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tropical rather than temperate climate during their

tropical rather than temperate chmate uuins '0
deposition.
nr HAYDEN dcscrihes the Mauvaises Terrestrial
and weird pace-the very picture Of desoaton
and ruin where the land been cut ard Scared ana
crooved with nnumerable burrows ana gules' somo VI
them hundreds Of feet deep aud then again Using ~
tastic shapes looking in the distance like oreaoooreu
basaltie columns; others like an anphitheaeror 'o
shape OF arcs Of circle, with numbers OF seats III many
rows one above the other; others resemble Gothic tenn
pes domes towers and fortresses. THO west size OF
White Earth River has much the appearance OF huge
French palace and as the early morning sun rests upon
IT, every nook and seems lighted up with strange
and wild beauty 1t among these hills that are found
the immense fossil remains from the specimens OF when
brought out Dr. Leidy of Philadelphia has already re-
cognIzed more than 700 individuals of single species
Oreodon CberSOnii. sort OF ruminant pig combining
some Of the characteristics Of the camel deer, and hog
Ii had canine teeth tearing es ruminant teeth IKE
those Of deer and evidently chewed the cud lhere
are also found the remains OF the rbnoccros mas
odOn elephant horse immense Turtles, as wei as large
animals of the feline and canine races, and many others
that have no living representative.
From the archaeological discoveries Dr. Hayden
makes comparisons similar forms found in other parts
Of the United States and Europe and gives number OF
interesting charts illustrating the relative age OF these
beds strata and far possible their extent Inc
map accompanying the report will be found an acquis
ton 10 the geological student
Accompanying the report OF Dr. Hayden IA one OF Dr
J. s Newberry on the Cretaoeous and Tertiary Plants.
and giving an Of the Physiological Geography OF
the continent during the creaceous and
tertiary periods. This is written i'll Dr. Newberrys
usually graphic style and will give TO the nonscientnc
reader clear idea Of the prehistoric condition OF our
country. He begins at the earliest known 1od ana
the reader through the different epochs with
clearness OF description shows him 10 be thoroughly
master Of the subject.
STORIES FOR Ny CHILDREN B. Ell Ky,TcHBoItIIrar''ES
VI. p. Loncop: Macmillan & Co.
We are heartily glad to be able TO welcome
this little book. We took up with the inevitable mis-
giving which hauDts every thoughtful mind, in these
days upon the reception Of Juvenile The fairy
tales are legion in which each fairy is personed viz
tue or vice. talking metaphysical subteties or sentiment
tai The shelves Of publishers and OF sunday
school and weekday libraries, weighed down by an
evcrncreasing multitude OF stories OF real lfe in
which every character 10 uatureand one half
of which are full OF morbid reLgOnsm utterly antag'
onistlc TO the vital religion which roots Itself IN the
heart aud develops noble, unsesh, Christ-hke human
beings We have science made easy" and literature
which carefully strong thought and vigorous
expression as unfit for children; milkand-water novel
cites labeled the sincere milk Of the word and para
bles concerning which the chief wonder is that they do
not make the little ones who read them hopelessy dl
otlc That these books doing harm. that the evil
is serious and growing one, are facts which begin
10 force themselves upon the recognition OF the pubic
But they need have far more general attention dl
rected TO them. The children OF to-day are TO be the
world Of grownup and women twenty years hence
brought face 10 face with all the great problems OF life
needing to solve them steadfast will, wepoised judG
nent clear aud wellstorcd intellect strong aud loving
hearts As ono great means to this end we need to give
them books Of .u Acknowledgement written down
to meet their supposed capacities but in plain clear Ian
guage-wllch shall stimulate their desire fo knoWl-
edge and give them the healthfu pleasure OF active
thought II We provide them with stores let them be
such as shall awaken Imagination TO picture Nature and
body forth her wonders not such make the mind
passive receptacle for morbid fances Let them suggest
a moral rather than cram IL down Youthful Threats
which rebel against IT, II they ineulcate religion let
them do it in brief paln earnest words addressed direct
~ 20 the child who reads instead Of striving TO picture 1t
in impossible unnatural characters-Or endeayorng 10
enforce il los WearisOine conversations which the child
skpS yawns over.
Iu these Stories for my Children" our ac
ouantauce with the veritabe fairies from whom in our
earliest reading days learned many lessons beside
those gathered the legend Of the gentle girl whose
lips dropped pearls ana diamonds, aud her il-natured
sister who sfreyed the way when she spoke, with toads
and snakes. We meet with children and birds ana four
footed animals whose adventures are identical with
those which the boys and girls who read have Known, or
seen before their own eyes There are other stories
among Them wild and imaginative enough, IN which the
" or wisdom stored away in very fantastic nut
shell, but the kernel peeps forth from some slightly
opened edge in sufficiently inviting OItempt eager
childish fingers break the SHE'LL in search for the hid
treasure Many contain direct religious lesson enforced
bv few simple suggestive sentences which spring from
the narrative as naturally as 1Owerbud springs from
its stem and which we can readily believe to have weed
ND from his heart when these stories first told in
the twilight TO children In his preface he writes
that they were so told originally. He has done well to
widen the circle OF his listeners We inclined place
not least among the recommendations of the book the
picturesque pure, clear English in which it is written.
never dcgcnoratng into fine writing nor on the other
hand into laugna.c harsh or obscure.