﻿Geology 
  and 
  Mineralogy. 
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  work 
  ; 
  and 
  all 
  working 
  geologists 
  owe 
  a 
  deep 
  debt 
  of 
  gratitude 
  

   to 
  the 
  committee 
  and, 
  particularly, 
  to 
  the 
  secretary, 
  M. 
  de 
  Mar- 
  

   gerie, 
  for 
  the 
  admirable 
  results 
  of 
  their 
  labors. 
  

  

  The 
  arrangement 
  and 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  is 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  

   make 
  the 
  work 
  most 
  useful. 
  The 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   The 
  first 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  matter 
  is 
  into 
  a 
  general 
  and 
  a 
  

   regional 
  part. 
  The 
  first 
  part 
  contains 
  A. 
  Histories 
  and 
  Bibliog- 
  

   raphies 
  of 
  general 
  geology, 
  B. 
  Periodic 
  bibliographies, 
  C. 
  Per- 
  

   sonal 
  bibliographies, 
  D. 
  Bibliographies 
  by 
  subjects, 
  E. 
  Geographic 
  

   geology 
  in 
  general. 
  The 
  second 
  part, 
  regional, 
  contains 
  separate 
  

   lists 
  for 
  each 
  separate 
  European 
  state 
  (or 
  group 
  of 
  states 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   cases), 
  and 
  each 
  important 
  country 
  or 
  group 
  of 
  countries 
  outside 
  

   Europe. 
  Under 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  regional 
  groups, 
  the 
  lists 
  are 
  classi- 
  

   fied 
  under 
  the 
  following 
  heads: 
  1, 
  generalities, 
  2, 
  catalogues 
  of 
  

   publications 
  of 
  official 
  geological 
  surveys, 
  8, 
  general 
  tables 
  of 
  the 
  

   contents 
  (periodic) 
  of 
  society 
  and 
  academy 
  publications, 
  4, 
  

   periodic 
  bibliographies, 
  5, 
  catalogues 
  of 
  booksellers, 
  6, 
  personal 
  

   bibliographies, 
  7, 
  bibliographies 
  arranged 
  by 
  subjects, 
  8, 
  regional 
  

   and 
  local 
  bibliographies. 
  

  

  Full 
  titles 
  are 
  given 
  throughout 
  the 
  work, 
  and, 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  entries, 
  brief 
  notes 
  indicate 
  the 
  special 
  field 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  

   volume 
  or 
  reference 
  cited. 
  The 
  particular 
  pages 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   bibliographic 
  matter 
  is 
  found 
  is 
  also 
  indicated 
  in 
  detail, 
  a 
  feature 
  

   which 
  will 
  be 
  appreciated 
  by 
  the 
  busy 
  student. 
  

  

  The 
  committee 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  fourteen 
  members, 
  each 
  a 
  promi- 
  

   nent, 
  active 
  geologist 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  he 
  represents, 
  thus 
  ensuring 
  

   thorough 
  and 
  accurate 
  work. 
  We 
  congratulate 
  the 
  indefatigable 
  

   secretary, 
  M. 
  de 
  Margerie, 
  upon 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  

   which 
  will 
  be 
  appreciated 
  most 
  highly 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  know 
  some- 
  

   thing 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  labor 
  involved 
  in 
  preparing 
  it.* 
  h. 
  s. 
  w. 
  

  

  7. 
  The 
  Yellow 
  Limestone 
  of 
  Jamaica 
  ; 
  by 
  R. 
  T. 
  Hill 
  (from 
  

   a 
  letter 
  to 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  Agassiz, 
  dated 
  Kingston, 
  Feb. 
  2d). 
  — 
  My 
  

   enforced 
  stay^ 
  at 
  Kingston 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  discovery 
  that 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  the 
  so-called 
  "Yellow 
  Limestone 
  " 
  formations 
  of 
  Saw- 
  

   kins 
  are 
  Cretaceous. 
  I 
  have 
  collected 
  fossils 
  in 
  them 
  at 
  many 
  

   localities 
  ; 
  including 
  Rudistes 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  top 
  series 
  at 
  Cata- 
  

   dupa 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Clarendon. 
  

  

  8. 
  Handbuch 
  der 
  Mineralogie 
  von 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  Hintze. 
  Neunte 
  

   bis 
  zwolfte 
  Lieferung. 
  Leipzig, 
  1897 
  (Veit 
  & 
  Co.) 
  — 
  Mineralo- 
  

   gists 
  in 
  all 
  lands 
  will 
  congratulate 
  Dr. 
  Hintze, 
  and 
  themselves 
  as 
  

   well, 
  on 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  volume 
  ii 
  of 
  his 
  monumental 
  work 
  on 
  

   Mineralogy 
  — 
  the 
  most 
  exhaustive 
  treatise 
  ever 
  attempted. 
  The 
  

   parts 
  now 
  issued 
  embrace 
  pages 
  1281 
  to 
  1842 
  and 
  include, 
  besides 
  

   some 
  other 
  species, 
  the 
  feldspars, 
  scapolites, 
  and 
  zeolites. 
  A 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  time 
  has 
  elapsed 
  since 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   eighth 
  part, 
  but 
  workers 
  in 
  mineralogy 
  will 
  be 
  reconciled 
  for 
  this 
  

   in 
  receiving 
  at 
  once 
  tbe 
  four 
  parts 
  here 
  alluded 
  to; 
  moreover, 
  

   they 
  will 
  now 
  look 
  forward 
  with 
  confidence 
  to 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  

   the 
  whole 
  work. 
  The 
  thoroughness 
  and 
  accuracy, 
  which 
  charac- 
  

   terize 
  Dr. 
  Hintze's 
  labors 
  as 
  an 
  author, 
  are 
  too 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  need 
  

   to 
  be 
  enlarged 
  upon. 
  

  

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