(1) South African Geology (2) Geology of New Zealand (3) An Introduction to the Geology of New South Wales

Abstract

THESE three books are written with an educational purpose, and are kept within the limifs of size suitable for schools. They alike bear witness to the prominent place taken by geology in the outlook of settlers in. the southern hemisphere. Where human history may be traced back into prehistoric anthropology through the brief period of two centuries, the earth itself, the land that is still in process of exploitation, makes a very natural appeal. The Geological Survey in such countries takes the place of an Academy of Inscriptions, and now the laboured memoirs of the surveys are being condensed for students who are to take their stand as citizens. South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, armed with such accurate knowledge, will soon offer little field for those spirited romanticists, the company promoters of the mining world.

(1) South African Geology.

Prof. E. H. L. Schwarz. Pp. 200. (London: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1912.) 3s. 6d. net.

(2) Geology of New Zealand.

Dr. P. Marshall. Pp. viii + 218. (Wellington, N.Z.: J. Mackay, Government Printer, 1912.)

(3) An Introduction to the Geology of New South Wales.

C. A. Süssmilch. Pp. xii + 177. (Sydney, N.S.W.: W. A. Gullick, Government Printer, 1911.) 5s.