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THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE.* 
THE first Yorkshire volume of this magnificent work has at last 
appeared, and is certainly well up to the admirable standard 
already attained by this monumental series. Yorkshire is to 
have nine volumes devoted to it—three dealing with the county 
generally and two having reference to each of the three Ridings. 
The volume just issued is perhaps that which will interest 
readers of this journal more than will any of the subsequent 
volumes, as it contains an account of the geology, botany, zoology, 
and pre-historic remains of the county. Yorkshire, and the York- 
shire Naturalists’ Union particularly, can be congratulated upon 
the prominent part which workers in the county have played in the 
production of the volume, though certainly in scanning its pages 
names of contributors which one might have expected to have 
seen are missing, whilst others, equally unexpected, appear. 
The valuable monographs issued by the County Society have 
probably had much to do with the selection of many of the 
authors of the chapters under notice. 
After the usual preliminary matter, we find the first article 
is on the Geology of Yorkshire, by Professor Kendall. For 
this we have nothing but praise, and it can be safely stated 
that it represents one of the finest productions from the pen of 
that author, and unquestionably he has given a summary of 
the geology of the county in a way which only a thorough 
master of every branch of the subject could have done. In this 
contribution, which extends to just upon one hundred pages, it is 
evident that the writer is thoroughly acquainted not only with 
the principal sections in the various strata referred to, but, what 
is of more importance, with the literature relating thereto. 
Professor Kendall has always been a keen worker at bibliography, 
and this contribution to Yorkshire geology is an admirable 
instance of the value of such work. In carefully perusing the 
pages it cannot be seen that he has omitted references to any- 
body’s work ; in fact, he has, if at all, erred on the side of giving 
too much prominence to the work of certain individuals. One 
great, though pardonable omission is the adequate recognition 
of the valuable contributions to Yorkshire geology which have 
been made by Professor Kendall himself. As was truly stated 
at a recent gathering of geologists, the study of the features of 
our broad-acred shire and the causes to which they are due, 
* Vol. I., 524 pp., 12 plates and 4 maps. Constable & Co., price 
(together with Vols. II. and III.) 45 guineas. 
1907 May 1. 
