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THE preface and the introduction announce the object of this work. It is intended as a guide to the teacher of geology, and shows how the shores of these lakes may form beautiful illustrations of the principles of wave, current, and ice action. The first chapter gives a general account of the origin of such lakes, and the second is devoted to a general and more or less theoretical discussion of the geological agents at work. After this the lakes are taken up one by one, and it is shown how the various features of the shore have arisen. There are many very good and aptly chosen photographs, which bring out clearly the points mentioned in the text, and make the book interesting even to those who cannot see the lakes for themselves.
On the Lakes of South-eastern Wisconsin.
By Prof. N. M. Fenneman. Bulletin viii. of Wisconsin Geol. and Nat. History Survey. Pp. xv + 178. (Madison, Wisconsin: Published by the State, 1902.)
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W., E. On the Lakes of South-eastern Wisconsin . Nature 69, 222 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069222a0
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