The a wt nee 
result of a large amount of labor, me will be of great 8 
se d so also a precedi on the construction 0 
be morse in be du eeiess y Poot E. W. Claypole, of An- 
toch ° olle per commences with the names of foss 
Ani inni 
imals, b 
eater Among Ve seeatel ie: includes only the fossil 
ae. A valuable addition to such a ee ould be # 
table containing the titles of the works referre 
