EXTINCT MONSTERS. 



1892 Edition. 



A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF SOME OF 

 THE LARGER FORMS OF ANCIENT ANIMAL LIFE. 



With Twenty-four Plates, and numerous other Illustrations : and a Preface 

 by Dr. HENRY WOODWARD, F.R.S. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 

 " A deeply interesting work." Times. 



"If the popularity of extinct monsters has of late not been quite what it once 

 was, it ought to be revived by Mr. Hutchinson's excellent book." Guardian. 



" This is undoubtedly the best book that Mr. Hutchinson has written." 

 Athenceum. 



"Just such a book as this was urgently needed to stimulate popular interest in 

 palaeontology. " Manchester Guardian. 



" Quite one of the most successful of recent undertakings in the field of popular 

 science." Morning Post. 



" A wonderfully interesting volume." Review of Reviews. 



"Mr. Hutchinson is a skilful and trustworthy guide through ' the valley of dry 

 bones.'" Daily Chronicle. 



" His book, in short, is both attractive and useful, and will add to his reputation 

 as a popular, but accurate, writer on geological subjects." Saturday Review. 



" A piece of natural history that is far more amusing than most novels, and as full 

 of instruction as a book of its size can well be." National Observer. 



" It is thoroughly readable." The Field. 



" The book is altogether beautifully got up, and fulfils, in every sense, that most 

 difficult of requirements a good and true geological work which is at the same time 

 perfectly popular." Journal of Education. 



" This work is an admirable account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal 

 life." New York Nation. 



"The work fully sustains his reputation as a popular writer on scientific 

 subjects." New York Times. 



" Not before it was needed, the writer of this interesting volume has undertaken a 

 popular and at the same time trustworthy account of the larger form of ancient 

 animal life." New York Tribune. 



