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Aids in Practical Geology, by Grenville A. J. Cole. 6th Edition. 

 London : C. Griffin & Co. 143 pp. 10/6 net. 



Those who have heard Prof. Cole in the lecture-room will be familiar 

 with his lucid and convincing style, and will not be surprised to find that 

 in the present volume there is the same thoroughness and clearness of 

 expression, two qualities which particularly appeal to geological students. 

 The present work also differs from many other text books, as it is specially 

 written for those engaged in practical work. The fact that it has recently 

 reached its sixth edition, speaks well for the way it has been appreciated. 

 In the present edition very many alterations have been made, though 

 without increasing the size of the volvnne. The illustrations are fairly 

 numerous, and there is a coloured plate shewing microscopic sections of 

 Olivine Gabbro and Torridon Sandstone, as frontispiece. 



Memorials of Old Yorkshire, edited by T. M. Fallow. London : George 

 Allen & Sons. 315 pp., 15/- net. 



Seeing that the Memorials of Lancashire in this series occupied two 

 volumes, it is a little surprising at first to find ' Yorkshire ' in one volume. 

 And, as the Editor points out, there is less variety in this volume than there 

 is in others of the series. The surprise does not end here, but is sustained 

 as we read through the list of contributors and note the names of the 

 authors, and also the omissions from the list. The monastic history of the 

 county, for example, does not find a place, though we notice the Editor 

 refers to a ' companion volume,' in which, with other subjects, this will be 

 dealt with. The ' Memorials of Yorkshire,' however, does not profess to 

 be a history of the county, but a series of papers dealing with particular 

 phases thereof. And such papers as are included are unusually well done, 

 particularly that on ' Norman Doorways,' by Mr. C. E. Keyser. This 

 alone, with its wealth of plates (kindly provided by the author) is worth 

 the cost of the book. ISIr. G. Clinch writes on ' Prehistoric Yorkshire,' 

 and having regard to the limited space at his disposal, has given a useful 

 summary of the subject. As he enumerates the various discoveries of 

 Chariot Burials, it seems a little odd that the Hunmanby Chariot Burial,* 

 the most recent of these finds, should not be referred to. Mr. J. N. 

 Dickons writes on ' Roman Yorkshire,' and deals at considerable length 

 with the Roman roads, etc. In this paper some of the recent discoveries, 

 such as the villa at Harpham, find no place. Dr. C. J. Cox writes on 

 '„The Forest of Ouse and Derwent, and other Royal Forests of Yorkshire,' 

 and his essay is an exceedingly scholarly piece of work. ' York and its 

 Minster ' find a capable guide in the hands of the Rev. J. vSolloway, and 

 Mr. A. Hamilton Thompson does full justice to ' The \^illage Churches and 

 the Castles of Yorkshire ' ; his notes Iseing well illustrated by photographs 

 and plans. Mr. J. E. Poppleton writes on ' The County's Bells and Bell- 

 founders ' ; Canon Nolloth describes ' Beverley and its JMinster ', and 

 consequently a favourable comment upon the modern figures in the old 

 niches is assured ; probably any other writer would have condemned them I 

 It is appalling to learn that ' there are 108 statues on the exterior of the 

 building, ihree of which are ancient ; and 74 in the interior, of which 30 

 are ancient. Let us hope that some day a future historian may be able to 

 write ' there are three statues on the exterior, and thirty in the interior, 

 all of which are good.' Except for this little hobby of the Canon's, by 

 which all the available niches in the 'loveliest of English IMinsters' are being 

 filled with sausage-shaped stone caricatures of the late Queen, the Prince 

 •of Wales (in his Masonic robes ! ), and other more or less suitable per- 

 sonages, we admire his work at Beverley. Possibly one of his successors 

 (though we hope the Canon will live a long time yet), will present all these 

 modern works of art (!) to the new Beverley Museum and Art Gallery, 

 where they will certainly cause amusement, if not instruction . Miss 

 M. W. E. Fowler has a charming paper on ' Yorkshire Folk-Lore,' in which 

 we learn that cinder tea is good for colic, that people are hump-backed 

 because worms have devoured their back-bones ; that a clean shirt causes 

 weakness, and other useful pieces of information. There is a good index. 



* Described in detail in the ' Yorkshire Archaeological Society's Journal 

 for 1907,' and also by Canon Greenwell in ' Archarologia ' for the same year, 



1910 Mar. I. 



