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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  XXXIV. 
  The 
  Glacial 
  Gravels 
  of 
  Maine 
  and 
  their 
  Associated 
  

   Deposits; 
  by 
  George 
  H. 
  Stone. 
  Pp. 
  xiii, 
  499; 
  plates 
  52. 
  

  

  XXXVI. 
  The 
  Crystal 
  Falls 
  Iron-Bearing 
  District 
  of 
  Michi- 
  

   gan, 
  by 
  J. 
  Morgan 
  Clements 
  and 
  Henry 
  L. 
  Smyth 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  Chap- 
  

   ter 
  on 
  the 
  Sturgeon 
  River 
  Tongue, 
  by 
  W. 
  S. 
  Bayley, 
  and 
  an 
  

   Introduction 
  by 
  Charles 
  R. 
  Van 
  Hise. 
  Pp. 
  xxxvi, 
  512 
  : 
  plates 
  53. 
  

   See 
  p. 
  451. 
  

  

  XXXVII. 
  Fossil 
  Flora 
  of 
  the 
  Lower 
  Coal 
  Measures 
  of 
  

   Missouri, 
  by 
  David 
  White. 
  Pp. 
  xi, 
  467 
  ; 
  plates 
  73. 
  

  

  XXXVIII. 
  The 
  Illinois 
  Glacial 
  Lobe, 
  by 
  Frank 
  Leverett. 
  Pp. 
  

   xxi, 
  817 
  ; 
  plates 
  24. 
  

  

  [Of 
  the 
  above 
  Monographs, 
  those 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  already 
  been 
  

   reviewed, 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  in 
  following 
  numbers.] 
  

  

  Bulletins. 
  Number 
  157. 
  The 
  Gneisses, 
  Gabbro-Schists, 
  and 
  

   Associated 
  Rocks 
  of 
  Southwestern 
  Minnesota, 
  by 
  C. 
  W. 
  Hall. 
  

   Pp. 
  160; 
  plates 
  27. 
  

  

  Number 
  158. 
  The 
  Moraines 
  of 
  Southeastern 
  South 
  Dakota 
  

   and 
  their 
  Attendant 
  Deposits, 
  by 
  James 
  Edward 
  Todd. 
  Pp. 
  171 
  ; 
  

   plates 
  27. 
  To 
  be 
  noticed 
  later 
  (also 
  157). 
  

  

  No. 
  159. 
  The 
  Geology 
  of 
  Eastern 
  Berkshire 
  County, 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts, 
  by 
  Benjamin 
  K. 
  Emerson. 
  Pp. 
  139; 
  plates 
  9. 
  The 
  

   author 
  recognizes 
  as 
  of 
  Paleozoic 
  Age 
  the 
  following 
  formations, 
  

   viz. 
  : 
  Cambrian 
  system 
  — 
  the 
  Becket 
  gneiss, 
  Cheshire 
  quartzite, 
  

   and 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  Stockbridge 
  limestone 
  ; 
  Silurian 
  system— 
  

   the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  Stockbridge 
  limestone, 
  Berkshire 
  schist, 
  Hoosac 
  

   schist, 
  and 
  the 
  Rowe 
  schist. 
  

  

  Number 
  160. 
  A 
  Dictionary 
  of 
  Altitudes 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   (Third 
  Edition), 
  by 
  Henry 
  Gannett. 
  Pp. 
  775. 
  This 
  edition 
  is 
  

   greatly 
  enlarged, 
  and 
  the 
  adjustment 
  of 
  altitudes 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  record 
  

   the 
  greater 
  precision 
  reached 
  by 
  recent 
  re-survey 
  of 
  railroad 
  

   profiles. 
  

  

  Number 
  161. 
  Earthquakes 
  in 
  California 
  in 
  1898, 
  by 
  Charles 
  

   D. 
  Perrine. 
  Pp. 
  31 
  ; 
  plate 
  1. 
  

  

  Number 
  162. 
  Bibliography 
  and 
  Index 
  of 
  North 
  American 
  

   Geology, 
  Paleontology, 
  Petrology, 
  and 
  Mineralogy 
  for 
  1898, 
  by 
  

   Fred 
  Boughton 
  Weeks. 
  Pp. 
  163. 
  A 
  useful 
  index 
  like 
  the 
  earlier 
  

   issues 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  series. 
  

  

  2. 
  Twentieth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  

   Survey, 
  1898-1899 
  ; 
  Charles 
  D. 
  Walcott, 
  Director. 
  Part 
  I. 
  

   Director's 
  Report 
  including 
  Triangidation 
  and 
  Spirit 
  Leveling. 
  

   Pp. 
  551. 
  — 
  This 
  volume 
  containing 
  the 
  Director's 
  report, 
  and 
  

   a 
  paper 
  on 
  Triangulation 
  and 
  Spirit 
  Leveling, 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  seven 
  

   parts 
  which 
  will 
  constitute 
  the 
  twentieth 
  annual 
  report, 
  giving 
  

   the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Survey 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1899. 
  

   The 
  appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  amounted 
  to 
  $818,760.02, 
  and 
  the 
  

   work 
  includes, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  regular 
  geologic 
  work, 
  the 
  study 
  

   of 
  the 
  forest 
  reserves 
  and 
  explorations 
  in 
  Alaska. 
  During 
  the 
  

   year 
  a 
  resolution 
  was 
  introduced 
  in 
  Congress 
  providing 
  for 
  a 
  

   Division 
  of 
  Mines 
  and 
  Mining 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  

   Survey. 
  This 
  was 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Director, 
  and 
  his 
  report 
  regard- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  proposed 
  new 
  Division 
  of 
  Mines 
  and 
  Mining 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  

  

  