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lectures on this subject before the Lowell 

 Institute in Boston, and the Peabody Insti- 

 tute in Baltimore, will welcome this elegantly 

 printed volume as the most elaborate and 

 complete presentation of this marvelous geo- 

 logic period. The broad and critical knowl- 

 edge which the authors have gained through 

 long field-work, the admirable literary style 

 with which the complex facts are grouped 

 and explained, the abundant illustrations by 

 engravings and maps, and the copious index 

 making the volume a convenient manual, will 

 be sure to incite many to observe for them- 

 selves the records of the Ice age in the 

 vicinity of their own homes. 



The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of 

 the United States. By George Brown 

 Goode and a Staff of Assistants. Sec- 

 tions III, IV, and V. Washington : Gov- 

 ernment Printing-Office. Four Vols. Pp. 

 176, 178, 808, 887, with Plates and 

 Charts. 



This great work is designed to give a 

 complete survey of all that relates to our 

 fisheries, and includes in its portly volumes 

 a vast amount of information on every branch 

 of the subject. This information is present- 

 ed, moreover, in a way to attract readers, 

 notwithstanding its discouraging voluminous- 

 ness, and invite them to keep on. The first 

 part of the present installment, Section III, 

 is devoted to a description of the " Fishing- 

 Grounds of North America," and is edited 

 by Richard Rathbun. The term "fishing- 

 grounds " is defined to apply to " those areas 

 of the sea-bottom which are known to be 

 the feeding or spawning grounds of one or 

 more species of edible fishes, and which af- 

 ford fisheries of greater or less extent." The 

 most important of our fishing-grounds are 

 located off the eastern coast of North Amer- 

 ica, between Nantucket and Labrador; the 

 most distant fields lying in Davis Strait off 

 the coast of Greenland. These, with the oth- 

 er fields of the eastern coast down to Mexico, 

 are described, under thirteen local or special 

 headings, by Joseph W. Collins and Mr. Rath- 

 bun; the sea fishing-grounds of the Pacific 

 States coast, by President Jordan ; those of 

 Alaska, with their resources, by Tarleton H. 

 Bean ; those of the Great Lakes, by Ludwig 

 Kumlien and Frederick W. True. In addi- 

 tion, President Jordan furnishes a discus- 

 sion of the "Geographical Distribution of 



Food-Fishes in the Several Hydrographic Ba- 

 sins of the United States." The text is sup- 

 plemented by thirty-two " ocean temperature 

 charts." Section IV comprises an account 

 of " The Fishermen of the United States," 

 by Prof. Goode and Mr. Collins, including 

 the classification of their nationalities, their 

 distribution, delineations of their mode of 

 living, character, habits at work, intelligence, 

 tastes, and other qualities. A feature of 

 special interest is the section on the part 

 played by " fishermen as investigators." In 

 Section V, the " History and Methods of the 

 Fisheries" are related in two very large 

 volumes. The review of this part tends to 

 take the form of an enumeration rather than 

 an analysis. Nineteen authors are repre- 

 sented in the different papers. The accounts 

 cover the history of the several fisheries de- 

 scribed; their beginning, growth, or decay, 

 and present condition ; the methods pursued 

 at the different grounds where each fishery is 

 prosecuted ; processes of preparation for the 

 market ; applications of the fish ; statistics of 

 returns and value ; inquiry into the agencies 

 which have affected the prosperity or exist- 

 ence of the fishing stations as such ; and a 

 variety of such other information as may 

 help to a clear and comprehensive view of 

 the condition and prospects of fishing enter- 

 prise. The first volume relates to food-fish- 

 es ; the second to marine mammals, reptiles, 

 and invertebrates which are used for food 

 or other economical purposes. The special 

 subjects are the halibut, cod, haddock, hake, 

 mackerel, menhaden, herring and " sardine," 

 Spanish mackerel, millet, red snapper, salm- 

 on, whale, blackfish and porpoise, Pacific 

 walrus, seal and sea-otter, turtle and terra- 

 pin, oyster, scallop, clam, mussel and aba- 

 lone, crab, lobster, crayfish, rock lobster, 

 shrimp and prawn, leech and trepang, and 

 sponge fisheries, industries, and trades ; with 

 special chapters on " The Shore Fisheries of 

 Southern Delaware," the "Havana Market 

 Fishery of Key West," " The Pound-net Fish- 

 eries of the United States," and " The Fish- 

 eries of the Great Lakes." In nearly ev- 

 ery chapter may be found illustrations on 

 the depreciation or destruction of fish-beds 

 once extremely valuable and prolific, of the 

 manner in which we h^ve allowed great re- 

 sources to go to waste through the reckless 

 prosecution of speculative enterprises. One 



