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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  Macmillan 
  Company). 
  — 
  Professor 
  Meany's 
  book 
  on 
  Mount 
  Rainier 
  

   bears 
  the 
  evidence 
  of 
  accuracy 
  of 
  statement 
  and 
  judicious 
  selec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  material. 
  The 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  by 
  Captain 
  Van- 
  

   couver 
  in 
  1792, 
  its 
  first 
  approach 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Tolmie 
  in 
  1833, 
  the 
  

   first 
  recorded 
  trip 
  through 
  Naches 
  Pass 
  by 
  Lieutenant 
  Johnson 
  in 
  

   1841, 
  the 
  attempted 
  ascent 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  by 
  Lieutenant 
  Kautz 
  

   in 
  1857, 
  the 
  successful 
  ascent 
  by 
  General 
  Stevens 
  and 
  by 
  S. 
  F. 
  

   Emmons 
  in 
  1870 
  are 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  explorers' 
  own 
  words. 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Russell's 
  account 
  of 
  explorations 
  of 
  the 
  glaciers 
  of 
  Mount 
  

   Rainier 
  in 
  1896 
  is 
  reproduced 
  from 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  Chapters 
  on 
  Glaciers 
  of 
  Mount 
  

   Rainier, 
  by 
  F. 
  E. 
  Matthes 
  ; 
  on 
  The 
  Rocks 
  of 
  Mount 
  Rainier, 
  by 
  

   George 
  Otis 
  Smith 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  The 
  Flora 
  of 
  Mount 
  Rainier, 
  by 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Piper, 
  are 
  authoritative 
  scientific 
  descriptions. 
  Accounts 
  

   of 
  Indian 
  legends 
  and 
  an 
  annoted 
  list 
  of 
  place 
  names 
  are 
  interest- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  useful 
  features. 
  h. 
  e. 
  g. 
  

  

  3. 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  George 
  

   Otis 
  Smith, 
  Director. 
  — 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geological 
  Sur- 
  

   vey 
  recently 
  received 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  (continued 
  

   from 
  vol. 
  xlii, 
  pp. 
  440, 
  441): 
  

  

  Topographic 
  Atlas. 
  — 
  Seventy-two 
  sheets. 
  

  

  Folios. 
  — 
  No. 
  200. 
  Galena-Elizabeth 
  Folio, 
  Illinois-Iowa; 
  by 
  

   E. 
  W. 
  Shaw 
  and 
  A. 
  C. 
  Trowbridge. 
  Surveyed 
  in 
  cooperation 
  

   with 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Illinois. 
  Pp. 
  13; 
  with 
  2 
  pis. 
  

   topography, 
  2 
  colored 
  pis. 
  areal 
  geology, 
  1 
  pi. 
  of 
  13 
  half-tone 
  illus- 
  

   trations. 
  

  

  No. 
  203. 
  Colorado 
  Springs 
  Folio, 
  Colorado; 
  by 
  George 
  I. 
  

   Finlay. 
  Pp. 
  15; 
  3 
  pp. 
  sections, 
  2 
  pis. 
  topography, 
  2 
  pis. 
  areal 
  

   geology, 
  2 
  pis. 
  half-tone 
  illustrations. 
  

  

  Professional 
  Papers. 
  — 
  Shorter 
  Contributions 
  to 
  General 
  

   Geology. 
  Chapter 
  L, 
  The 
  Pliocene 
  Citronelle 
  Formation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Gulf 
  Coastal 
  Plain 
  and 
  its 
  Flora. 
  Papers 
  by 
  George 
  C. 
  Matson 
  

   and 
  Edward 
  W. 
  Berry. 
  Pp. 
  iv, 
  167-204; 
  pis. 
  XXXII-XLVII, 
  

   3 
  figs. 
  O. 
  Relations 
  of 
  the 
  Embar 
  and 
  Chugwater 
  Formations 
  

   in 
  Central 
  Wyoming; 
  by 
  D. 
  Dale 
  Condit. 
  Pp. 
  ii, 
  263-270; 
  3 
  

   pis., 
  2 
  figs. 
  P. 
  1. 
  Stratigraphy 
  of 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Chaco 
  River 
  

   Vallev, 
  New 
  Mexico; 
  by 
  Clyde 
  M. 
  Bauer. 
  Pp. 
  ii, 
  271-278; 
  pis. 
  

   LXIV-LXXI, 
  1 
  fig. 
  

  

  Bulletins. 
  — 
  No. 
  631. 
  The 
  Yukon-Koyukuk 
  Region, 
  Alaska; 
  

   by 
  Henry 
  M. 
  Eakin. 
  Pp. 
  88; 
  10 
  pis 
  , 
  2 
  figs. 
  

  

  "No. 
  640> 
  641. 
  Contributions 
  to 
  Economic 
  Geology, 
  191 
  9. 
  

   640, 
  Part 
  I. 
  F-I. 
  641, 
  Part 
  II, 
  G, 
  H. 
  

  

  No. 
  642. 
  Mineral 
  Resources 
  of 
  Alaska 
  — 
  Report 
  on 
  progress 
  

   of 
  investigations 
  in 
  1915; 
  by 
  Alfred 
  H. 
  Brooks 
  and 
  others. 
  

   Pp. 
  279, 
  x; 
  1 
  1 
  pis., 
  14 
  figs. 
  

  

  No. 
  648 
  Notes 
  on 
  some 
  Mining 
  Districts 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Nevada; 
  

   by 
  James 
  M. 
  Hill. 
  Pp. 
  213; 
  6 
  pis., 
  18 
  figs. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  637, 
  639, 
  643, 
  646. 
  Spirit 
  Leveling, 
  R. 
  B. 
  Marshall, 
  

   Chief 
  Geographer. 
  No. 
  637. 
  Texas, 
  1896-1915. 
  Pp.254; 
  1 
  pi. 
  

  

  