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Chip; from the Earth's Crust. By John Gibson. (Nelson and
Sons.)—Mr. Gibson has collected in this volume a number of essays
—there are twenty-eight in all—contributed during some years past
to the Sco'sman. He explains in the preface that they have been somewhat enlarged, and that the details of information have been
brought up to the latest state of knowledge. Mines of all kinds, diamond and coal mines among them, earthquakes, meteor showers and meteorites, and American tornadoes are among the subjects which he discusses. By lads of an inquiring turn of mind this interesting volume should, we think, be much prized.