712 Recent Literature. ‘[July, 
Tue Coat AND Iron Counties oF NortH Caroxina.—The 
mineral resources of North Carolina have been exposed by the 
hand-book, which follows the foregoing, has been compiled by 
P. M. Hale, mainly from the reports of Emmons and of Kerr, for 
the purpose of calling the attention of the people of the State, as 
well as immigrants, to the mineral wealth of this naturally rich 
State. After describing the coal fields and iron ore beds in gen- 
eral, the coal and iron counties are separately described, the 
statistics Bains derived from the census reports of 1880. Itis 
accompanied by a colored map of the State. 
ZITTEL’S HAND-BOOK OF PaLEONTOLOGY.—The third part of the 
second volume of this important work is devoted to the Cor- 
daiteze, but more especially to the Coniferæ; and the mode of 
treatment as well as the excellent illustrations will make it of 
great value to the investigator and student as well as the teacher. 
Here we have represented forms of the Gingko and allied genera 
of broad-leaved conifers which will be quite new to most ot our 
readers; the same may be said of the fossil Araucarie, as well as 
the Taxodinez, nearly every genus of which is illustrated; 50 
also of the Cypressinez. 
plates of 
and soft 
d that 
BREHM’S THIERI EBEN.—We have received the chromo- 
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lake EA Nev ashin o T From the auth f 
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as ona SE of Beer from Hav t A beter Fs Mass. 
account of a new species (Si, —— Bice ) from vor 
Ext. idem., 1884. From the authors of North 
Jordan, D. S—Notes on species f fishes perget ascribed to the pg 
America. Ext. Proceedings Ti Sci. Phil., 1884. Fro y a he T 
——List of fishes from E Fla., in a museum o 
description of two new petri Ext, idem., 1884. From the aden longer ) 
Owen, R.—On the skull and ieee ofa Tyitasic REE (7 From the 
from — Africa. Ext. rt. Jour. Geol. Soc., Feb 4 
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