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indicate clearly the line in which it is confidently expected that, at no 
distant date, the politicians of Canada will see to it that a National 
Museum will be established at Ottawa, properly equipped, manned and 
maintained. 
It is an urgent necessity that a Central Bureau of scientific, in other 
words, exact information exist, where not only reports upon all kinds 
of subjects can be obtained from specialists, but where a record is kept 
of information gathered and specimens obtained during explorations, 
researches, and studies, in connection with the natural resources of half 
a continent. 
The incalculable value of the National Museum to the United States 
has been recognized by Congress, and it is hoped that Canadian states- 
men will see that before long a suitable office and museiun buildings 
be erected, and a thoroughly equipped and efficient staflf established, so 
that the wonderful natural resources of Canada may be exhibited to 
advantage and carefully published for the information of all. 
H. M. Ami. 
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Feb., 1901. 
MONTHLY AUTHOR'S CATALOGUE 
OF AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL LITERATURE 
ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. 
Adams, Frank D. 
Memoir of Sir J. William Dawson. (Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., vol. 11, 
1899.) 
Adams, Frank D. 
Nodular Granite from Pine lake, Ontario. (Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 
vol. 9, pp. 163-172. pi. II.) 
Adams, Frank D. 
On the probable occurrence of a large area of Nephaline-bearing 
rocks on the northeast coast of lake Superior. (Jour. Geol., vol 8, No. 
4. May-June, 1900. J 
Adams, Frank D. and J. T. Nicolson. 
An experimental investigation into the flow of marble. (Proc. 
Royal Soc, vol. 67.) 
Ami, H. M. 
"Stratigraphical Note." Being a summary of preliminary work on 
the Silurian formations of Antigonish county, Nova Scotia. (Science, 
new series, vol. 13, No. 323, pp. 394-395, March 8, 1901.) 
Blake, W. P. 
Some Salient Features in the Geology of Arizona, with Evidences 
of shallow seas in Paleozoic time. (Am. Geol., vol. 27, pp. 160-167, 
March. 1901.) 
Claypole, E. W. 
Notes on Petroleum in California. (Am. Geol., vol. 27, pp. 150- 
160, March 1901.) 
