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chalk, chalk marl, iron sand, and, according to Mr. Wood- 

 ward, the Kimmeridge clay, which is bounded on the east by 

 low marsh land. The second plate contains six sections of 

 the coast. Besides the map and sections, there are six litho- 

 graphic plates of fossils, containing nearly one hundred and 

 sixty figures of organic remains, from drawings by the author. 

 Of these about sixty are from the crag. It appears that, 

 with a few exceptions, the fossil shells in the crag are marine. 

 Mr. Woodward conjectures that the crag was deposited in 

 an estuary which once divided the eastern side of Norfolk 

 from the western. Perhaps many of Mr. Woodward's geo- 

 logical readers will regret that any part of so small a volume 

 should be occupied with speculations respecting the ancient 

 condition of the country, when what is particularly wanted is 

 a more full and detailed account of its present condition, 

 extending the observations to the limits of the crag in the 

 adjacent county of Suffolk. Before concluding, we cannot 

 avoid recommending to Mr. Woodward to republish a table 

 of British organic remains, arranged under the heads of the 

 different formations, with lithographic plates (like those in 

 the present volume) of all the most characteristic fossils. 

 Such a work, at a moderate price, is much wanted : it would 

 have an extensive sale, and would be eminently useful to the 

 English geologist. 



Russell, Rev. Michael, LL.D. : Nubia and Abyssinia ; com- 

 prehending their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, 

 Literature, and Natural History. Small 8vo, with a map 

 and wood engravings, and forming No. xii. of the Edinburgh 

 Cabinet Library. Edinburgh and London, 1833. 5s. 

 An excellent little book, in the compilation of which the 



author has availed himself of all that had been previously 



published, and of much that has not yet been laid before the 



world in a printed form. 



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Mr. Curtis is preparing for the press a new edition of his 

 Guide to an Arrangement of British Insects. This eminent 

 entomologist has removed to 57. Upper Charlotte Street, 

 Fitzroy Square. 



Professor Dewhurst informs us that his Natural History of 

 the Order Cetdcea and the Oceanic Inhabitants of the Arctic 

 Regions will make its appearance in August next. The work 

 is to form one handsome octavo volume, illustrated by nume- 

 rous lithographs and cuts. 



