132 Scientific Intelligence. 



7. Geological Survey of New Jersey, Henry B. Ktjmmel, State 

 Geologist. Bulletin 12, Annual Administrative Report of the 

 State Geologist for the year 19 IS. Pp.51. 1914. — Papers of gen- 

 eral interest in preparation for publication include resume of the 

 geology of New Jersey by J. V. Lewis, and the State Geologist, 

 H. B. Kummel ; report on Triassic reptilian footprints by C. H. 

 Hitchcock ; studies on the stability of the New Jersey Coast by 

 D. W. Johnson, and a laboratory study of minerals found in the 

 traps by J. V. Lewis. Bulletin 12 contains a paper on "Recent 

 storm effects on the New Jersey shore line " by D. W. Johnson 

 and Warren S. Smith, in which the conclusion is reached that, 

 contrary to general belief, vigorous wave erosion is not an indica- 

 tion of coastal subsidence. h. e. g. 



8. Iowa Geological Survey, Volume XXIV, Annual report, 



1913 with accompanying papers: Pp. 792, plates I-LXVI, figures 

 65. 1914. — Two papers of large local interest are included in the 

 Annual Report for 1913 : Road and concrete materials of Iowa, 

 by S. W. Beyer and H. F. Wright (pp. 33-686), and Analyses 

 of Iowa coals, by A. W. Hixson (pp. 687-763). There is also an 

 account of mineral production in Iowa in 1911-1912 by the State 

 Geologist, George F. Kay. The Iowa Survey, which has on its 

 rolls eighteen geologists who devote a portion of their time to 

 work within the state, is actively engaged on problems of areal 

 geology, ground waters, Pleistocene geology, stratigraphy of the 

 Mississippian and Devonian rocks, and topographic mapping. 



H. E. G. 



9. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Bulle- 

 tin No. XXVII, Scientific series No. 9, 1914. The Inland Lakes 

 of Wisconsin y by Edward A. Birge, Director, and Chancey 

 Juday, Biologist. The Hydrography and Morphometry of the 

 lakes; by Chancey Juday. Pp. 137, maps I-XXIX, figures 

 8. — Following a chapter on the origin, extinction, and shore modi- 

 fication of lakes, based on a study by N. M. Fenneman (previously 

 published in Bulletin VIII, 1910, of the Wisconsin Survey), Mr. 

 Juday discusses the physical characteristics of ten groups of lakes. 

 Surveys, including shape of the bottom, topographic features of 

 the shores, measurements of volume, etc., have been completed 

 for sixty lakes. Measurements of area and depth are given for 

 one hundred and eighty-seven additional lakes, forty-five in the 

 southeast, seventy-nine in the northeast, and sixty-three in the 

 northwest parts of the state. The lake basins described are 

 glacial in origin, — kettle holes, blocked valleys, or morainal depres- 

 sions. H. E. G. 



10. College Physiography ; by R. S. Tarr and L. Martin. 

 Pp. XXII, 837, 'with 503 figures and 10 plates. New York, 



1914 (The Macmillan Company). — The general principles of 

 physiography have been so clearly presented in the books by 

 Davis and by Salisbury that this new book is of interest chiefly 

 because of what might be called its secondary features. There 

 is now a considerable body of principles not included in the older 



