450 Reviews, and Notices respecti?ig New Books. 



there is not in any of tliese maps any intimation of stratigra- 

 phical structure, nor are any sections connected with them. 



We are not, indeed, aware that any maps which can be 

 called geological, had appeared in this country before that of 

 Mr. Smith ; unless two of the Plates which accompany the 

 Historical Atlas of England, by Anuuews, published in 1797*, 

 are entitled to that name. These, however, though very de- 

 fective in execution, and on a very small scale are at least, well 

 intended : one, exhibiting the basins, valleys and courses of 

 the great rivers; another being entitled, ' A map of the sum- 



• mits of the chain of mountains and great ridges of hills of 



* Albion, as it is supposed they appeared when the water was 

 ' descended after the Deluge.' This last plate is a sort of 

 skeleton of England, after the manner of Buache, whose sy- 

 stem the author seems to have imbibed ; it points out the 

 great ridge of "yellow limestone" (perhaps the oolite), and 

 the chalk ranges, — from Sidmouth to the sea in Norfolk, and 

 eastward through Surrey, Kent, and Sussex. To a person 

 acquainted with the geology of England, such a sketch presents 

 some interesting views but nothing respecting stratification, 

 nor the internal structure of ihe country, is either indicated 

 in the maps, or mentioned by tl)e author in his treatise. 



[To be continued.] 



LXXXI. Notices respecting New Books, 



Dr. Pearson's Iiitrodiiction to Practical /ktronomij. 4to. 2 vols. 



[Continued from p. 375 ] 



^'^HE first volume of this laborious ])ub]ication consists of a com- 

 - plete series of astronomical Tables, arranged in the most conve- 

 nient form for giving the corrections. In tbe completion of this ar- 

 rangement, the author !)as evidently spared no trouble or expense; 

 and lie has availed himself of the adviceand labours of other computers. 

 In arranging the series o? general Tables of Precession, Aberration, 

 Lunar and Solar Nutation, where much care is requisite, we are 

 glad that his own labours were assisted by the mathematical talents 

 of the late Cape Astronomer, Mr. Fallows, who was remarkable for 

 his great skill and precision in such arrangements, and to whom 

 the author has expressed a sense of great obligation. With such 

 helps, and by his own indefatigable industry, our author has pro- 

 duced a collection of Tables, which are among the most extensive 

 and valuable that have ever appeared. 



* '' Histoircal Atlas of England, physical, political, astronomical. See. from 

 the Deluge to the present time ; by John Andrews, Geographer,'' &c.Lori- 

 don, folio, 1797; printed for the author. This work docs not appear to 

 have been completed. The maps are only l.'J inches in length by 10 in 

 width. 



