542 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



papers, including: On the Geology of the Rosita Hills by W. 

 Cross ; on the nature of the chemical elements by C. S. Palmer; on 

 the columbite and tantalite of the Black Hills by W. P. Headden 

 and others. The address of the retiring President, R. C. Hills, on 

 the orographic and structural features of the Rocky Mountain 

 Geology, a paper of much interest, fills the last one-hundred pages. 



4. Volcano of .Kilauea, Hawaii. — Reports from Kilauea in 

 the Hawaiian Gazette of Feb. 23, state that the great basin of 

 Halemaumau in the southern part of the crater of Kilauea, con- 

 tains a lake of lava 1300 feet in diameter, almost the whole sur- 

 face of which is in constant action. 



5. Physiography : a class book for the Elementary Stage of 

 the Science and Art Department by J. Spencer, B.Sc, F.C.S. 

 229 pp. * London, 1891 (Percival and Co.). — The many subjects 

 embraced under the head of Physiography are treated in this little 

 book clearly and simply but, of necessity, with great brevity. 



6. A universal English- German and German- English Dic- 

 tionary by Dr. Felix Flugel. Fourth entirely remodelled edi- 

 tion of Dr. J. G. Fliigel's Complete Dictionary of the English and 

 German Languages. Braunschweig, 1890-1892. (George Wester- 

 mann.) — This great work is now completed in three large volumes, 

 of which the English-German part forms the first two and the 

 German-English part the third. It has been a most laborious 

 undertaking carried through with untiring scholarly effort and 

 the final result is most satisfactory and reflects great honor upon 

 the author. 



7. The Ward Collection of Meteorites. 74 pp. 8vo. Rochester, 

 N. Y. — This catalogue gives a descriptive price list of the meteor- 

 ites in the large collection of Ward's Natural Science Establish- 

 ment at Rochester ; casts of a number of specimens are also in- 

 cluded. Detailed descriptions with illustrations are given of a 

 number of the meteorites, as La bella Roca, the Rockwood, 

 Hamilton Co., Texas, Puquois, Chili, Washington Co., Kansas, 

 and others. 



Cyclone Memoirs, Part IV, Arabian Sea, pp. 301-424. large 8vo. An inquiry 

 into the Nature and Course of Storms in the Arabian Sea, and a Catalogue and 

 brief history of all recorded Cyclones in that sea from 1648 to 1889, by W. L. 

 Dallas, Esq. Published by the Meteorolog. Dept. of the Government of India, 

 under the direction of J. Eliot, M.A., Met. Reporter to the Gov. of India. Cal- 

 cutta, 1891. 



The Sextant and other Reflecting Mathematical Instruments with practical 

 hints, suggestions and wrinkles on their errors, adjustments and use. With 

 thirty-three illustrations by F. R. Brainard, U. S. Navy. 120 pp. 16mo. New 

 York, 1891 (D. Van Nostrand Company). 



Essentials of Physics, arranged in the form of questions and answers pre- 

 pared especially for Students of Medicine, by Fred. J. Brockway, M.D. 330 pp. 

 Philadelphia, 1892 (W. B. Saunders). 



Outlines of Lessons in Botany for the use of Teachers, or Mothers studying 

 with their children, by Jane H. Newell. Part II, Flower and Fruit. 393 pp. 

 Boston, 1892 (Ginn and Company.) 



Catalogue of the Type Fossils in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge, by 

 Henry "Woods, with a preface by I. McKenny Hughes, Woodwardian Professor of 

 Geology. 180 pp. 8vo, Cambridge, 1891. 



