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The author further states that no remains of man or his works 

 have yet been found in the Pleistocene of Canada; none of the 

 implements discovered in alluvial deposits go further back than 

 the modern period properly so called. w. 



1 0. Bulletin of the JDept. of Geology, University of California. 

 A. C. Lawson, Editor, Berkeley, Cal. — Prof. Lawson states that 

 it is the intention to issue these bulletins, each embodying a special 

 piece of research, at irregular intervals, the bulletins to compose 

 volumes of from 400-500 pages. The following numbers of Vol. 

 I have thus far appeared. JVo. 1, Geology of Carmelo Bay, by 

 A. C. Lawson, assisted by J. de la C. Posada. The structure, 

 stratigraphy and geological history of the district are carefully, 

 worked out. The petrology of the igneous rocks is considered in 

 detail, accompanied by analyses. No. 2, The Soda Rhyolite north 

 of Berkeley, by Chas. Palache. This is a detailed study of a very 

 acid effusive rock in which soda is shown to be present in rela- 

 tively large amount. JVo. 3, The Eruptive Bocks of Point 

 Bonita, by L. F. Ransome. Another excellent penological paper 

 in which the mode of occurrence, petrography and chemical rela- 

 tions of a series of basic igneous rocks is carefully worked out. 

 JVo. Jf., The Post- Pliocene Diastrophism of the, Coast of Southern 

 California, by A. C. Lawson. This memoir contains the observa- 

 tions and reasoning by which two facts of general interest are 

 established : "the uplift or emergence from the sea of the entire 

 coast of California from San Francisco to San Diego in post-Plio- 

 cene time to an extent of from 800 to 1,500 feet," and "the local 

 deformation or differential movement of the crust to a remarkable 

 degree, particularly in the vicinity of San Catalina Island and 

 near the city of San Francisco." These memoirs are well printed 

 and accompanied by excellent maps, illustrations, diagrams, etc. 



l. v. P. 



11. The Geological Survey of Missouri. — The new Board of 

 Managers of the Bureau of Geology and Mines met last week 

 and passed a series of resolutions which contemplate a discon- 

 tinuance of the geological survey of Missouri after June 1st next. 

 The last State Legislature failed to appropriate sufficient money 

 to maintain even a reduced force and to complete, let alone pub- 

 lish, the reports on hand. After careful consideration the best' 

 solution of the difficulty appeared to be the devotion of a greater 

 part of the funds on hand and appropriated to the publication of 

 three reports, on paleontology, lead and zinc, and clays respec- 

 tively, in the order named, to abandon other work on reports on 

 hand, whether nearly completed or not, and to suspend the work 

 of the bureau with June 1st, the services of the State Geologist 

 and his staff to be then dispensed with. — The Age of Steel, Jan. 

 6, 1893. 



12. Geikie's Fragments of Earth Lore.* — This work is a col- 

 lection of articles some of which have been delivered as addresses 



fragments of Earth Lore: sketches and addresses, geological and geograph- 

 ical. By James Geikib. Edinburgh, 1893. 



