626 ‘ Recent Literature. [July, 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
GILBERT’s TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF LAKE SHoreEs.—This 
treatise is reprinted from the fifth annual report of the director of 
the U. S. Geological Survey, and is based on the observations of 
many years, particularly in Utah, around the shores of Great 
Salt lake. The author states that the body of the essay was pre- 
pared before he met with the writings of Elie de Beaumont and of 
Cialdi. It is well illustrated with original diagrams and land- 
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Fic. 1.—Sheep Rock, a sea-cliff on the shore of Great Salt Lake, near the Bla 
Rock bathing resort. 
scape illustrations, some of which we have been permitted 
use 
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