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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  valuable 
  and 
  complete 
  had 
  the 
  author 
  collected 
  the 
  scattered 
  and 
  

   missing 
  facts 
  regarding 
  the 
  environments, 
  into 
  tables 
  similar 
  to 
  

   those 
  given 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Challenger 
  report, 
  thus 
  showing 
  the 
  

   abundance 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  their 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  bottom, 
  temperature 
  of 
  water, 
  and 
  vicinity 
  to 
  land. 
  

   A 
  map 
  would 
  also 
  have 
  been 
  useful 
  as 
  indicating 
  at 
  a 
  glance 
  the 
  

   location 
  of 
  the 
  stations. 
  However, 
  the 
  author 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  congratu- 
  

   lated 
  on 
  having 
  produced 
  a 
  hand-book 
  complete 
  in 
  itself, 
  yet 
  

   supplementary 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  already 
  published. 
  It 
  deals 
  with 
  

   nearly 
  half 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  stations 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  are 
  given 
  on 
  

   more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  many 
  plates 
  as 
  the 
  Challenger 
  report 
  which 
  it 
  

   supplements. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  working 
  student 
  it 
  will 
  serve 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  hand-book 
  on 
  

   the 
  Foraminifera, 
  yet 
  its 
  value 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  overlooked 
  by 
  the 
  

   casual 
  reader. 
  j. 
  b. 
  

  

  10. 
  Guicla 
  al 
  Corso 
  de 
  Mineralogia 
  di 
  Antonio 
  D'Achiardl, 
  

   Professore 
  nell' 
  Univesita 
  cli 
  Pisa. 
  Mineralogia 
  generale, 
  8vo, 
  

   pp. 
  1-339. 
  Pisa, 
  1900 
  (Enrico 
  Spcerri). 
  — 
  The 
  author 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  

   is 
  well 
  known 
  for 
  his 
  many 
  contributions 
  to 
  Italian 
  mineralogy, 
  

   and 
  for 
  his 
  two 
  excellent 
  works, 
  one 
  on 
  metallic 
  minerals 
  and 
  their 
  

   deposits 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  on 
  lithology. 
  He 
  has 
  here 
  given 
  an 
  

   excellent 
  presentation 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  subject 
  of 
  mineralogy, 
  

   including 
  first, 
  the 
  morphology 
  of 
  crystals 
  with 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  

   the 
  systems 
  of 
  crystallization 
  presented 
  according 
  to 
  modern 
  

   methods 
  ; 
  also 
  the 
  physical 
  characters, 
  and 
  the 
  chemical 
  characters 
  

   of 
  minerals. 
  The 
  physical 
  characters 
  are 
  presented 
  with 
  especial 
  

   completeness 
  and 
  system. 
  

  

  Obttuaey. 
  

  

  Thomas 
  Egleston, 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  Professor 
  of 
  Mineralogy 
  

   and 
  Metallurgy 
  in 
  the 
  School 
  of 
  Mines 
  of 
  Columbia 
  University^ 
  

   New 
  York 
  City, 
  died 
  on 
  January 
  15th, 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  sixty-seven 
  

   years. 
  Professor 
  Egleston 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  9th, 
  1832, 
  and 
  was 
  graduated 
  at 
  Yale 
  College, 
  in 
  1854; 
  later 
  

   studies 
  were 
  carried 
  on 
  abroad, 
  especially 
  at 
  the 
  Ecole 
  des 
  Mines 
  

   in 
  Paris. 
  In 
  1864, 
  largely 
  through 
  his 
  efforts, 
  the 
  Columbia 
  

   School 
  of 
  Mines 
  was 
  founded 
  under 
  at 
  first 
  very 
  discouraging 
  

   conditions. 
  This 
  work, 
  which 
  has 
  later 
  been 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  a 
  flourishing 
  and 
  highly 
  useful 
  institution 
  of 
  

   learning, 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  considered 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  achievement 
  

   of 
  his 
  life. 
  For 
  more 
  than 
  thirty 
  years, 
  until 
  his 
  retirement 
  in 
  

   July 
  1, 
  1897, 
  he 
  held 
  the 
  Chair 
  of 
  Mineralogy 
  and 
  Metallurgy 
  and 
  

   was 
  always 
  active 
  in 
  promoting 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  School. 
  He 
  was 
  

   also 
  largely 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  founding 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Institute 
  

   of 
  Mining 
  Engineers 
  and 
  its 
  Transactions 
  contain 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   papers 
  by 
  him 
  ; 
  he 
  also 
  published 
  articles 
  in 
  other 
  periodicals 
  ; 
  

   among 
  larger 
  publications 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  his 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  

   Minerals 
  and 
  Synonyms 
  alphabetically 
  arranged 
  (Washington, 
  

   1889 
  and 
  New 
  York, 
  1891). 
  

  

  