THE SCIEN nsT. 
mean>, in short, "control the elements'' by 
turning one force of nature against another. 
Tliis is no day dream. It is not even pro- 
phesy. It is prospective history. The met- 
eorologists have been , are, and will be, the 
principal factors in attaining these grand re- 
sults. At the head of all who were enrcjlled 
in the class prior to 1891 stands the name of 
William Ferrel to whom we, in common with 
iatej igent people through mt the woild, 
would pay a grateful tribute. 
Book Tleview?^. 
'j'lift Ain(3ric;iii G iolo^irt for Sfipt , 1891 , 
contiiiis .some sri-ong- article-. 
Pi-eliininary notes on the Topo<?rapli3^ 
and Geolo^^}^ of North western Mexico 
and S )uth\vest Texap, and New Mexico 
are ^iven by Robt. T. Hill. The type of 
uionclinal fold whereby the Siei'ra Chi- 
^nitas were se])arated from Main Monn- 
tain, Mass. Section 20 miles nortli and 
south. It shows hard limestone forma- 
tion of tlie mountain, and the conolom- 
erate formation of the valley. 
It also has another cut illnstratino- the 
'•Sierra Chiginta. Additional notes on 
the Devonian Rocks of Buchanan County 
Iowa, are given by S. Calvin. Warren 
Upham tallvs about the Ice Sheets of 
Greenland. E. W. Claypole tells of an 
Episode in the Palaezoic history of Penn- 
sylvania. Neolithic Man in Nicaragua is 
treated by J. Crawford. A reply to a re- 
view by Frank L. Mason on ^Phe Post 
Archaeni Age of the WTilte Limestones 
of Sussex Co., N. J. is very complete. 
F. W. Cragin has an article on the Genus 
Trinacronrerum, and Gilberr D. Harris 
one on the confounding of Nassa Travit- 
talaSas, and Nassa Peralta, 
The Geological Publishing Co., Min- 
neapolis, Minn., $3.50 per year, single 
numbers 35cts. 
In its Noveimber number the Cosmo- 
politan will publish a series of letters 
written by Gen. W. T. Sherman, to one 
of his voung daughters, between the 
years 1856 and 1865, and covering most 
of tiie important events cf "var of se- 
cession. These lelteis present graphic 
pictures of a great soldier, amid some of 
tlie stirring scenes in which he was a 
giant llgure, and in them the patriotic 
spirit of the Federal general is seen to 
have been most attractively temi)ei('d 
b}' a st]-ong aftection foi- the Southern 
peo[)le. The fraternal feeling which 
glows in these letters is in refresliing 
contrast to the sectional bitterness which 
characteiized the period, and tlx'y will 
constitute an interesting and important 
(Contribution to the literature of tlie war. 
The illustration of the Cosnmpolitan 
has always bien one of special featiu'es 
but this month it exceeds in this respect 
all i)revious numbers. 
Anielie Rives' striking story "Accord- 
ing to St. John" is brought to a dramatic 
close in this nundjer. 
A new featiu'e of the Cosmoi)olitan, 
and one which is original with that mag- 
azin(\ is the ])nblication each month, in 
the form of foot notes, of a number of 
little portraits with brief biographies, of 
the writers of the various articles. 
An unusual magizine feature, is an ar- 
ticle on "Modern Women of Turkey," of 
beautiful description of Oriental Life by 
Osnian Bey, a distinguished Turkish gen- 
tleman now visiting the Ignited States. 
The most timely article of the luunber is 
a description of the New Desert Lake — 
the phenomenon of the barren region of 
the south-west. Besides the stoiy by 
Amelie Rives, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 
contributes a short story of Norwegian 
life, in which a beautiful mare Hgures as 
the chief character — a charming story 
for all lovers of the horse. 
The chief feature of the nimiber how^- 
ever, is an article on Cincinnati by the 
man who is ruost capable of preparing 
something interesting on that citj' — 
Murat Halstead — illustrated by sketches 
by Jacassy, who visited Cincinnati for 
that purpose, 
