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[Odfober, 
Analyses of Books. 
Hills, but have not been examined. Coal is found in thin seams 
near Sharigh, but in the author’s opinion would not repay work- 
ing, In Manbhum and Singhbum gold-washing is carried on by 
the natives, and their earnings, as compared with the price of 
field labour, are considered good. The manganiferous iron ores 
of Charbasa will be of value for the manufacture of spiegeleisen 
if iron smelting is taken up on the large scale in the Raniganj 
coal-fields. 
The Godavari Valley contains deposits of coal and iron, which 
may become of importance if the Godavari navigation is com- 
pleted. The gold-washings of the district are inconsiderable. 
John Banyan and the Gipsies. By James Simson. New York : 
James Miller. Edinburgh : Maclachlan and Stewart. Lon- 
don : Bailliere, Tindall, and Co. 
We have had pleasure on a former occasion in noticing Mr. 
Simson’s estimate of Charles Waterton; but with John Bunyan 
the “Journal of Science ” does not and cannot concern itself, 
and consequently any question as to his nationality falls entirely 
outside our competence. 
Journal of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South 
Wales , 1881. Edited by A. Liversidge, Professor of Che- 
mistry and Mineralogy in the University of Sydney. 
Sydney : Thomas Richards. 
This number of the “Journal of the Royal Society of New 
South Wales ” is by no means so rich in scientific investigation 
as might be hoped from a body placed where there is so much 
novel matter to be observed. For this shortcoming the indefati- 
gable secretaries, Prof. Liversidge and Dr. Leibius, cannot be 
held answerable. We know from private sources that they do 
their utmost for the efficiency of the Society; but if the bulk of 
the members and the outside public cannot or will not “ work,” 
where are papers and memoirs to be obtained ? 
We regret to learn that the financial position and prospers 
are not of the brightest. Were it not for a Government subsidy, 
of precarious duration, since dependent upon an annual vote of 
the Colonial Legislature, the efficiency of the Society would be 
seriously compromised. 
