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A Popular Treatise on the Winds, by Will, 
iam Ferrel, M. A., Ph. D. John Wiley & 
Sons, New York, publishers. In a form- 
er number of Thi: Natur.^list, a sketch 
of the life of this eminent scientist and a 
complete list of his publications was given. 
Most of Prof. Ferrel's works are strictly 
technical and not adapted for the general 
reader. In the work above mentioned, 
however, this branch of Meteorology is 
explained with great clearness and we 
would reccominend to the active man 
liusiness, too much engaged to wade 
through columns of ligures, this book as 
giving, in a condenseil form, a clear idea 
of the principals underlying the atmos- 
pheric movements. Prof. Ferrel adopts the 
axiom that explanation must accompany 
observation and theory follow fact and 
points out the physical processes of Mete- 
orology. That the work has been long 
needed by the scientific world is attested 
by the glowing criticisms of leading jour- 
nals of the day, more especially the Mete- 
oroligical journals. These journals all 
agree in voicing the sentiment of the great 
worth of the material given. In the no- 
tices we have seen no mention has been 
made of one of Prof. Ferrel's greatest dis- 
coveries, namely: the explanation and mod- 
ification of the now known and recognized 
Boys' Ballot law, which is as follows: In 
consequence of a deflecting, for a depend- 
ing area upon the earth's rotation, there 
is a pressure of the air in the Northern 
Hemisphere to the right of direction of 
motion, \\hich drive.^ the air to the right 
liaiul and causes a licap ng up or accumu- 
lation on that Nide, as the wind generally 
l)lc)\\ s around some central area; this 
causes an outer area of low barometer on 
the left hand side, but as the wind inclines 
inward a little on all sides toward the cen- 
tre, this causes the lowest barometer to lie 
a little in front of the left hand, when the 
back is toward the wind. In the Southern 
Hemisphere the right hand must be used 
instead of the left and vice versa. The 
book contains soo pages, is illustrated and 
has a full and comprehensive index. 
North American Geology and Paleontology, 
For the Use of Amateurs, Students and 
Scientists, by S. A. Miller. Press of West- 
ern Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati, 
Dhio. 1889. Cloth. $5.00. 664 pages, f)f 
\i hich the hrst one hundred are devoted 
to definitions and laws of Geology, Strati- 
graphical Geology and the laws of Nomen- 
clature. Of the following pages, 528 de- 
fine.all Palaeozoic fossil genera that have 
been characterized, illustrating most of 
them and also cataloguing all species 
«hich have been described, with a refer- 
ence to the author, places of publication, 
including page references and the group of 
rocks in which each species occurs. There 
are Iig4 illustrations and in many in- 
stances several figures are used in illustrat- 
ing some species. All Classes are briefly 
defined with the view of contrasting Palae- 
ozoic Zoology \\ ith the living. The gloss- 
ary covers 25 pages and fulUy defines all 
specific names and technical terms. The 
index to the genera occupies nearly ten 
pages, three columns to the page and in 
addition to alphalietically indexing all the 
Paleozoic genera in the work and placing 
in italics those which have been used, but 
do not belong to North America, the gen- 
der of each genus is designated with m for 
masculine, /'for feminine and n for neuter. 
Referring again to the fore part of the 
book; the definitions and laws of Geology 
are included in Chapter I. Chapters II 
to XXXVIII, both inclusive, describe the 
various Geological systems and gri,up-, 
while Chapter XXXIX handles Nomei - 
clature. from which we learn that it is ol 
the highest importance that we retain ti e 
fir.-^t defined and illustrated names of gen- 
era and species; that the tendencv of the 
science of Palteontology is to demand, in 
all cases, both definitions and illustrations 
before the pidjlication is to be recognized 
and good authors refuse to recognize 
names unless their meanings may be readi- 
ly comprehended; that a specie.-, is not to 
be considered or named unless bi th geneiic 
and specifics are simultaneously applied 
to it and that, to have a name and place 
in science, publications must be in other 
than some obscure organ, which does not 
reach the students of science generally. 
'I'he want of such a work has been long 
felt and Mr. Miller certainly deserves the 
heartiest thanks and support from the Ge- 
ologists of the world, more especially so as 
he has made it possible lor every one in- 
terested, to ow n the work, the price being 
oiiiN hve dollars. 
The atldress of Garrick Mallery. Vice-presi- 
dent Section 11 of the American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science, de- 
li'. ered at the Toronto meeting, has been 
leceivcd. I t is a well written parallel in 
phmcs of culture between the Indian and 
I^r;. elite. The word Indian being synoi - 
oniuus with the aboriginee of the U. S. 
ai.d 1 >: aelite designating the w hole nation. 
It i.i in iiamphlet form, covering 46 
pa:;es, treating ol the origin, religions, 
pnictices, parallel myths, sociology, etc. 
of tlie Indians, summing up in a four page 
conclusion some strong points upon the 
race question as measured by the several 
planes of culture and specific environ- 
ments. The author is evidently a student 
ami a thinker, and if he does not grasp the 
w hole truth from that oldest ol histories, 
the Bible, he certainly derives a very large 
ami profitable part. 
The great state of Kansas, in many respects is 
progressive and aggressive, yet lacks a 
most important branch of state work and 
should emulate the CNample of the great 
state of New York, w hose legislators rec- 
ognize the economic value of a veil sus- 
tained Geological survey. The work un- 
dertaken by private enterprise has devel- 
oped tl.e Coal and .Salt mines and shows 
the value and extent ol the beds of Gypsum; 
yet such work fails to bring into general 
notice the resources of a state and does 
not carry that weight, usually accorded a 
■:t,Tte survey . This dearth of authentic 
data is partially met in Vol. XI of the 
Transactions of Kansas Academy of Sci- 
ence, for 1887 and '88. This publication 
of 127 pages, covers a wide range of Geolo- 
gical, Zoological and Botanical research 
and embraces a variety of subjects of sci- 
entific value. I'he general excellence of 
all the contributions is so high that it is a 
matter of some difficulty to refer to all the 
articles which would interest our readers. 
Prof. Robert Hay, whose attainments 
have been recognised by the U. .S. Govern- 
ment, treats of the Dacota Lignite; some 
idea of the extent of his oljstrvntions mav 
be gained, if, with the map of Kansas be- 
fore him. one marks out the localities 
named. Dr. E. 11. S. Bailev iiresents a 
set of exact tables, showing depth of stra- 
ta and composition of the Salt beds, m 
Ellsw orth county, and a suggestive com- 
parative analysis of Salt in other localities, 
foreshadows the future importance of this 
great industry. Mr. N. S. (;.:ss .-dds 
many valuable and interesting facts o.i the 
subject of Bird life and migration. i\lr. 
\V. R. Lighton's Notes on the Circulation 
of Sap takes the typical Kansas fiornl 
representative, .the Sunflower, and brings 
out some curious facts. Prof. P". II. Snow, 
of the I'niversity of Kansas, in re]iorting 
