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  II. 
  Geology. 
  

  

  1. 
  Recent 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  /States 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  

   Charles 
  D. 
  Walcott, 
  Director. 
  The 
  following 
  volumes 
  have 
  

   recently 
  been 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Survey 
  : 
  

  

  Nineteenth 
  Annual 
  Report. 
  Part 
  II. 
  Papers 
  chiefly 
  of 
  

   a 
  Theoretic 
  Nature. 
  Pp. 
  712; 
  plates 
  172. 
  This 
  volume 
  includes 
  

   the 
  following 
  papers 
  : 
  By 
  C. 
  W. 
  Hayes 
  on 
  the 
  physiography 
  of 
  

   the 
  Chattanooga 
  District; 
  by 
  F. 
  H. 
  King 
  and 
  C. 
  S. 
  Slichter 
  on 
  

   the 
  movements 
  of 
  ground 
  water 
  (this 
  Journal, 
  p. 
  157); 
  by 
  N. 
  S. 
  

   Shaler 
  and 
  J. 
  B. 
  Wood 
  worth 
  on 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  Richmond 
  

   Basin, 
  Virginia 
  ; 
  by 
  L. 
  F. 
  Ward 
  on 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  formation 
  of 
  

   the 
  Black 
  Hills, 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  fossil 
  plants 
  (see 
  p. 
  384). 
  

  

  Part 
  III. 
  Economic 
  Geology. 
  Pp. 
  785 
  ; 
  plates 
  99. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   papers 
  here 
  included, 
  that 
  by 
  T. 
  Nelson 
  Dale 
  on 
  the 
  Slate 
  Belt 
  of 
  

   Eastern 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Western 
  Vermont 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  

   noticed 
  (p. 
  382). 
  Other 
  papers 
  are 
  by 
  J. 
  F. 
  Kemp 
  on 
  the 
  titan- 
  

   iierous 
  iron 
  ores 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  ; 
  J. 
  S. 
  Diller 
  on 
  the 
  Coos 
  

   Bay 
  coal-field, 
  Oregon; 
  by 
  G. 
  W. 
  Tower, 
  Jr., 
  and 
  G. 
  O. 
  Smith, 
  

   on 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  Tintic 
  District, 
  Utah 
  ; 
  by 
  J. 
  A. 
  Taff, 
  David 
  

   White 
  and 
  G. 
  H. 
  Girty 
  on 
  the 
  McAlister-Lehigh 
  coal-field, 
  

   Indian 
  Territory; 
  also 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  Monograph 
  XXXVI 
  by 
  the 
  

   authors. 
  

  

  Part 
  V. 
  On 
  the 
  Forest 
  Reserves. 
  Pp. 
  xv, 
  400; 
  plates 
  110; 
  

   with 
  Atlas. 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Gannett 
  is 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  this 
  division, 
  and 
  

   the 
  publication 
  of 
  this 
  volume 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  and 
  admirable 
  feature 
  of 
  

   the 
  Survey 
  work. 
  Several 
  papers 
  on 
  the 
  forest 
  reserves 
  in 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  are 
  included, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  

   discussion 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gannett, 
  Thus, 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  reserve 
  in 
  the 
  

   Black 
  Hills, 
  by 
  H. 
  S. 
  Graves; 
  on 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Big 
  Horn, 
  by 
  F. 
  

   E. 
  Town 
  ; 
  of 
  the 
  Bitterroot, 
  by 
  J. 
  B. 
  Leiber 
  ; 
  of 
  Washington, 
  by 
  

   H. 
  B. 
  Ayres 
  and 
  M. 
  W. 
  Gorman, 
  etc. 
  The 
  volume 
  contains 
  

   numerous 
  excellent 
  illustrations 
  and 
  is 
  accompanied 
  by 
  an 
  atlas 
  of 
  

   seventy-five 
  colored 
  plates. 
  As 
  a 
  whole, 
  it 
  forms 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  

   interesting 
  discussion 
  of 
  a 
  highly 
  important 
  subject. 
  

  

  Twentieth 
  Annual 
  Report. 
  Part 
  I. 
  Director's 
  Report, 
  

   including 
  Triangulation 
  and 
  /Spirit 
  Leveling. 
  Pp. 
  551 
  ; 
  plates 
  

   2. 
  This 
  is 
  noticed 
  on 
  p. 
  448 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  number. 
  

  

  Part 
  VI. 
  Mineral 
  Resources 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  1898. 
  In 
  

   two 
  volumes, 
  viz.: 
  Metallic 
  Products, 
  Coal 
  and 
  Coke, 
  and 
  Non- 
  

   Metallic 
  Products. 
  These 
  volumes 
  give 
  a 
  striking 
  proof 
  of 
  the 
  

   activity 
  of 
  mineral 
  industry 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  The 
  Department 
  is 
  

   in 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  David 
  T. 
  Day, 
  who, 
  with 
  his 
  assistants 
  and 
  

   various 
  collaborators, 
  has, 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  brought 
  out 
  the 
  

   material 
  with 
  great 
  fullness 
  and 
  promptness. 
  

  

  Monographs. 
  XXXII. 
  Part 
  II. 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  

   National 
  Park, 
  by 
  Arnold 
  Hague, 
  J. 
  P. 
  Iddings, 
  C. 
  D. 
  Walcott, 
  

   T. 
  AV. 
  Stanton, 
  G. 
  H. 
  Girty, 
  and 
  F. 
  H. 
  Knowlton. 
  Pp. 
  893; 
  

   plates 
  121. 
  Noticed 
  on 
  p. 
  297. 
  

  

  XXXIII. 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Narragansett 
  Basin; 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  

   Shaler, 
  Woodworth, 
  and 
  Foerste. 
  Pp. 
  xx, 
  402; 
  plates 
  31. 
  

  

  