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tical relations of the rock formations of Great Britain. The 

 practical miner, the coal viewer, even the road-maker, wiirfind 

 it to his advantage to consult M. De la Beche's table of for- 

 mations. 



3. A Tabular View of Volcanic Phenomena, comprising a List of 



the Burriing Mountai^is that have been noticed at any time 

 since the commencement of historical records^ or xvhich ap- 

 pear to have existed at antecedent pei^iods ; together with 

 the dates of the respective Eruptions, and of the principal 

 Earthquakes connected with them. By Charles Henry 

 Daubeny, M. D. F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry in the 

 University of Oxford, &c. Intended as a Companion to 

 the Description of Active and Extinct Volcanoes lately pub- 

 lished by the same Author. W. PhiUips, London ; S. Vincent, 

 Oxford ; J. Black, Edinburgh. 



The excellent descriptive work on volcanoes by Dr Daubeny, 

 and the previously published " Considerations on Volcanoes,'** 

 by Mr Scrope, have directed the particular attention of British 

 geologists to volcanoes. The subject is still in its infancy, and 

 therefore we hail with pleasure every contribution which adds 

 to our information, and extends our views, in regard to vol- 

 canic agency and phenomena. The beautiful tabular view of 

 Dr Daubeny presents at a glance a well arranged, accurate, and 

 comprehensive view of much that is interesting in volcanic his- 

 tory and description, and therefore we do not hesitate recom- 

 mending it to the attention of the geologist. 



4. Memoir on the Geology of Central France ; iiicluding the 



Volcanic Formation of Auvergne, the Velay, and the Viva- 

 rais. By G. Poulett Scrope, F. R. S. M. G. S. &c. 

 London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 4to, 

 with volume of coloured Plates. 1827. 



This work we consider as a more valuable contribution to 

 science than that previously published by the same very active 

 and ingenious geologist. We can bear testimony to the accu- 

 racy of his descriptions, and the correctness of his numerous 

 illustrative geological sketches. There is less of speculative 

 geology in this volume than in the former, a quality which con- 



