ESSEX FIELD CLUB, SPECIAL MEMOIRS, VOL. I. 



"REPORT ON THE EAST ANGLIAN EARTHQUAKE 



OF APRIL 22ND, 1884." 



By Prof. Raphael Meldola, F.R.S., F.C.S., F.R.A.S., M.A.I., &c. ; and 

 William White, F.E.S., Member of Geologists' Association. 



Price, neatl}- bound in cloth, 35. bd. 



"Fortunately for this Country, we have not been Cilled upon 10 notice a report of such 

 an Earthquake as that whicli is chronicled in the volume before us since th s journal came 

 into existence. Indeed, the authors state that no shock approaching it in intensity ha.s been 

 experienced in the British Ulands for at least four centuries. A brief notice of the occur- 

 rence was given in our columns (vol. i'xx., pp. 17 and 60) by Mr. Topley, and we now have 

 a complete scientific account drawn up by Prof. R. Meldola. and presented to the Essex 

 Field Club as a special memoir, embodying the results of his investikjation in conjunction 

 with his colleague, Mr. William White. The book consists of about 225 pages of readable 

 matter, with four maps and numerous illustrations, and the Essex Field Club has certainly 

 e.-UTied the gratitude of scientific men in enabling the authors to give publicity to this final 



result of their labour Many i. lustrations of peculiar forms of damage are 



given, and iheri can be no doubt that the observations lecorded in this section will be not 

 only of local interest, but also of use to engineers and others who oc upy themselves with 



the important question of Construction in Earthquake Countries " 



Natiire, ]:m\izxy 21st. 18S6. 



ESSEX FIELD CLUB, SPECIAL MEMOIRS, VOL. II. 



"THE BIRDS OF ESSEX: 



A CONTRIBUTIOxX TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 



COUNTY." 



By Miller Chkistv, F.L.S. (Author of "The Handbook of Essex," "The 

 Trade Signs of Esse.x," &c., &c.). 



Demy 8vo. Price I5f- To members of the E.F.C., \os. (yd. 



The book is printed in the best style on superior toned antique paper, and 

 lianJsomely bound in scarlet cloth. It extends to 300 pages, and more than 

 160 illustrations of birds are inserted, together with two plans and a 

 frontispiece. 



" This work .... does equal credit to the enterprise of the Essex Field Club and 

 the author. With the assistance of many fellow- workers, both in and without the county, 

 Mr. Christy has striven to improve on the plans of the local lists which have hitherto appeared ; 

 and nut only has he been fairly succes^fal in this respect, but he has undoubtedly introduced 

 some new and useful features. . . . The letterpress is, as a rule, written with considerable 

 discrimination. . . . The work is thoroughly well done, and is a valuable addition to our 

 bcal lists." — AthiticEitm. 



A work on " The Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes of Essex " by Henry 

 j Layer, M.R C.S., F.L.S., &c., Vice-President E.F.C., will form Vol. 111. of the 

 "Special Memoir" series. 



.\'.B. — A reduction cf 25 per cent, from the above prices is allowed to 

 Members, excepting on the " Birds of Essex " and the Annual Subscriptions 

 to the " Essex Naturalist. 



