Xii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May I906, 



and detached Parts of Works, 268 Volumes and 87 detached Parts 

 of Serial Publications, and 20 Volumes of Newspapers. 



The total Number of Accessions to the Library by Donation is 

 thus found to amount to 488 Volumes, 318 Pamphlets, and 87 

 detached Parts. Moreover, 86 Sheets of Geological Maps were 

 presented to the Library. This unusual number of strictly- 

 geological maps included 20 Sheets received from H.M. Geological 

 Survey ; 10 Sheets from the Geological Survey of Canada ; 11 

 Sheets from the Russian Geological Survey ; 7 Sheets from the 

 Imperial Austro-Hungarian Geological Institute ; 5 Sheets of the 

 International Geological Map of Europe ; 6 Sheets from the Swiss 

 Geological Commission ; 8 Sheets from the Geological Survey of 

 Sweden ; 5 from that of Rumania ; and 6 from that of Japan. 

 Mr. C. V. Bellamy presented a copy of his Geological Map of 

 Cyprus ; Capt. Baird Halberstadt presented a copy of his Map of the 

 Bituminous Coalfields of Pennsylvania ; and the late Prof. Gustave 

 Dewalque presented a copy of his Tectonic Map of Belgium and 

 the neighbouring Provinces. 



Among the Books and Pamphlets mentioned in the foregoing- 

 paragraph, special attention may be directed to the following 

 works : — The 5th Edition of Prof. A. de Lapparent's ' Traite de 

 Geologie ' ; Part II of Vol. I of the new Edition of Prof. Rosen- 

 busclrs 'Mikroskopische Physiographic der Mineralien & Gesteine' 

 (in collaboration with Dr. E. A. Wiilfing) ; Prof. L. de Launay's 

 ' La Science geologique ' ; Dr. Charles Davison's ' Study of Recent 

 Earthquakes ' ; the 6th Edition of the late Sir Clement Le Neve 

 Foster's ' Ore & Stone-Mining ' (revised by B. H. Brough) ; the 

 2nd Edition of Prof. E. Kayser's ' Allgemeine Geologie ' ; Dr. E. H. 

 Hatch's & Dr. G. S. Corstorphine's ' Geology of South Africa ' ; 

 Mr. A. W. Rogers's ' Geology of Cape Colony ' ; Mr. E. W. Rudler's 

 4 Handbook to a Collection of Minerals of the British Islands ' ; 

 Parts I & II of Dr. L. Carez's ' Geologie des Pyrenees francaises ' ; 

 Prof. Lacroix's great monograph on 'La Montagne Pelee & ses Erup- 

 tions'; Mr. R. L. Galloway's 'Annals of Coal-Mining'; Dr. J. E. 

 Marr s ' Introduction to Geology' ; the first volume of the Monograph 

 on the Rocks of Cape-Colville Peninsula (N.Z.) by Prof. W. J. Sollas 

 & Dr. A. McKay ; also ' The Age of the Earth & other Studies,' 

 by Prof. "W. J. Sollas; the Geological Survey -Memoirs on the 

 North Staffordshire Coalfields, on the Country between Derby, 

 Burton- on-Trent, & Ashby-de-la-Zouch (with a Chapter on 

 Charnwood), on the Country south & east of Devizes, on the 

 Geology of Bridgend, on the "Water-Supply of Lincolnshire, on 

 West-Central Skye and on Blair Atholl, and on the Country 

 around Cork & Cork Harbour. Among the numerous publications 

 received from the United States Geological Survey was Prof. C. R. 

 Van Hise's ' Treatise on Metamorphism ' ; and special mention is 

 due to Prof. A. Heim's great monograph on the Santis Range, 

 published by the Swiss Geological Commission. The German 

 Colonial Office presented its official monograph on the Geology of 

 the Cameroons ; and publications, too numerous to particularize in 



