Geology and Mineralogy. 487 



ers will be thankful to the New York State Survey and to Mr. 

 Hartnagel for this up-to-date index. c. s. 



6. Ventral Connecticut in the geologic past; by Joseph 

 Barrell. Proceedings arid Collections, Wyoming [Pa.] His- 

 torical and Geological Societj^, XII, 30 pages, 9 figs., 1912. — A 

 popular statement, with much original matter, of the geologic 

 history of the Connecticut valley. All teachers of historical 

 geology will be interested in the idealized structure sections, of 

 which ere are nine, visualizing in graphic form the chief geologic 

 events of central Connecticut since late Paleozoic time. c. s. 



7. Eighth Report of the Director of the Science Division, 

 New York State Museum, John M. Clarke, Director. Museum 

 Bulletin 158; 217 pages, many illustrations, 1912. — Besides the 

 annual report of the Director of the New York State Museum 

 and of the Botanist, Entomologist and Zoologist, and of the 

 archeology section, this volume contains the following papers of 

 a geologic nature : 



" Notes on the geology of the Gulf of St. Lawrence," by Dr. 

 Clarke, describes the demoiselles of Entry Island, one of the 

 Magdalens ; the long Silurian Black Cape section of Cascapedia 

 Bay, a section of about 7000 feet in thickness ; and a striking 

 unconformity between the nearly horizontal Bonaventure (Lower 

 Mississippian) and the nearly vertical Silurian strata at Little 

 River East, Gaspe. L. Hussakof describes three Upper Devonian 

 fishes from Scaumenac Bay, Quebec. These are an almost com- 

 plete specimen of Coccosteus canadensis / JEusthenopteron foordi, 

 nearly 3 feet long ; and Scaumenacia curta. R. Ruedemann has 

 a "Note on a specimen of Plectoceras jason." C. H. Smyth 

 treats of the genesis of the pyrite deposits of St. Lawrence 

 County. The Director also describes and illustrates a recent 

 remarkable find of more than 400 specimens of the Middle Devo- 

 nian starfish Palaiaster eucharis, from Mt. Marion near Sauger- 

 ties, New York. c. s. 



8. Beitrdge zur ITenntnis der marinen Mollusken im west-euro- 

 pdischen Pliocanbecken / by P. Tesch. Mededeelingen van de 

 Rijksopsporing van Delfstoffen, No. 4, 96 pages, 1 map, 1912. — 

 The introductory sixteen pages describe the character of the 

 Pliocene deposits of the Netherlands, and the remainder of the 

 work is occupied by an annotated list of the fossils and their dis- 

 tribution, recording 248 species. c. s. 



9. Canada Department of Mines. — Recent publications of 

 the Canada Department of Mines (see vol. xxxiii, 289) are as 

 follows : (1) Geological Survey Branch ; R. W. Brock, 

 Director. 



Memoir No. 13. Southern Vancouver Island ; by Charles H. 

 Clapp. Pp. 208 ; 18 plates, 3 figures and map. 



No. 21. The Geology and Ore Deposits of Phoenix, Boundary 

 District, British Columbia ; by O. E. LeRoy. Pp. 110 ; 7 plates, 

 18 figures and 2 maps. 



No. 24-E. Preliminary Report on the Clay and Shale Deposits 



