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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  exhibition 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  Education 
  Build- 
  

   ing, 
  where 
  striking 
  installations 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  wam- 
  

   pums 
  (here 
  reproduced 
  in 
  two 
  plates), 
  seven 
  life-sized 
  groups 
  

   representing 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  Indians 
  (seven 
  plates), 
  and 
  

   a 
  testimonial 
  case 
  to 
  former 
  State 
  Botanist 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Peck, 
  

   showing 
  models 
  of 
  edible 
  and 
  poisonous 
  fungi 
  (four 
  plates.) 
  

   Three 
  plates 
  illustrate 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  progress 
  in 
  Paleontology, 
  

   and 
  four 
  that 
  in 
  Zoology. 
  The 
  scientific 
  papers 
  accompanying 
  

   the 
  report 
  are: 
  (1) 
  Landslides 
  in 
  unconsolidated 
  sediments; 
  and 
  (2) 
  

   Albany 
  molding 
  sand, 
  both 
  by 
  D. 
  H. 
  Kewlands; 
  (3) 
  On 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Urasterella, 
  by 
  G. 
  H. 
  Hudson; 
  and 
  (4) 
  Ancient 
  water 
  

   levels 
  of 
  the 
  Crown 
  Point 
  embayment, 
  by 
  E. 
  E. 
  Barker. 
  c. 
  s. 
  

  

  6. 
  Revieio 
  of 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  Texas 
  ; 
  by 
  J. 
  A. 
  Udden, 
  C. 
  L. 
  

   Baker, 
  and 
  Emil 
  Bose. 
  Bull, 
  of 
  the 
  Univ. 
  of 
  Texas, 
  44, 
  1916, 
  

   pp. 
  xi, 
  164, 
  1 
  pi., 
  10 
  figs. 
  — 
  Only 
  10,612 
  square 
  miles 
  out 
  of 
  

   262,398 
  square 
  miles 
  constituting 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Texas, 
  are 
  covered 
  by 
  

   detailed 
  geologic 
  maps. 
  Reconnaissance 
  maps 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  

   114,066 
  square 
  miles 
  and 
  exploratory 
  maps 
  for 
  53,735. 
  For 
  

   87,367 
  square 
  miles, 
  or 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  no 
  maps 
  have 
  been 
  

   published. 
  Likewise 
  the 
  detailed 
  and 
  reconnaissance 
  reports 
  on 
  

   widely 
  scattered 
  areas, 
  issued 
  by 
  various 
  organizations, 
  have 
  not 
  

   given 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  have 
  

   been 
  insufficient 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  comparative 
  studies. 
  The 
  Review 
  of 
  

   the 
  Geology 
  of 
  Texas, 
  including 
  a 
  geologic 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  is, 
  

   therefore, 
  welcome. 
  Under 
  the 
  heads 
  Physiography, 
  Geology, 
  

   Geologic 
  History, 
  and 
  Economic 
  Mineral 
  Products 
  existing 
  knowl- 
  

   edge 
  is 
  classified, 
  summarized, 
  and 
  briefly 
  discussed. 
  The 
  student 
  

   of 
  Texas 
  geology 
  is 
  given 
  his 
  bearings. 
  Those 
  who 
  have 
  had 
  

   occasion 
  to 
  construct 
  State 
  geologic 
  maps 
  and 
  to 
  prepare 
  compre- 
  

   hensive 
  but 
  condensed 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  

   diversified 
  area 
  will 
  appreciate 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  thought 
  involved 
  in 
  

   evaluating 
  and 
  correlating 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  various 
  authors 
  and 
  in 
  

   filling 
  gaps 
  in 
  the 
  record. 
  The 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Texas 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Economic 
  Geology 
  and 
  Technology 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  congratulated 
  on 
  the 
  

   successful 
  completion 
  of 
  a 
  most 
  useful 
  piece 
  of 
  work. 
  h. 
  e. 
  g. 
  

  

  7. 
  Annual 
  Progress 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  

   Western 
  Australia 
  for 
  the 
  Year 
  1915; 
  by 
  A. 
  Gibb 
  Maitland. 
  

   Geol. 
  Survey 
  Western 
  Australia, 
  1916, 
  pp. 
  44, 
  1 
  map. 
  — 
  Western 
  

   Australia 
  is 
  the 
  Nevada 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  Hemisphere. 
  It 
  owes 
  

   its 
  growth 
  and 
  development 
  to 
  its 
  mines 
  and 
  receives 
  its 
  revenue 
  

   chiefly 
  from 
  this 
  source. 
  It 
  is 
  but 
  natural, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  its 
  

   Geological 
  Survey 
  should 
  be 
  almost 
  wholly 
  occupied 
  with 
  eco- 
  

   nomic 
  problems. 
  During 
  1915 
  investigations 
  were 
  continued 
  in 
  

   the 
  Murchison, 
  Coolgardie, 
  Yilgarn, 
  and 
  other 
  gold 
  fields 
  ; 
  the 
  

   building 
  stones 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  were 
  classified 
  and 
  described 
  ; 
  lime- 
  

   stones 
  and 
  foraminiferal 
  sands 
  were 
  studied 
  ; 
  possible 
  sources 
  of 
  

   petroleum 
  were 
  examined 
  and 
  magnesite 
  deposits 
  were 
  mapped. 
  

  

  H. 
  E. 
  G. 
  

  

  8. 
  Economic 
  Geology; 
  by 
  Heinrtch 
  Ries, 
  A.M., 
  Ph.D. 
  

   Fourth 
  Edition. 
  Rewritten, 
  xx 
  + 
  856 
  pages, 
  291 
  figures, 
  75 
  

   plates. 
  New 
  York, 
  1916 
  (John 
  Wiley 
  & 
  Sons. 
  Price 
  $4.00). 
  

  

  