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712 extreme of accuracy is not therefore sought, but only such a degree as to insure that the maximum accumulated error will be imperceptible upon the maps. The results are arranged in chapters by geographical groups, and as an introduction to each chapter there is given a description of the work, outlining the methods employed and instruments used. The groups into which the work is divided are roughly as follows: New England, the Middle Atlantic States, the Southern Appalachian Region, some of the North Middle States, the Black Hills of South Dakota, Aspen, Colorado, and portions of California, the plateau region of New Mexico and Arizona, Texas, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Kansas. There are a number of triangulation maps which illustrate the work done in the various groups.

The second volume of Prof. Wiley's Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis (Chemical Publishing Company, Easton, Pa., $2) is devoted to fertilizers. In the first three divisions the determination of phosphoric acid, nitrogen, and potash is described, the official methods and a number of other processes being given in each case. The fourth and concluding part is devoted to the examination of miscellaneous fertilizers, some of mineral and others of organic origin. The general principles of fertilizer manufacture and application have been presented, in so far as they seemed to the author to throw light on the rational method of examination and analysis. A list of authorities cited is given at the end of each division of the volume, and there are seventeen figures of apparatus.



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Chavez, Ezeguiel A. Geografia Elemental. Paris and Mexico: Ch. Bouret. Pp. 79.

Chittenden, Hiram Martin. The Yellowstone National Park Illustrated. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Co. Pp. 397.

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Cooke, M. C. Introduction to the Study of Fungi. London: Adam and Charles Black. New York: Macmillan & Co. Pp. 360. $3.50.

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Dall, William Healey. Alaska as it was and is. Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington.

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