562 Scientific Intelligence. 



developing the views of Bertrand, Lugeon, and others regarding 

 the recumbent folds and overthrust rock sheets. As most of the 

 literature on this subject has been in French and German, this 

 text will be a welcome addition to the English-reading public, 

 including the intelligent summer traveler as well as the geologist. 



J. B. 



7. La Geographic de Terre-JVeuve / par Robert Perret. 

 Preface de M. Marcel Dubois. Pp. vi, 3*73 ; pis. 31. Paris, 

 1913 (Librairie Orientale et Americaine ; E. Guilmoto). — A 

 very thorough study of the geography of Newfoundland is given 

 in this volume. Following the introduction is a chapter on the 

 history of the geography of Newfoundland and another on the 

 geology. The distinction between geology and geography is 

 emphasized. Following these introductory chapters the greater 

 part of the volume is devoted to such topics as the banks, the 

 climate, the plants, etc. The interior of the island is described 

 in some detail as well as the colonization of the island and the 

 exploitation of the sea. j. b. 



8. Possilium Catalogue. I: Animcdia y editus a F. Frech ; 

 II: Plant ae ; editus a W. Jongmans. — These indispensable 

 catalogues should be in the hands of all paleontologists and in all 

 geological libraries. The cost is not high considering what is 

 given, and further, either series I or II, or the individual parts of 

 each, may be purchased alone. For prices consult the publishers, 

 W. Junk, Berlin W. 15, Germany. The parts at hand are: 



I: Animalia. 1: F. Frech, Ammonere DevonicaB (Clymeniidae, 

 Aphyllitidse, Gephyroceratidse, Cheiloceratidse). 1913. 2: W. 

 Teppner, Lamellibranchiata tertiaria, " Anisomyaria," I. 1914. 

 3: (J. Schuchert, Stelleroidea palaeozoica. 1914. 4: F. de Huene, 

 Saurischia et Ornithischia triadica (" Dinosauria " triadica). 1914. 



II: Plants. 1: W. Jongmans, Lycopodiales I. 1913. 2: W. 

 Jongmans, Equisetales I : Actinopteris, Anarthrocanna, Annu- 

 laria, Annulariopsis, Aphyllostachj^s. 1914. c. s. 



9. Spitsbergen Map of Prince Charles Foreland from Surveys; 

 by W. S. Bruce, J. Mathieson and others. — This valuable map 

 has been published with the support of H. S. H. the Prince of 

 Monaco ; a brief description is given in the Scottish Geographical 

 Journal, vol. xxix, November, 1913. 



III. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. The National Academy of Sciences. — The annual spring 

 meeting of the National Academy was held in Washington on 

 April 21-23; a large number of members were ' in attendance. 

 The following gentlemen were elected to membership: Francis 

 Gano Benedict, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington; 

 Nathaniel Lord Britton, Director of the New York Botanical 

 Gardens ; Walter Bradford Cannon, of Harvard University; 

 Henry Herbert Donaldson, of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy, 



