THE WORLD IN THE PAST 



A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE 

 AND WHAT IT CONTAINED 



BY 



B. WEBSTER SMITH 



Member of the Geologists' Association ; Member of 

 the Marine Biological Association of Great Britain. 



WITH 266 ILLUSTRATIONS 

 73 OF WHICH ARE IN FULL COLOUR 



Here is given a popular account, in simple, non- 

 technical language, of the wonders recorded in Nature's 

 Great Stone Book of the Earth. Every cliff, field, 

 quarry or river has a tale to tell. We wander amongst 

 the Coral Islands, Mountains and Volcano Craters. 

 We read of the Birth of the Earth, and the Dawn of 

 Life ; the Succession of Ages, each characterised by 

 its own peculiar form of life. Every student of nature 

 will be thrilled by this most interesting story of the 

 world when it was young. 



