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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  part 
  (Die 
  Lebensweise 
  der 
  Meeresthiere, 
  pp. 
  197-532) 
  

   treats 
  of 
  the 
  mode 
  of 
  life 
  of 
  sea 
  animals. 
  In 
  its 
  335 
  pages 
  are 
  

   brought 
  together 
  the 
  facts 
  known 
  about 
  the 
  geographical 
  distribu- 
  

   tion, 
  bathymetric 
  range 
  and 
  other 
  conditions 
  of 
  adjustment 
  to 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  life 
  environment 
  of 
  the 
  organisms 
  whose 
  remains 
  

   could 
  be 
  preserved 
  as 
  fossils. 
  The 
  facts 
  are 
  classified 
  in 
  sections 
  

   for 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  groups 
  of 
  organisms, 
  the 
  classes 
  or 
  branches. 
  

   Here 
  also 
  references 
  to 
  original 
  sources 
  are 
  liberally 
  given. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  part 
  (Lithogenesis 
  der 
  Gegenwart, 
  pp. 
  535-1055) 
  

   describes 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  formation 
  of 
  rocks 
  on 
  the 
  present 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  The 
  first 
  section 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  statistics 
  of 
  

   Lithogeny 
  or 
  dynamical 
  geology, 
  classified 
  under 
  the 
  heads 
  

   of 
  Weathering, 
  Ablation, 
  Transportation, 
  Corrosion, 
  Deposition, 
  

   Diagenesis 
  and 
  Metamorphism. 
  The 
  second 
  section 
  describes 
  

   and 
  classifies 
  the 
  various 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  earth, 
  

   (Du 
  Faciesbezirke 
  der 
  Gegenwart) 
  distinguished 
  by 
  differences 
  of 
  

   climate 
  or 
  physical 
  surface 
  as 
  affecting 
  the 
  geological 
  formations 
  

   or 
  phenomena. 
  In 
  the 
  last 
  section 
  the 
  outlines 
  of 
  a 
  comparative 
  

   Lithology 
  are 
  discussed 
  under 
  such 
  headings 
  as 
  the 
  correlation 
  of 
  

   facies, 
  the 
  equivalency 
  of 
  rocks, 
  changes 
  of 
  facies. 
  

  

  Although 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  original 
  in 
  the 
  book, 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  

   statistics 
  scattered 
  over 
  a 
  very 
  wide 
  range 
  of 
  literature 
  are 
  brought 
  

   together, 
  concisely 
  stated 
  and 
  classified 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  

   helpful 
  and 
  suggestive 
  to 
  the 
  geological 
  student, 
  to 
  which 
  end 
  

   the 
  full 
  references 
  to 
  original 
  sources 
  and 
  the 
  good 
  indexes 
  at 
  the 
  

   close 
  contribute 
  no 
  small 
  share. 
  h. 
  s. 
  w. 
  

  

  4. 
  Alabama^ 
  Geological 
  /Survey 
  — 
  Geological 
  Map 
  of 
  Alabama 
  

   ivith 
  explanatory 
  Chart. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  State 
  Geologist 
  and 
  

   Assistant. 
  Two 
  large 
  folio 
  sheets. 
  1894. 
  — 
  The 
  map 
  presents 
  in 
  

   clear 
  and 
  yet 
  not 
  too 
  strong 
  colors 
  the 
  geological 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  with 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  as 
  fine 
  as 
  the 
  classification 
  in 
  the 
  

   reports. 
  The 
  Chart 
  presents 
  an 
  admirable 
  synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  geological 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  In 
  the 
  

   first 
  column 
  names, 
  synonyms, 
  classification 
  and 
  common 
  fossils 
  are 
  

   given 
  for 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  recognized 
  formations, 
  opposite 
  each 
  division 
  

   in 
  the 
  second 
  column 
  are 
  given 
  thickness, 
  lithological 
  and 
  topo- 
  

   graphical 
  characters, 
  area 
  and 
  distribution, 
  in 
  a 
  third 
  column, 
  use- 
  

   ful 
  products 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  fourth 
  describing 
  the 
  soils, 
  character- 
  

   istic 
  timber 
  growth 
  and 
  agricultural 
  features, 
  and 
  a 
  final 
  column 
  

   in 
  which 
  are 
  listed 
  the 
  Reports 
  in 
  which 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  formations 
  is 
  

   described, 
  making 
  a 
  convenient 
  index 
  to 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   for 
  the 
  general 
  reader 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  geologist. 
  

  

  5. 
  Manual 
  of 
  Geology 
  ; 
  by 
  James 
  D. 
  Dana. 
  — 
  The 
  new 
  (fourth) 
  

   edition 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  entirely 
  rewritten 
  and 
  much 
  enlarged, 
  will 
  

   be 
  ready 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  January. 
  

  

  6. 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Geology, 
  University 
  of 
  Cal- 
  

   ifornia. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Lawson, 
  Editor, 
  Berkeley, 
  Cal. 
  — 
  This 
  work 
  has 
  

   been 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  xlvii 
  ; 
  p. 
  147, 
  1894, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  

   now 
  in 
  receipt 
  of 
  Nos. 
  5, 
  6 
  and 
  7. 
  

  

  No. 
  5. 
  The 
  Lherzolite- 
  Serpentine 
  and 
  associated 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  