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PART 11. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. 1. A Geological Memoir on a Part of Western Sussex j 

 with some Observations upon Chalk Basins^ the Weald Denu^ 

 datioUi and Outliers by Protrusion, By P. J. Martin. Lon- 

 don. 4to. 



2. On the Formation of the Valley of Kingsdere, and other Vol- 

 leySf by the Elevation of the Strata that enclose them^ and on 

 the Evidences of the original Continuity of the Basins of Lon- 

 don and Hampshire. By the Reverend W. Buckland, &c. 

 &c. &c. Trans. Geol. Society of London, Second Series, 

 Vol. II. 



In the prosecution of a science of investigation like geology, 

 a division of labour tends in no slight degree towards its rapid 

 advancement. We are happy to M^itness so many labourers 

 in the field, each bringing in, by turns, some useful contribu- 

 tion to swell the vast store of accumulated information. During 

 the last few years, a prodigious accession has thus been made 

 to our stock of geological knowledge, and with it, it is pre- 

 sumed, has arisen a corresponding aptitude for its right appli- 

 cation. This increasing tendency was at first derived from the 

 exertions of an extremely limited number of enquirers ; subse- 

 quently, from the combined eiforts of the many whose energy 

 was excited by the attractive nature of the science, and by the 

 splendid discoveries of their predecessors. 



When we look at the state of English geology now, en- 

 nobled by the collateral sciences, and almost essential to a 

 liberal education, we are led to forget that it is a science of 

 our own times, that most of its earliest professors are yet 

 amongst us. VVe could refer to the period in our remem- 

 brance, and that at no very distant day, when, indeed, this 

 department of practical knowledge was in very few hands, and 

 under circumstances of discouragement ; when it was confined 

 almost to a solitary individual, of obscure origin, of slender 

 resources, and inadequate patronage, who, after twenty years 

 of laborious research, produced the first delineation of the 

 great geological features of our island. Even prior to this 

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