8 THE MEDALS OF CREATION. 
PRELIMINARY REMARKS. 
ON THE PLAN OF THE WORK, AND THE ARRANGEMENT AND SUBDIVISION 
OF THE SUBJECTS IT EMBRACES. 
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Wits the view of economizing space, I would refer the reader 
to the following volumes for figures and descriptions of such 
fossils as are illustrated therein: by this arrangement I hope 
to afford the student a comprehensive view of Paleontology, 
and yet restrict this work within the limits which as a manual 
it would be inconvenient to exceed; at the same time it 
will be complete in itself, and afford all the information 
required by the amateur collector and general reader. 
I. Dr. Buckiann’s Bridgewater Treatise : 2 vols. 8vo.— 
These volumes contain numerous excellent figures of or- 
ganic remains ; and as the work is, or ought to be, found in 
every good public or private library in the kingdom, it will 
be accessible to most of my readers. 
II. Zhe Wonders of Geology, or a Familiar Exposition of 
Geological Phenomena; sixth edition, in two vols. with 
coloured plates, and numerous figures; by the AUTHOR. 
Price 18s.—This work is designed to afford a general view 
of Geological phenomena, divested as much as possible of 
scientific language: it is illustrated by numerous figures of 
organic remains. 
III. Geological Excursions round the Isle of Wight and 
along the adjacent Coasts of Hampshire and Dorsetshire. 
One volume, richly illustrated. By the AurHor. Price 12s. 
