182 The Victoria History of Yorkshire. 
received an impetus a few years ago when Professor Kendall 
first came to the county, and from that moment to the present 
time might aptly be termed the Kendallian era in our knowledge 
of the very early History of Yorkshire. Probably no one has 
contributed more in a variety of ways to the elucidation of 
the many intricate problems in our county as he has, and 
whilst anyone familiar with his work might detect its influence 
upon the contribution under reveiw, it is more than possible 
that an outsider might study the article and have a very im- 
perfect idea of the proportion of it which is really the result of 
Professor Kendall’s own researches. This contribution to 
Yorkshire geology forms a fitting and firm foundation ‘to the 
series of monographs which are to follow. There is also a really 
beautiful geological map of the county, in four sections. 
The next article is on Paleontology, by Mr. R. Lydekker, 
who is unquestionably well qualified to deal with the subject ; 
but in perusing his very brief contribution, one is struck with 
the obvious disadvantage under which he has laboured by not 
being familiar with the district upon which he writes, nor with 
the various collections of organic remains preserved in different 
parts of the county. We must congratulate this author, not- 
withstanding, upon the thoroughness with which he has examined 
the recent literature on the subject. The result of this, however, 
is that too much prominence appears to be given to the work of 
certain investigators of recent years, whilst that of the pioneers in 
paleontological research, to whom we owe so much, seems to 
almost be taking a secondary position. For example, we should 
be the last, in any way, to deprecate the excellent work now being 
done in the south eastern corner of the county; and, largely 
as the result of the frequent contributions during the last few 
years by the Curator of the Hull Museum, there is no doubt 
that the specimens under his charge have received a publicity 
which, though deserving, has not been followed in the case of per- 
haps even more interesting examples in other parts of the county. 
Mr. Lydekker has had very largely to depend upon published re- 
cords and as a consequence one finds that the Hull Museum, or the 
specimens it contains, or Mr. Sheppard, are referred to on almost 
every page of this contribution, and on some pages several times. 
Speaking, at any rate for the vertebrate remains found in 
recent deposits, it can be safely stated that the records given in 
this volume might be very largely increased. 
The botanical section occupies 160 pages, and has been 
prepared under the guidance of Mr. J. G. Baker, the veteran 
Naturalist, 
