/Reviews (im/ Hook Xoticcs. 



Cornicularia unicornis Cb. One fVinali', Rinifiiiickfld Bojj'. 



Xesticiis celliilanus Clk. Many fxaniplts, bolli m-xcs, .'icliilt ami 

 immature, Ha^'biirn Wyke. 



Em tlioraritii Wid. Haybiirn W\ki' ; Rinj;-ini;kclci l^otf. 



Mef(t nwrianac Scop. Haybuni Wykc. 



Oxvptilii tnix Rl. A few adult and immature specimens, Scalby, 

 Cornelian Ray, Kinjai'ing'keld Rotf. 



Lycosa uigriceps Thor. Adult and immature examples, Scalby and 

 Rin^inifkeld Roif. 



Neon retictilatus Rl. One femak-, Riiiijinsjfkeld Rovj ; one female, 

 Ha\burn \\"\ke. 



REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 



The Making of East Yorkshire. Ry Thomas Sheppard, F.O.S. 



A. Rrown & Sons, Hull. 29 Paj<-es and 4 Plates. igo6. Price is. od. net. 



In this booklet Mr. Sheppard has done good service to two 

 causes, to Geology and to Education. In the first aspect it is 

 popular rather than scientific, in the sense that it is intended, 

 not for the enlightenment of geologists but for the popularisa- 

 tion of geology. Viewed from this standpoint it has many 

 merits. It is fortunate in its subject ; for though the East 

 Riding is of recent origin, there are few districts where the 

 elementary processes of earth-building and earth-carving can be 

 studied to better advantage. We can see the river and estuary 

 at work. In the long -line of cliffs from Spurn to Whitby the 

 sedimentary rocks are laid in successive sections mile after mile, 

 there are witnesses of oceans and meres and shallow seas, while 

 the stupendous forces of the ice world remind us of the time 

 when Holderness was as Alaska is now. Those who read the 

 record of the East Riding know no sinall portion of the secret 

 of the earth's history. But the presentation of this record to 

 the uninitiated requires knowledge. Just as the teacher knows 

 his subject, has got beyond the perplexity of it, and sees it 

 whole, can give it out in simplicity and with a sure hand. This 

 Mr. Sheppard is able to do. 



We said also that there was good service to education. This 

 was prompted by the fact that the lecture was delivered to a 

 Teachers' Association. For an appreciation of Geology has a 

 double worth. It familiarises the mind with the action of the 

 laws of nature. No one who has grasped the meaning of this 

 record but can look out on the world with a larger view. 

 Moreover, as our system of education learns to deal more with 

 the realities of life, it is certain that the story of the earth will 

 be taught to every educated child, and that it will be the better 



Naturalist, 



