Geology and Mineralogy. 383: 
added to its Saar It is easily soluble in both water aut i 
hol— Ber, Berl. Chem. Ges., xvi, 289, February, 1883. 
6. A Text-book on the Elements of Physics, for High Gobpela 
and Academies; by Atrrep P. Gage, A.M. 414 pp. 8vo. Bos- 
ton, 1883. (Ginn, Heath & Co. This will be found to be, in all 
essential respects, a very satisfactory book for the use for which it 
isintended. It presents the fundamental principles of the science 
with great clearness from the experiment pi side, and throughout 
Il. GroLtoey AND MINERALOGY. 
l. Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey, vt 
] 192 pee the account of “ ee olegic® al work in pro 
ress” this pet, by Professor G. H. , treats of the 
Sandstone or so-called Triassic ese i pes eruptive rocks of 
ussex County Iron Mines, Plastic Clays, and Shore Changes. 
With regard to ape Red ust, eat it states that the pda higpiroygr 
are confined ma to the northwest border, but occur also in 
the central oe (p. 18), and ” the southeastern hordes 33), 
: ey a nitic. The sandstone 
is usually seven-eighths or more gt qua ste but contains feldspar, 
* 
which is often unaltered, and in some cases much feldspar. 
and a similar case between an eastern and a wester 
North Carolina, Professor Cook expresses his yes to adopt 
sandstone for- 
Carolina, were once in some wa yc onnected, 
those farther northeast in the British Provinwe® 7 - and that this 
The pres is i dae The Ovigss 3 ‘the "ane iias of Eastern 
(1.) gee aa area, a thousand miles long, if extending from 
Nova Rad to South Carolina, covering various regions that 
