"The Geology of New Hamshire"

by James Walter Goldthwait. New Hampshire Academy of Science. Handbook No. 1, Rumford Press, Concord, N. H., 1925.

This small volume marks a distinct advance in the literature dealing with New Hampshire. About 1875 Professor Hitchcock's Geology ofNew Hampshire was published in three ponderous volumes. Since that time many geological studies have been made and new evidence obtained concerning features in various parts of the state. It remained for Professor Goldthwait to bring out in this handbook the essentials in the story of the geologic history of New Hampshire. This he has done in an admirable manner, using language which the layman without special technical training may easily understand.

Commencing with the building of the rock structure, in which the nature and origin of the bed rock masses are described and explained, the work traces each of the more important steps,—the carving of the upland, the inception of the ice sheet and its work in different. sections of the state, the formation of glacial lakes and their disappearance, the wasting away of the ice sheet, the work performed by natural agencies since the ice melted away. Thus it brings down to present times the development of the surface features. Avoiding technical detail which to the casual reader is uninteresting, the chapters are short and richly illustrated by photographs, maps and diagrams. A bibliography of selected references offers opportunity for more intensive reading for those who may wish to examine more carefully the details. The book may easily be slipped into one's pocket and used with much profit on out-door trips.

To the alumni, undergraduates, citizens and tourists who wish to obtain a better understanding of geological conditions in New Hampshire and the manner in which our present day scenery has developed, this book should make a strong appeal.

The New Hampshire Academy of Science should be encouraged to bring forth other volumes of a similar character for we need to know more concerning our own state. Professor Goldthwait has performed a signal service in writing this much needed account of the geology of New Hampshire.

The Saturday Evening Post is running a series of poems "Mother Goose for Antique Collectors." The latest collection of these poems appears in the Post for October 31st. These poems are written by Mrs. P. O. Skinner (Alice Van Leer Carrick) and Professor K. A. Robinson.

The November issue of the Forum contains an article "Can Morals be Taught?—A Debate. (1) God and the Things of Caesar," by Mr. A. C. White.

Professor Everett W. Goodhue is the author of "Economics as a Social Philosophy." This article has been reprinted from the October 1925 issue of the International Journal ofEthics.

Professor Homer Whitford has made an arrangement of the music of Dr. Samuel Arnold's Amesbury. This arrangement has been published for use by the Dartmouth College choir.

"Some American and English Poets," a reading list, has been prepared and published in pamphlet form by Dr. Frederick H. H. Adler,. formerly a member of the teaching staff of the college. Verse by Dr. Adler has appeared in recent issues of Education, The EnglishJournal, The Circle, The Lariat, The PoetsScroll, and The Harp.

Professor Ralph P. Holben of the Department of Sociology, is the author of an articleentitled "Our Intellectually Disinherited" iA the September issue of The Journal of SocialForces.

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