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William Digby ; and in the south side of the nave are two by the 

 younger Bacon, — one, to the memory of Richard Solly, Esq., and 

 the other to the gallant Col. Sir Henry Walton Ellis, K. C. B., 

 who was killed at the battle of Waterloo. 



A chronological list of the bishops of Worcester, commencing at 

 the Mercian dynasty, in the year 680, to the present time, and of 

 the deans, commencing in 1541, with short biographical memo- 

 randa of the latter, are additions which enhance the merits of this 

 work : — and to sum up all, (by no means an usual occurrence with 

 authors) Mr. Britton has given a list of the published authorities 

 from which he has principally drawn such materials as were not 

 communicated to him orally or by writing, or which he did not de- 

 rive from his personal examination. 



In conclusion, we are perfectly aware that we have not done 

 such strict justice to Mr. Britton's most excellent work on the Anti- 

 quities of the Worcester Cathedral as the subject required, or as we 

 unquestionably should have done, had space permitted us— but, al- 

 ready deeply in arrear in that department appropriated to critical 

 notices of new publications, and finding that our observations have 

 gone far beyond our calculation, we are necessarily obliged to omit 

 many extracts and comments which we had written, and which 

 would, undoubtedly, have rendered this review more perfect. Placed 

 in such position, we are compelled to make a brief conclusion, which 

 we do, by declaring this work of Mr. Britton's to be highly useful 

 and valuable to every gentleman of the county, to every clergyman 

 in particular, and, in fine, we should imagine that it will soon be 

 found amongst the useful books of reference of every description of 

 reader who takes an interest in the history and antiquities of his 

 county. 



Observations on certain curious Indentations iti the old red Sand^ 

 stone of Worcestershire and Herefordshire, considered as the 

 tracks of Antediluvian Animals ; and the objections made to 

 such an hypothesis refuted. By Jabez Allies, Esq., one of the 

 Council of the Worcestershire Natural History Society. Also, 

 An Addendum on afow other facts in Geology , Meteorology, As- 

 tronomy, Natural History, Topography, S^c. London : Ed- 

 wards, pp. ] 32. 



We have before referred to this curious subject in " The Analyst,** 

 when reviewing Dr. Booker's " Vaga," and the drama of an anony- 

 mous writer, entitled " Katharine Audley;" it would, therefore, be 

 unfair were we to omit noticing the work of Mr. Allies, who pro- 

 fesses to clear up the mysterious cloud that surrounds the celebrated 

 " Tracks of St. Catherine's Mare and Colt," after the most approved 

 scientific recipe. We must remind the reader that in several brooks 

 whose waters gurgle among the sandstone slabs of the western bor- 

 ders of Worcestershire, " certain curious indentations" occur, many 

 of which present a general resemblance to the mark oi a horse's hoof. 



