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it implies, and if it fails to satisfy the particular advocates of 

 Sedgwick and Murchison, this itself is an indication that justice 

 has been done. 



Sedgwick's whole life was dominated by an intention to write a 

 general work upon the Palaeozoic rocks of this country. His health, 

 however, and his many engagements prevented his giving sufficient 

 energy and time to the accomplishment of this particular work. 

 The second volume of his Biography is largely occupied with his life 

 at Norwich, at which place he resided for a portion of each year 

 from 1884, when he was appointed to a Prebendal Stall in the 

 Cathedral. The life in the old city was congenial, and as a friend 

 writes, "Under his roof we learnt the true meaning of the word 

 ' hospitality.' " Canon Eobinson contributes a chapter dealing with 

 the life at Norwich which is full of interest. Some of Sedgwick's 

 stories are there narrated, including the account of "The Lady and 

 tbe Shilling." This is given as happening in Wales. In Caroline 

 Pox's "Memories of Old Friends" (Ed. 2, 1882, vol. i. p. 70) the 

 incident is mentioned, as happening to Sedgwick when walking 

 from Falmouth to Truro; and Miss James, an eccentric lady, is 

 stated to have given him the shilling, and to have met him at dinner 

 the same evening. 



The volumes contain several touching and amusing anecdotes, as 

 well as reminiscences of famous men and women, of Wordsworth, 

 Jenny Lind, Livingstone, and many others, and accounts of visits 

 paid to the Queen and Prince Albert. There is a history of the old 

 Woodwardian Professors, and a portrait and biography of John 

 Woodward : but we must refer our readers to the volumes for 

 accounts of these and many other interesting matters which space 

 would not allow of our mentioning. 1 



III. — The Geological Features of the North Staffordshire 



CoAL-FlELDS, THEIR ORGANIC REMAINS, THEIR RANGE AND DIS- 

 TRIBUTION ; with a Catalogue of the Fossils of the Carboni- 

 ferous System of North Staffordshire." By John Ward, 

 F.G.S. [Trans. N. Staffs. Inst. Mining and Mechan. Engineers, 

 vol. x. 1890, pp. 1-189, pis. i.-ix.] 



POR the last thirty years the author of the present volume has 

 been engaged in investigating the stratigraphy and palaeont- 

 ology of the North Staffordshire Coal-fields. During the progress 

 of the Geological Survey of the area in question, Mr. Ward rendered 

 much aid in matters which none but a constant observer upon the 

 spot could satisfactorily elucidate: and for many years his unique 

 collection of Coal-measure Fishes has formed the basis of important 

 memoirs by the late Sir Philip Egerton, Prof. John Young, and 

 Dr. R. H. Traquair. The whole of the collecting has been carried 

 on systematically, each fossil being marked with the name of the 



1 A short biography of Sedgwick, accompanied by a portrait, and list of his 

 principal papers, was printed in the Geol. Mag. tor April, 1870, p. 145. The year 

 of his birth is there given as 1784 ; it should be 1785. 



