•>1() T}ie A)iteri<'fni (reohKjisf. Novcniher, i.si)5 
whicli is the basis of my learned critic's stricture. After stat- 
ing- that Prof. Flciiu had extended the iiood wishes of the 
Congress to Geheinirath Heyrich on the occasion of liis eigh- 
tieth birthday, I added, '-The good feeling was very hearty and 
spontaneous, but the recipient seemed somewliat embarrassed 
by it; perhaps for the reason, wliich he explained to your 
correspondent, that he does not attain liis eightieth birthday 
till next 3^ear.''' 
Unless, therefore, J mistook the intent of Geheinirath Bey- 
rich, it was he not I who noted the discrepancy, and it was 
he who must have been unfamiliar with the use of the Ger- 
man language in this particular. 
As to the "numerous misunderstandings" in my letter of a 
year ago, which my distinguished reviewer will not mention 
because they do not alt'ect him, I should be glad to hear from 
those they do affect and I promise to promptly withdraw if I 
cannot justify these "misunderstaiulings." 
Pkusifuh P"'kazkk. 
REVIEW OF RECENT GEOLOGICAL 
LITERATURE. 
Fourteenth AhiukiI Report of the United States Geoloyieal Stii-rei/ to 
the Secretavn of the Interior. ISU'^-'DS. By J. W. Powell, Director. 
(Part I: Report of the Director, .321 i)ages. with map iplate i) showing 
progress of the topographic survey, 1893: Part II: Accompanying Pa- 
pers, XX and 597 pages, with plates ii-lxxiv, and 75 figures in the text, 
1894.) During the year of this repoi-t the ap])ropriations for the survey 
were nuich diminished, requiring impoi-taut changes in the plans of 
work and reduction in the number of geologists and assistants employed. 
Topographic work received S2i9,200: strictly geologic work. $63,700: 
paleontologic work. SII.OOO: chemical work, $8,000: preparation of il- 
lustrations, $5,000; the repoi-t on mineral resources, $10,000: purchase 
of books, etc., $2,000: the engraving of geologic maps, $10,000; and rent, 
$4,200. The topographic surveys of the j'ear weie platted on 91 atlas 
sheets, bringing the total number of surveyed sheets up to 785, repre- 
senting 573,000 square miles, or al)oiit a sixth part of the entire national 
domain, excepting Alaska. 
In Part I the Director's re])ort fills U)5 ])ages. and the remainder of 
this volume comprises the twenty-eight administrative reports of chiefs 
of divisions and heads of independent jiarties, besides the abstracts of 
disfjursements for the survey, which last occupy 40 i)ages. 
Part II contains the geological map of the United States by W J 
McGee, of which notices have be -a giv.'ii in i)revio.is nuinf)ers of the 
