Geology and Mineralogy. 553 



tion of basalt and sediments. The presence of rounded quartz 

 grains in basaltic rocks is cited as confirmatory evidence of their 

 sedimentary origin. The reports of Becker on the quicksilver 

 deposits of California and Leith on tbe iron-bearing rocks of the 

 Mesabi range are regarded as furnishing most valuable support 

 for the author's view. Volcanoes are regarded as having fur- 

 nished but a small part of the rocks commonly referred to as vol- 

 canic. And volcanoes are but superficial, local phenomena whose 

 lavas represent original sediments fused by relief of pressure at 

 certain points. The views of Milne and the Japanese seismolo- 

 gists as to the relation of volcanic and earthquake phenomena are 

 cited as demonstrating that volcanoes have no deep-seated signifi- 

 cance, w. c. 



11. Atlas der Krystallformen ; von Victor Goldschmidt. 

 Prospectus, 8 pages and 8 plates. Heidelberg, 1913 (Carl 

 Winter's Universitatsbuchhandlung). — Many years have passed 

 since the publication of the classic Atlas of Crystal Forms by 

 Professor Schrauf. Only one volume was completed ; this was 

 begun in 1865 and finished in 1877 and included the species from 

 A to C. A similar work has now been undertaken by Professor 

 Victor Goldschmidt of Heidelberg, and all workers in mineralogy 

 will be gratified to learn that it is rapidly approaching completion. 

 The prospectus now issued states that the work will embrace 

 from 25,000 to 28,000 figures ; these will be included in five or 

 six volumes of about 250 plates each, with a like number of vol- 

 umes of text. Several sample plates are furnished with the 

 accompanying text, which gives a statement of the literature, the 

 list of forms, etc. There are, for example, 21 figures of amalgam 

 and nearly 100 of amphibole, with more of hornblende to follow. 

 It is obvious that the work will leave nothing to be desired in 

 the way of fullness and accuracy, and it should be in the hands 

 of ail working mineralogists and crystallographers. Orders for 

 the first volume are now called for, including the species from 

 Adamine to Buntkupfererz (bornite) ; each volume of the text 

 costs 12 marks and the atlas 20 marks, with an additional charge 

 of 5 marks for a permanent binding. 



III. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teach- 

 ing. Seventh Annual Report of the President, H. S. Pritchett, 

 and of the Treasurer, R. A. Franks. Pp. vi, 194. New York 

 City, October, 1912 (576 Fifth Avenue). — The total endowment 

 of the Carnegie foundation at the close of its year, on September 

 30, 1912, was something more than $14,000,000, and the income 

 amounted to about $676,500, all of which, with the exception of 

 some $42,000, was expended. Since its inception the Foundation 

 has distributed a grand total of $2,316,400. At the end of the 

 past year there were 315 professors receiving retiring allowances, 



