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Canada, by Sir William Dawson (noticed In the Geologist vol. i, p. 195); 
Notes on the Physiography and Geology of Aroostook county, Maine, by 
Bailey; The correlation of the Animikie and Huronian rocks of Lake 
Superior, by McKellar; The geography and geology of Baffin land, by 
Boas; Glacial erosion in Norway and high latitudes, by Spencer; (review¬ 
ed in the Geologist, vol. ii, p. 432;) On the theory of glacial motion, by 
Spencer; the petroleum field of Ontario, by Bell; Illustrations of the 
fauna of the St. John group, by Matthew, Quarto volume. Two plates 
of fossils. 
Kentucky geological survey. Report on Geological and economic 
features of the Jackson purchase region, embracing the counties of Bal¬ 
lard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and Marshall. By 
R. H. Loughridge, Roy. 8vo. 357 pp. 
Some New York minerals and their localities. By F. L. Nason. Bul¬ 
letin No. 4 of the New York State Museum. Aug. 1888. 
Contributions to Canadian palaeontology, Vol. 1. By J. F. Whiteaves, 
pp. 91 to 149. Canadian Geological Survey. 
Ores of North Carolina, being Chap. 11, 2nd vol. Geological Survey of 
North Carolina. 
Production of gold and silver in the United States. Report of the Direc¬ 
tor of the Mint, for 1887. Jas. P. Kimball, 8vo. 375 pp. 
The Proceedings of the JJ. S. Nat. Museum , 1888, contain the following 
papers by F. H. Knowlton, Asst. Curator. (1) New species of fossil wood 
(Araucarioxylon arizonicum) from Arizona and New Mexico. (2) Descrip¬ 
tion of two species of Palmoxylon—one new—from Louisana. The fol¬ 
lowing are by Leo Lesquereux. (1) List of fossil plants collected by Mr. 
I. C. Russell at Black creek, near Gadsden, Ala. with descriptions of 
several new species. (2) Recent determination of fossil plants from 
Kentucky, Louisiana, Oregon, California, Alaska, Greenland, etc., with 
descriptions of new species; also the following by Lester F. Ward. The 
paleontologic history of the genus Platanus. 
Pennsylvania geological survey, Annual report, 1886, J. P. Lesley. 
Part iv; Paint, iron ore, limestone, serpentine;with an atlas volume; pp. 
1331—1618, 8vo. 
Coal. By Chas. A. Ashburner. Abstracted from the “Mineral resources 
of the United States,” calendar year 1887. JJ. S. Geol. Sur. 
Forty-first annual report of the Trustees of the State Museum of Natural 
History, for 1887, 8 vo. 390 pp. xv. plates, Albany, N. Y. 
Chemical report of the coals, soils, clays, petroleum, mineral waters etc., 
•etc. of Kentucky. By Robert Peter, M. D. vol. A. Part iii, of the geolo¬ 
gical survey of Kentucky. Royal 8vo. 171, pp. 
Report of the State of Illinois Historical Library and Natural History 
Museum. By Josua Lindahl, Curator. An administrative report of seven 
octavo pages. 
Reports on the geology of Henry, Shelby, Oldham and Mason counties, 
Kentucky. By W. M. Linney. With colored county maps. Roy. 8vo. each 
county report paged independently. Ken. Geol. Sur. 
Final Report of the State Geologist, vol. 1. Topography, Magnetism, 
