74 Scientific Intelligence. 
brate fossils, American as well as British, has well prepared him 
to make a judiciously arranged and convenient manual for stu- 
dent or instructor; and such is his work. The arrangement is 
zoological, commencing with the lowest forms, the Protozoans: 
and in connection with each section the zoological characters and 
Se and the stratigraphical position or range are stated. 
resented, but without wandering into speculative discussions. 
Lhe numerous illustrations are well selected for showing structure 
and generic and family distinctions. Why the author should 
write Kainozoic for Canozoie or Cenozoic, when he uses Eocene, 
Miocene and Pliocene, and not Eokaine, Miokaine, Pliokaine, is 
not clear. But this is a point in orthography, and does not 
diminish the value of the work. The mechanical execution of the 
work is excellent, quite in harmon with the beauty of the illus- 
trations. All interested in Geology will find Nicholson’s a 
of Paleontology a sw a valuable companion in their stu 
Geology. Third edition. 912. pages. 
8vo. aaa 1250 figures, with 12 ster ates opt a — of the world. 
Fat dalled that on Dynamical Geology has been mostly re- 
written and its pages and illustrations increased in number one- 
half; and that on Historical Geology, while but rane 8 revised, 
has received important changes in the pages on the Green Moun- 
tains, American fossil Mammals, and the Glacier and Champlaii 
riods of the Quaternary. 7eheod h the kindness of Professor 
arsh the volume contains also twelve plates: three illustrating the 
American Jurassic Dinosaurs; two, the two types of toothed 
birds of the Cretaceous, and giving iar of the complete skele- 
ton; three, “the Tertiary Mammals of the Rocky Mountain region; 
and, one, the relations ‘in size of the brains of Tertiary and Mod- 
mals. In addition, brief lists of works and memoirs are 
added, bringing out oe history of opinions in connection with the 
Dynamics " ~ Sei 
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f British Ni 
the United ‘Mates and Territories, and o th America ; 
y age _— Sige Jt., ere ae Geologist . ¢ Minin Hage 
vol. vii, Tran in 
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details as to size, time and place of publication, names of authors 
of the ee re _ of a vo cludes, besides 
overnment report ers of a public chara soba s can be 
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