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Particulars of the kinds of exhibits were given in great detail, 
and there is no question that such exhibitions are of great and 
practical value. 
Mr. J. P. Maginnis submitted a paper on ‘ The Educational 
Value of Models,’ and Mr. H. J. E. Peake (Newbury) dealt 
with ‘ A Catalogue of Bronze Implements.’ 
The meeting then dispersed, after a solid eight hours’ session. 
On the following day Professor J. A. Greene, M.A. (Pro- 
fessor of Education, University, Sheffield), opened a conference 
between the Museums Association and the British Association 
Committee of enquiry upon museums in relationship to edu- 
cation. His paper contained many suggestions as to the ways 
in which museums could co-operate with educational authori- 
ties, but most of these had already been carried out at many 
places. From the various remarks which were made it was 
apparent that what with lecturing to scholars and the public, 
the duties of the curators were increasing to such an extent 
that the time seems to have arrived when something should 
be done by way of relief. A member of the Manchester 
Education Committee stated that at Manchester it was felt 
that much of the museums curator’s time was occupied by 
these lectures, and an arrangement had been made which was 
proving very satisfactory. Some of the schools there had been 
closed to meet the requirements of the military authorities, 
and teachers were therefore available. A few of the teachers 
who were specially able to the work had attended the 
museum, and each one had, with the aid of the museum staff, 
prepared a lecture on a particular subject, and now the scholars 
were instructed by the teaching staff of the schools, and in this 
way the curators were more at liberty to attend to their own 
duties.—T. S. 
An Introduction to Geology. By C. I. Gardiner, M.A., F.G.S. G. Bell 
& Sons, London, 186 pages. In a series of twelve chapters the senior 
Science Master at Cheltenham College writes a very readable and well- 
illustrated introduction to the study of geology. He gives an account of 
the lives of Werner, Hutton, Smith and Lyell; then deals with ‘ Denu- 
dation and Deposition of the Present Time’; ‘ Land Elevation and Sub- 
mergence and accompanying Phenomena’ ; The Sedimentary Rocks, 
Scenery, Glaciers, Caves, Coal, Volcanoes, Fossils and Maps. 
Minerals and the Microscope: An Introduction to the Study of Petrology. 
By H. G. Smith, F.G.S. T. Murby & Co., London, 116 pages. This little 
book is written to be used in conjunction with Harker’s ‘ Petrology for 
Students.’ It contains a description of a Petrological Microscope, particu- 
Jars of the characters of minerals in ordinary light, transmitted lght, 
reflected light, polarised light, cross nicols, etc. There are a number of 
excellent illustrations of typical minerals under the microscope, and careful 
descriptions of the more important ones. There isa chapter on ‘ Refractive 
Index of Isolated Fragments,’ and some hints on petrology. 
1915 Aug. 1. 
