The Story of the Prairies; or, The Landscape Geology of North Dakota

256 pp. Green boards with gilt titles and decor. Includes with black-and-white plates and illustrations. CONTENTS: The Landscape; Excursions Afield; The Work of Ice; An Excursion to Some Glaciers; The Great Ice-Sheet in North Dakota; More Excursions; North Dakota, the Old and the New; Glacial Lake Agassiz; The Deltas and Beaches of Lake Agassiz; Other Extinct Glacial Lakes; The History of Devils Lake; The Lakes of North Dakota; Salt and Alkaline Waters in Lakes; Map Studies: Distribution of the Lakes Upon the Landscape; Lakes as a Landscape Feature; The Bad Lands; The Coal Beds of North Dakota; The Beginnings of North Dakota; The Water Supply; Soils and Resources of North Dakota; Geology from a Car Window: The Great Northern Lines; Geology from a Car Window: The Northern Pacific Lines; Geology from a Car Window: The Soo Line.