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Societies offer facilities for the prosecution of those studies 

 which they are especially designed to promote. The means 

 of obtaining scientific information have also been largely 

 increased by the establishment of King's College and the 

 London University, where lectures on the leading branches 

 of science are delivered by the professors. 



WORKS OJT GEOLOGY. The works best adapted for each 

 particular department will be named under their respective 

 heads. We shall now enumerate, in alphabetical order, those 

 publications calculated for the general study of the science. 



The Introduction to Geology, by Mr. Bakewell, is an 

 instructive and useful work ; especially as regards the mine- 

 ralogical department of the subject. 



The Bridgewater Treatise, by Dr. Buckland, contains an 

 exposition of the chief phenomena of geology, and of the 

 design of the Deity, as displayed in the creation. In pictorial 

 beauty, accuracy, and taste, this work is, perhaps, unrivalled 

 in scientific literature. 



The works of Sir H. T. Delabeche are numerous and 

 important; his Manual contains an instructive account of 

 the various formations ; while his other writings are emi- 

 nently valuable for the information they afford on physical 

 geology. 



The writings of Sir C. Lyell are of a high order of merit. 

 His admirable Principles contains 'a valuable collection of 

 facts, with the most able and philosophical reasoning on 

 them ; his Elements, though professedly designed for 

 students, are replete with instruction for those who are 

 proficients in the study. 



The writings of Dr. Mantell are deservedly prized, both 

 by the scientific and general public. The Fossils of Tilgate 

 Forest contain an account of his remarkable discoveries in 

 that district, which he has rendered classic ground for the 

 geologist. 



The Silurian System of Sir E. Murchison comprises, not 

 only a most accurate delineation of the region explored 

 by this indefatigable observer, but an instructive review of 

 the phenomena connected with the middle and lower forma- 

 tions. It is, in fact, the most splendid monograph which has 

 yet appeared in the scientific literature of this or perhaps 

 any other country. 



