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REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 



Mr. T. V. Barker, lecturer in Chemical Crystallography, has published 

 a pamphlet on The Study of Crystals in Schools, being the substance 

 of two lecture-demonstrations given at the University Museum, Oxford 

 (13 pp., I id. post free). This will apjical to teachers. 



Notes on Geological Map Reading, by Alfred Harker (1920, 

 Heffer & Sons, 64 pp., 3/6). Our former colleague on the editorial staff 

 of The Natiirtilist is essentially a field geologist, and has had a tremendous 

 experience of mapping and map-reading. The present little work, which 

 is illustrated by an enormous number of diagrams, is the result of prac- 

 tical work, and will be of especial value to amateur cjr professional geolo- 

 gists. 



Tales of the Ridings (83 pp.). More Tales of the Ridings (84 

 pp.) These two volumes by the late F. W. Moorman, of the Leeds 

 University, have been issued at 2/6 each in paper covers, or 3/6 in cloth, 

 and contain interesting dialect stories, for the collection of which 

 Prof. Moorman was so well known. The volumes will particularly appeal 

 to Yorkshiremen, and we feel it is only necessary to draw the attention 

 of our readers to them. The first of the books mentioned contains a 

 memoir of the author by Prof. C. Vaughan, with portrait. 



Some little time ago the Leciester Literary and Philosophical Society 

 issued a rather substantial volume on The Keuper Marls Around Cham- 

 wood, by Prof. T. O. Bosworth, 129 pp., paper covers 4/-, cloth, 5/-. 

 Prof. Bosworth has had exceptional opportunity for examining these 

 beds, and the wealth of illustration is remarkable in view of the small 

 price of the volume, there being maps, plates and diagrams to illustrate 

 each of the interesting points he brings forward. The book is on sale 

 at the Leicester Museum, and we trust our readers will encourage the 

 Societ}' in its enterprise by purchasing a copy. 

 • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has issued a Catalogue 

 of Engraved Gems of the Classical Style, by Gisela M. A. Richter, 

 Litt. D. In the characteristic style of our friends across the water, the 

 volume is remarkably well illustrated by nearly a hundred plates, as 

 well as by numerous figures in the text. The work illustrates the re- 

 markably skilled way in which the American ]\Iuseums collect, and 

 having collected, bring the wealth of the contents of their cases before 

 the public by means of very good handbooks. An introduction deals 

 with the history of Gems, Engravers, Forgers, etc.. which is followed by 

 a detailed catalogue of specimens dating from the earliest times. 



We remember once seeing at a Fair an enormous cart horse and a 

 Shetland pony being driven side by side, and the effect was certainly 

 ludicrous. We are reminded of this by the names of the authors (Dr. 

 A. E. Trueman and Mr. W. Pcrcival Westell), appearing in a volume 

 entitled Every Boy's Book of Geology, published by the H.T.S., 4 

 Bouverie Street, London (315 pp., 6/- net.) An attempt is made to give 

 a fascinating account of geological features likely to interest beginners, 

 and there are numerous illustrations, some of which are on the crude 

 side. The work is uneven, and had it appeared under either one or 

 other of the author's names, we could have reviewed it at greater length. 



A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire, by W. H. Wheeler 

 (Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 489 pp., phis varioiis appendices, 23/-). 

 In this volume a former contributor to The Naturalist has brought to- 

 gether a wealth of information relating to the Lincolnshire I-"enland. The 

 fir.st edition appeared so long ago as 186S, and since then the late author 

 had collected an enormous number of old maps and facts, which he has 

 put together in this substantial work. There is a chapter on Natural 

 History, but this is admittedly largely obtained from Miller and Skertch- 

 ley's volume on The Fenland, and other sources. There are numerous 

 appendices, containing names of places, list of books. Acts of Parliament, 

 Rainfall Statistics, etc. 



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