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THE first of these works is a small volume containing three reviews, or essays, as they might be more correctly termed, reprinted from the “North American Review,” and written by the well-known geologist Mr. Whitney, formerly director of the Geological Survey of California. They are well worthy of perusal, not only from the easy, somewhat popular style in which they are written, but more especially from their containing a tolerably fair summary of the opinions held by most of the later scientific writers who have treated of the phenomena of earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain-building, as it is here termed, drawn up by one who is evidently well-read in the literature of these subjects.
I. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountain-building,
three articles published in the “North American Review,” 1869–1871. By J. D. Whitney. 8vo, pp. 107. (University Press, Cambridge, United States, 1871.)
II. Historical Notes on the Earthquakes of New England,
1638–1869. By William T. Brigham. 4to, pp. 28. (Boston, 1871.)
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F., D. I. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountain-building, II. Historical Notes on the Earthquakes of New England. Nature 5, 240 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005240a0
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