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  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  recommended. 
  The 
  content 
  of 
  no 
  other 
  science 
  

   is 
  first 
  taught 
  empirically 
  before 
  any 
  rational 
  treatment 
  is 
  per- 
  

   mitted; 
  snch 
  a 
  dry 
  logical 
  method 
  in 
  geography 
  wonld 
  be 
  as 
  

   unprofitable 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  unpalatable. 
  By 
  all 
  means, 
  observe 
  

   a 
  landscape 
  before 
  describing 
  it, 
  whether 
  the 
  description 
  is 
  to 
  

   be 
  empirical 
  or 
  explanatory; 
  but 
  it 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  follows 
  from 
  

   this 
  truism 
  that 
  university 
  students 
  should 
  work 
  through 
  a 
  

   book 
  of 
  210 
  pages 
  containing 
  several 
  hundred 
  empirical 
  terms, 
  

   before 
  they 
  are 
  permitted 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  genetic 
  relations 
  of 
  

   the 
  things 
  that 
  the 
  terms 
  describe. 
  w. 
  m. 
  d. 
  

  

  6. 
  West 
  Virginia 
  Geological 
  Survey; 
  I. 
  C. 
  White, 
  State 
  

   Geologist. 
  Detailed 
  Report 
  on 
  Fayette 
  County; 
  by 
  Ray 
  V. 
  

   Hennen. 
  Pp. 
  xxxiii, 
  1002 
  ; 
  with 
  24 
  half 
  tone 
  plates 
  and 
  24 
  

   text 
  figures 
  ; 
  also 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  separate 
  case 
  of 
  topographic 
  

   and 
  geologic 
  maps 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  single 
  

   sheets. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  extensive 
  of 
  the 
  valuable 
  county 
  

   reports 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  West 
  Virginia 
  Survey. 
  The 
  authorship 
  is 
  

   credited 
  to 
  assistant 
  geologist, 
  Ray 
  V. 
  Hennen, 
  and 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  

   aided 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  by 
  D. 
  D. 
  Teets, 
  Jr. 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  by 
  R. 
  C. 
  

   Tucker 
  and 
  A. 
  M. 
  Hagan. 
  Fayette 
  County 
  covers 
  the 
  region 
  

   where 
  the 
  mining 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  River 
  or 
  Smokeless 
  coals 
  first 
  

   began 
  on 
  an 
  extensive 
  scale, 
  and 
  these 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  other 
  coal 
  

   beds 
  and 
  minerals 
  of 
  this 
  rich 
  county 
  are 
  minutely 
  described 
  

   and 
  analyzed. 
  The 
  volume 
  thus 
  gives 
  all 
  needed 
  general 
  and 
  

   detailed 
  information 
  covering 
  the 
  area 
  in 
  question. 
  (Price, 
  

   charges 
  paid, 
  $3.25. 
  Extra 
  copies 
  of 
  topographic 
  map, 
  75 
  cents 
  ; 
  

   of 
  the 
  geologic 
  map, 
  $1.00.) 
  

  

  7. 
  Virginia 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  University 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  

   Thomas 
  L. 
  Watson, 
  Director.— 
  The 
  Virginia 
  Survey 
  has 
  

   recently 
  published 
  two 
  important 
  bulletins, 
  both 
  prepared 
  in 
  

   co-operation 
  with 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  These 
  are 
  : 
  

  

  No. 
  17. 
  — 
  Manganese 
  deposits 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Foot 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  

   Ridge, 
  Virginia; 
  by 
  G. 
  W. 
  Stose, 
  H. 
  D. 
  Miser, 
  F. 
  J. 
  Katz, 
  

   D. 
  F. 
  Hewett. 
  Pp. 
  viii, 
  166 
  ; 
  with 
  22 
  plates 
  and 
  maps 
  and 
  16 
  

   text 
  figures. 
  

  

  No. 
  19 
  — 
  The 
  Geology 
  and 
  Coal 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  coal-bearing 
  

   portion 
  of 
  Tazewell 
  County, 
  Virginia; 
  by 
  T. 
  K. 
  Harnsberger. 
  

   Pp. 
  vi, 
  195, 
  with 
  14 
  plates 
  and 
  maps. 
  

  

  8. 
  Ninth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Mines, 
  Van. 
  H. 
  Manning, 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1919. 
  — 
  

   The 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  report 
  found 
  

   the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Mines 
  in 
  full 
  activity 
  co-operating 
  with 
  the 
  Gov- 
  

   ernment 
  in 
  war 
  work. 
  The 
  cessation 
  of 
  hostilities, 
  which 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  in 
  November, 
  required 
  an 
  extensive 
  rearrangement 
  of 
  its 
  

   activities. 
  The 
  prominent 
  results 
  accomplished 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   require 
  three 
  pages 
  for 
  their 
  brief 
  enumeration; 
  they 
  are 
  too 
  

   numerous 
  to 
  be 
  designated 
  here. 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  

   nearly 
  10,000 
  miners 
  were 
  trained 
  in 
  first 
  aid 
  and 
  risk 
  methods, 
  

  

  