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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  the 
  director 
  himself 
  did 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  Massachusetts, 
  North 
  

   Dakota, 
  Montana, 
  Idaho 
  and 
  Washington. 
  

  

  Separates 
  of 
  four 
  accompanying 
  papers 
  in 
  the 
  seventeenth 
  

   annual 
  report 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  issued,* 
  "The 
  underground 
  

   waters 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  Valley 
  in 
  eastern 
  Colorado" 
  (pp. 
  51), 
  by 
  

   G. 
  K. 
  Gilbert, 
  " 
  Geological 
  reconnaissance 
  in 
  northwestern 
  Ore- 
  

   gon 
  " 
  (pp. 
  80), 
  by 
  J. 
  S. 
  Diller, 
  « 
  The 
  Uintaite 
  (Gilsonite) 
  De- 
  

   posits 
  of 
  Utah" 
  (pp. 
  41) 
  by 
  G. 
  H. 
  Eldridge, 
  and 
  "The 
  Water 
  

   Resources 
  of 
  Illinois" 
  (pp. 
  147) 
  by 
  Frank 
  Leverett. 
  

  

  Monograph 
  XXV, 
  "The 
  Glacial 
  Lake 
  Agassiz," 
  (pp. 
  658) 
  by 
  

   Warren 
  Upham, 
  is 
  a 
  culminating 
  publication 
  of 
  many 
  papers. 
  It 
  

   contains, 
  besides 
  numerous 
  maps, 
  a 
  full 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  iacts 
  and 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  Upham's 
  views 
  concerning 
  them, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  brief 
  statement 
  

   (pp. 
  244-251) 
  of 
  some 
  alternative 
  views 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Chamberlin. 
  

  

  Six 
  bulletins 
  have 
  appeared 
  since 
  July 
  f 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  Catalogue 
  and 
  

   Index 
  ol 
  contributions 
  to 
  North 
  American 
  Geology," 
  1732-1891 
  ; 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  127 
  (pp. 
  1054), 
  by 
  N. 
  H. 
  Darton 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  " 
  Bibli- 
  

   ography 
  and 
  Index 
  of 
  North 
  American 
  Geology, 
  Paleontology, 
  

   Petrology 
  and 
  Mineralogy" 
  for 
  1892-3; 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  130 
  (pp. 
  

   210), 
  for 
  1S84; 
  Bulletin^No. 
  135 
  (pp. 
  141), 
  and 
  for 
  1895, 
  Bul- 
  

   letin 
  No. 
  146 
  (pp. 
  130), 
  all 
  three 
  by 
  F. 
  B. 
  Weeks, 
  are 
  invaluable 
  

   aids 
  to 
  the 
  working 
  geologist, 
  and 
  their 
  prompt 
  publication 
  by 
  

   the 
  survey 
  is 
  especially 
  commendable. 
  

  

  Florence 
  Bascom, 
  in 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  136 
  (pp. 
  124), 
  on 
  "The 
  

   Ancient 
  Volcanic 
  Rocks 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Mountain, 
  Pennsylvania," 
  

   described 
  an 
  acid 
  and 
  basic 
  series 
  of 
  pre-Cambrian 
  lavas. 
  M. 
  E. 
  

   Wadsworth 
  and 
  G. 
  H. 
  Williams 
  have 
  advocated 
  the 
  volcanic 
  

   origin 
  of 
  similar 
  rocks 
  at 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  states 
  

   from 
  Maine 
  to 
  Georgia, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  full 
  presentation 
  of 
  

   the 
  facts 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  region 
  (see 
  further, 
  p. 
  160). 
  

  

  F. 
  H. 
  Newell, 
  in 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  140 
  (pp. 
  356), 
  gives 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  

   progress 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  hydrography 
  for 
  1895, 
  and 
  records 
  

   stream 
  measurements 
  in 
  many 
  states 
  and 
  territories. 
  

  

  A 
  brief 
  contribution 
  to 
  the 
  geology 
  and 
  paleontology 
  of 
  north- 
  

   western 
  Louisiana, 
  Bulletin 
  142 
  (pp. 
  63), 
  by 
  T. 
  Wayland 
  Vaughan, 
  

   considers 
  the 
  Cretaceous, 
  Tertiary 
  and 
  Pleistocene 
  of 
  that 
  region 
  

   and 
  describes 
  twelve 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  mollusks. 
  

  

  C. 
  D. 
  Perrine, 
  in 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  147 
  (pp. 
  22), 
  notes 
  the 
  earth- 
  

   quakes 
  in 
  California 
  in 
  1895. 
  About 
  forty 
  shocks 
  are 
  recorded 
  

   by 
  the 
  seismographs 
  of 
  the 
  Lick 
  Observatory. 
  Bulletins 
  Nos. 
  

   68, 
  96, 
  112, 
  114, 
  and 
  129 
  contain 
  records 
  for 
  previous 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  folios 
  have 
  been 
  issued 
  : 
  

  

  No. 
  26, 
  Pocahontas, 
  Va., 
  lat. 
  37° 
  to 
  37° 
  30', 
  long. 
  81° 
  to 
  81° 
  

   30', 
  by 
  M. 
  R. 
  Campbell. 
  

  

  No. 
  27, 
  Morristown, 
  Tenn., 
  lat, 
  36° 
  to 
  36° 
  30', 
  long. 
  83° 
  to 
  83° 
  

   30', 
  by 
  Arthur 
  Keith. 
  

  

  No. 
  29, 
  Nevada 
  City, 
  Cal., 
  by 
  Waldemar 
  Lindgren. 
  

  

  The 
  maps 
  in 
  folio 
  No. 
  26 
  show 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  twelve 
  for- 
  

  

  *For 
  notices 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  papers, 
  see 
  pp. 
  155, 
  156. 
  

  

  f 
  See 
  this 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  pp. 
  84, 
  303, 
  306, 
  395 
  and 
  456, 
  1896. 
  

  

  