The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-16
HITCHCOCk'S BOOK,
HlWAII's VOLCANOES

Hitchcock book ''Hawail and tt
| Volcanoes, published by the Hawai-
ian Gazette Company, IS receiving
favorable comment from papers all over
! the United States one of them saying
it is the first book on the subject since
Fernandez S that is worth while. Ger.
tainly the author Is familiar with his
subject, which is half the battle, and
be has way of telling what he sees
IN very convincing manner.
The Evening Star, Washington, D. c.,
says of the book:
- Hawaii is of particular interest to
he students of seismology by reason of
the fact that it contains two active
volcanoes, which occasionally contribute
to the news dispatches through their
eruptions. The Hawaiian earth vents
have attracted many investigators. and
great mass of material has been pre-
pared on the subject, practically ali Of
which IS now out of print Doctor
Hitchcock volume is an assemblaee
OF the most important and trustworthy
accounts of eruptions and the most i'm
portant observations of scientists who
have visited the Islands to study the
two great eraters Of Mauna Loa and
kllauea- It is an important record of an
exceptionally, interesting series of ac-
tlvltles, with numerous plates and dia-
grams presenting the varying aspects
OF these great ehimneys. The work is
prepared with particular consideration
for the nonteehnical reader whose ac-
qualntace with the Hawaiian volcanoes
has been limited by reason of the man
ner n which previous accounts of their
outfows have been presented
Coast Commentator.
The San Francisco Chronicle goes
further in expressing satisfaction with
the valuable publication. 1t says:
Since the day of Fornander's great
work on Vestiges of the Molten
Globe a Volume now out of print.
nothing of convincing scientific worth
about volcanic phenomena in Hawaii
has been published until the appear
ance, a short time ago, of "Hawaii
and It's Volcanoes" by Charles H. |
LID, of Dartmouth. This |
work of 314 pages, handsomely bound. |
IS a product of the Gazette company s |
presses of Honolulu, and represents. in |
It's authorship, the personal investiga
non and study of Doctor Hitchcock on
he spot, he having lived year or more
II Hawaii for no other purpose.
The plan of the work is to describe
ne phenomena connected with the dis.
,harges OF molten lava from Mauna
4oa,. the great mountain from which
he most serious eruptions come. and
rom kIIauea, a spectacular crater in
he shoulder of Mauna Loa, of appar-
nifty separate connection with the Il
Ieep areas of fire and with moderate
ruptlve energies. The stories told hv
esponsible visitors to these volcanoes. Il
'eglnnlng soon after the advent Of
'hlte observers, form no inconsidera-
lie part of the book.
How the Islands are built ND from
ne sea floor; how some of them be-
anne mere coralline platforms. rising
ut little above the surface: how the i
Ign islands We're carried high in air
y subaerial accumulation of ba-
AT; why the type Of volcanic action
put partly explosive; the easy fusi.
lllty Of the rock, the source of the
eat and the manner of lifting vast
olumns of lava-these are Studies
men, the author hopes and the seien-
tic reader believes, will contribute
to the solution of the vol.
mic problem.
: A small portion of the book crit
yes the theory of Professor PICKERING
lat the moon was originally a part of
lie globe, occupying space, in a fluid
.fhi, winch IS now included in the area
the Pacific ocean. Illustrations EN-
slilsh the text, which is fine and
ear. - anu
This book "Hawaii and It's Vol
noes should be in every library 3
neither the owner be scientist or Law, 4
an 1t is valuable book Of refer
ce on the subject of volcanoes in
avian and is of particular interest =
students. Questions relative to the ~
are constantly arising and ii
owner of this book will be 7tTba
an Who Knows the answer. IT Is III
IDLY bound in buckram, rough edges HI
d literally illustrated from nhofo- III
apis and drawings. 1t is on sale in
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