The Anaconda standard., 1899-04-10

for Surveyors" by Mansfield Merriman
and John p. Brooks: The Transition
Curve by Offsets and DETECTION by C. L.
Crandall, and in PROBLEMS in the Use
and Adjustment of Engineering Instru-
ments," by Walter Loring Webb. These
are all small volumes, giving essentials in
very compact form.
A book treating of an industry Of the
past. but whose literary value and wealth
of adventure should make it favorite
with that large number of readers who
remember the interest of Danas 1.-TWO
Years Before the Mast is 1.-THE Cruise of
the Cachalot: Round the World After
Sperm Whales" by Frank T. Bullen.
For the general reader the mos interest
ing department of geology is that devoted
to the forces which have formed and al
tered the world A wel-arranged and
excellently written book on this subject
is Earth Sculpture: or, the Origin of
Land Forms" by Professor James Geikie
Other recent additions in geological lit
erature are preliminary Report On
Part of the Gold Deposits of Georgia. by
W. S. Yeates: minerals in Rock sections
Practical Methods of Identifying Minerals
in Rock Sections With the Microscope
by Professor Lea McIlvaine Luquer;
"Stones for Building and Decoration by
George P Merrill: Bulletins. Nos. 49, 49,
and from 149 to 15O of the United States
18th report on the production of minerals
in the United States and collection Of
the geological Pamphlets" written by
Horace V. Winchell.
Following is list of the geological bull
letins above mentioned. with contents:
No. SS. 1.-The Cretaceous Foraminifera of
New Jersey" by r. NJ Bagg. jr.; No. &c.
"Some Lava Flows of the Western Slope
of the Sierra Nevada, California by f,
l.. Ransome; No. 149. autobiography and
Index of North American Geology, Pale
ontology. Petrology and Mneralogy for
1885, by F. B. Weeks: No. $50, "Educa-
tional Series of Rock Specimens Collected
and Distributed by the United States Geo
logical Survey" by ]. S. Diller; No. ISL,
Lower Cretaceous Gryphaeus of the
Texas Region" by R. T. Hill and T. w.
Vaughan: No. 152, catalogue of the Gre
taceous and Tertiary Plants of North
America" by F. H. Knowlton; No. 154
Gazetteer of Kansas by H. Gannett;
No. 155. EARTHQUAKES in California. 1896
1897 No. 156. autobiography and Index of
North American Geology Paleontology
Petrology and Mineralogy for 1897" by f.
B. Weeks
We have several books to record which
deal with subjects of special interest to
mechanical engineers. These gre "Arith-
metic of the Steam Engine" by E. Sher
man Gould; Carpenters Steel Square and
It's Uses" by Frederick T. Hodgson: "Me-
chanical Engineers Pocket Book" by
William Kent Manual of Steam Boilers;
Design Construction and Operation" by
R. H. Thurston: "Theory and Calculation
of Cantiever Bridges by R. M. Wilcox,
and the Anaconda Mine and Works"
by Titus Ulke, the last mentioned work
being the article contributed by Mr.. Ulke
to the Engineering Magazine. which has
been bound in separate form by the IL
brary for the use of it's patrons.
Many readers will find particular satis-
faction in several volumes devoted to
chemical technology, hygiene and sanitary
and domestic science. These are Com
mon Sense in the Poultry Yard by J. P.
Haig Laboratory Manual of Electro
Therapeutics by William James Herd
man anu Frank w. Nagler; Catering for
Two Comfort and Economy for Small
Households.'' by Alice L. James: Chem
istry of Paper Making by R. B. Griffin
and A. D. Little; Examination of Wa
ter; Chemical and Bacteriological,' by
William P. Mason; 'Feathered Pets;
Food, Breeding and Care of Canaries,
Parrots and Other Cage Birds" by
Charles N. Page; Home Economics" by
Maria Parloa; 1.-The Practical Upholster-