﻿Miscellaneous 
  Intelligence. 
  77 
  

  

  geological 
  and 
  paleontological 
  papers, 
  memoirs, 
  maps, 
  etc., 
  of 
  the 
  

   year, 
  arranged 
  according 
  to 
  subjects 
  and 
  countries 
  ; 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  

   catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  authors 
  in 
  the 
  lists, 
  the 
  following 
  1000 
  pages 
  of 
  

   the 
  volume 
  contain 
  quite 
  full 
  abstracts 
  of 
  very 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  

   publications. 
  Not 
  only 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  new 
  species 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   Paleontological 
  part, 
  but, 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  extent, 
  descriptions 
  of 
  genera, 
  

   and 
  among 
  the 
  Vertebrata 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  besides 
  a 
  

   review 
  of 
  new 
  deductions 
  and 
  opinions. 
  The 
  Annual 
  is 
  essential 
  

   to 
  the 
  geologist 
  who 
  would 
  know 
  about 
  the 
  yearly 
  progress 
  of 
  

   the 
  science 
  over 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  keep 
  himself 
  informed 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   coveries 
  bearing 
  on 
  his 
  own 
  work. 
  

  

  7. 
  Tables 
  for 
  the 
  Determination 
  of 
  Minerals 
  by 
  physical 
  

   properties 
  ascertainable 
  with 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  field 
  instruments, 
  

   based 
  on 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  Professor 
  Dr. 
  Albin 
  Weisbach 
  by 
  

   Persifoe 
  Frazer. 
  Third 
  edition, 
  entirely 
  re-written, 
  113 
  pp. 
  

   Philadelphia, 
  1891 
  (J. 
  B. 
  Lippincott 
  Company). 
  — 
  Professor 
  

   Frazer's 
  tables 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  found 
  of 
  much 
  practical 
  value 
  

   by 
  many 
  workers, 
  and 
  in 
  their 
  present 
  revised 
  and 
  improved 
  form, 
  

   their 
  sphere 
  of 
  usefulness 
  should 
  be 
  widely 
  extended. 
  

  

  8. 
  Materialmen 
  zur 
  Mineralogie 
  JZicsslands, 
  von 
  N. 
  v. 
  Koks- 
  

   chaeow. 
  Vol. 
  x, 
  pp. 
  225-351. 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  1891.— 
  The 
  part 
  

   now 
  issued 
  forms 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  volume 
  x. 
  It 
  includes 
  

   descriptions 
  of 
  jeremejewite, 
  eichwaldite, 
  columbite, 
  also 
  sup- 
  

   plementary 
  notes 
  on 
  euclase, 
  zircon, 
  topaz 
  and 
  other 
  species. 
  

  

  III. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  Volcano 
  of 
  Kilauea. 
  — 
  In 
  a 
  letter 
  of 
  May 
  9th, 
  Rev. 
  E. 
  P. 
  

   Baker 
  reports 
  that 
  after 
  the 
  eruption 
  of 
  March 
  6 
  the 
  lava 
  first 
  

   appeared 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  empty 
  basin 
  of 
  Halemaumau 
  on 
  the 
  

   10th 
  of 
  April. 
  He 
  visited 
  the 
  crater 
  on 
  the 
  29th 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  

   found 
  the 
  lake 
  of 
  liquid 
  lava 
  within 
  it 
  100 
  or 
  200 
  feet 
  across, 
  and 
  

   a 
  blowing 
  cone 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  which 
  was 
  throwing 
  up 
  globules 
  

   of 
  lava. 
  The 
  lake 
  had 
  a 
  thin 
  scum-like 
  crust 
  over 
  it. 
  While 
  look- 
  

   ing 
  at 
  the 
  lake 
  from 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  basin, 
  300 
  feet 
  perhaps 
  above 
  

   the 
  lake, 
  the 
  lava 
  began 
  to 
  run 
  off 
  through 
  an 
  orifice 
  beside 
  the 
  

   cone 
  until 
  the 
  basin 
  was 
  nearly 
  empty. 
  The 
  next 
  day 
  the 
  lava 
  

   had 
  wholly 
  disappeared. 
  Again 
  on 
  the 
  6th 
  of 
  May 
  Mr. 
  Baker 
  was 
  

   down 
  in 
  the 
  crater 
  and 
  found 
  no 
  liquid 
  lava 
  in 
  the 
  basin 
  ; 
  but 
  

   from 
  the 
  cooled 
  lava 
  on 
  its 
  sides 
  it 
  appeared 
  that 
  the 
  lava 
  had 
  in 
  

   the 
  interval 
  risen 
  to 
  a 
  higher 
  level 
  than 
  on 
  April 
  30th. 
  It 
  thus 
  

   seemed 
  that 
  the 
  lake 
  was 
  rising 
  and 
  falling 
  — 
  rising 
  through 
  the 
  

   accession 
  of 
  new 
  lavas 
  from 
  below, 
  and 
  falling 
  through 
  discharges. 
  

   The 
  cone 
  continued 
  to 
  throw 
  up 
  occasionally 
  globules 
  of 
  lava. 
  

  

  2. 
  American 
  Geological 
  Society. 
  — 
  The 
  summer 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  

   society 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  Monday 
  and 
  Tuesday, 
  August 
  24 
  and 
  25, 
  in 
  

   the 
  Columbian 
  University, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  and 
  will 
  doubtless 
  

   be 
  one 
  of 
  unusual 
  interest. 
  The 
  meeting 
  will 
  be 
  preceded 
  August 
  

   .19-22, 
  by 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Ad- 
  

   vancement 
  of 
  Science, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  International 
  

  

  