388 Old Natural History Magazines, etc. 



Mosley's work of 69 numbers appeared in 59 parts, and the 

 work was issued in two editions, ' superior ' and ' ordinary.' 



SOCIETY OF AMATEUR GEOLOGISTS. 



In 1888, was published Vol. I., No. 1 of an octavo publica- 

 tion, the first number of which contained 12 pages which were 

 entirely devoted to the presidential address by W. Semmons 

 on ' The Metallic Ores of Cornwall.' In the same year, Vol. 

 I., No. 2 was published, but the heading now appears ' Pro- 

 ceedings of the Society of Amateur Geologists ' and it bears 

 the name W. J. Atkinson, Hon. Sec. It contained abstracts 

 of papers by J. L. Lobley, A. H. Williams and G. A. J. Cole. 

 It was paged from 13 to 20. In the same year No. 3 appeared, 

 containing abstracts of papers by G. F. Harris, W. J. L. Abbott, 

 Prof. G. S. Boulger, W. C. Ross and J. T. Day (pages 21 to 

 40). In 1889 appeared No. 4, with papers by W. Smart, J. 

 Slade, J. T. Day, Prof. Boulger, W. J. Atkinson and H. Fleck 

 (pages 41 to 68). No 5 contains pages 69 to 84, with abstracts 

 of papers by T. Leighton, R. McAllan and Prof. Boulger. It 

 was published in 1890. With this part was issued a title 

 page, list of officers, preface, and contents. From the preface 

 we learn that the Society was then joining with the Metro- 

 politan Scientific Association, and consequently no further 

 publications were issued. The five parts were printed at 

 Lewes. 



RECORDS OF MINING. 



In 1829 was published part 1 * (and last) of ' Records of 

 Mining,' edited by John Taylor, London, John Murray, 4to, 

 174 pp. The work was hoped to ' supply a want in our national 

 literature.' It contains seven papers, five by J. Taylor, and 

 two by J. H. Vivian. These principally refer to Cornwall, 

 etc. There are also ' tables exhibiting the quantities of Copper, 

 Tin, Lead, etc., produced in Great Britain.' The last refer 

 to Yorkshire and other northern counties. 



' THE MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE. 



and the Journal of the Mineralogical Society.' 



The Mineralogical Society was instituted on February 5rd, 

 1876, and from its bye-laws we learn that ' The object of the 

 Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, with which 

 the Crystallological Society was amalgamated on December 

 nth, 1883, shall be to advance the knowledge of Mineralogy, 

 and also of Crystallography and Petrology.' The Society has 



* In a ' Biographical Notice of the late John Taylor, Esq,' {Phil. 

 Mag., Vol. XXVI., 1863, p. 73, it is stated ' His *' Records of Mining "... 

 was entitled Part 1, and Mr. Taylor hoped that a sufficient interest existed 

 in mining and the allied subjects to support it ; but no second Part 

 appeared.' 



Naturalist, 



