IV Contents. 
tana School of Mines. Pearson's "Law" of the Origin of 
Coal. 
AUGUST NUMBER. 
George Mercer Dawson [Portrait.] (jj 
The Pleistocene Problem of the North Atlantic Coastal 
Plain. George Burbank Shattuck 87 
H-DiTORiAL Comment. 
The Department of Geology in the National Museum, 
[Plates X-XIV.1] 107 
KEViEw OF Recent Geological Literature. 
Die Uraschen der Oberfiachengestaltung des Norddeutschen 
Flachlandes. Felix IVahnschaffc, 123 ; Le granite des Pyr- 
enees et ses Phenemenes de contact, A. Lacroix, 124; Geol- 
ogischer Fiihrer durch Companien, W. Deecke, 125 ; The 
Coal and Metal Miner's Pocketbook of Principles, Rules, 
Formulas and tables, Colliery Engineer Company, 126; Re- 
port on the Geology of the Philippine Islands, Geo F. 
Becker, 126. 
Monthly Author's Catalogue of American Geological Liter- 
ature 128 
Correspondence. 
Recent Submergence of the Asiatic Continent, G. Frederick 
Wright, 131 ; Billings and his Bibliography, H. M. Ami, 132. 
Personal and Scientific News 133 
SEPTEMBER NUMBER. 
The Basic Rocks of Northeastern Maryland and Their Re- 
lation TO the Granite. Arthur Gray Leonard. [Plates 
X V-XIX.J 135 
A Preliminary Geologic Section in Alpena and Presqu' Isle 
Counties, Michigan. Amadeus W. Grabati. [Plate XX.].. 177 
£^ditorial Comment. 
The Archean of the Alps 189 
Monthly Author's Catalogue of American Geological Liter- 
ature 200 
OCTOBER NUMBER. 
Un the Petrography of Shefford Mountain. John A. Dresser. 
[Plate XXL] 203 
Paleontological Specul.\tions. L. p. Gratacap 214 
