232 lieviews — Cambridge County Geographic*. 



unaware apparently of the additional knowledge acquired, and the 

 consequent changes in nomenclature that have been made during 

 the past twenty years. 



There is a good general account of " Outdoor Work", but much of 

 the "Indoor Work", such as the chemical analysis of rocks, other 

 than blowpipe operations, must be left for the chemist. With regard 

 to soils the author mentions that they " are best collected in artificial 

 cuts or on the banks of streams, some 2 feet or so below the ordinary 

 cultivated and altered surface"; but this will hardly apply, if the 

 agricultural character of the soil is the object. 



The subjects already mentioned occupy 236 pages ; the remaining 

 two-fifths of the volume (160 pages) are given to Practical Geology, 

 to Water-supply, Building materials, Road-making, Earthworks of 

 various kinds, including land reclamation and protection of sea-coasts, 

 and to the uses of minerals for various purposes, including pigments. 

 On these portions of his work the author writes with greater personal 

 knowledge. While, however, he gives clear explanations of most of 

 the phenomena, there are one or two illustrations, e.g. Figs. 84 and 87 

 in the section on water- supply, that are hardly intelligible or 

 satisfactory. In the references to some of the building-stones the 

 information quoted is not up to date: thus the Ketton and Ancaster 

 stones, though formerly grouped with the Great Oolite, are now 

 recognized as Inferior Oolite (Lincolnshire Limestone). The Aislaby 

 Sandstone of East Yorkshire belongs, not to the Lias, but to the Lower 

 Oolites (Lower Estuarine Series). A little more might have been said 

 of the Scottish granites, those of Aberdeen and Peterhead not being 

 described, although an analysis of the latter is given. 



On the whole the work is rather overburdened with information 

 that is of little practical value, but making allowance for the dates of 

 publication of some of the works consulted the information has been 

 gathered with evident pains and accuracy. 



V. — Cambridok County Geographies. 

 rr|HE Syndics of the Cambridge University Press are publishing, 

 J_ under the general editorship of I)r. E. H. H. Guillemard, a series 

 of County Geographies suitable for general use as handbooks to the 

 various counties, though primarily intended for use in schools. We 

 have before us the volume on Cambridgeshire, by Professor T. McKenny 

 Hughes and Mrs. Hughes (1909); Kent, by Mr. G. E. Bosworth 

 (1909); Ayrshire, by Mr. John Poster (1910); and Eifeshire, by 

 Mr. E. S. Valentine (1910). 



The subjects are arranged in sequence, generally as follows, though 

 naturally some of the topics are confined to particular counties : 

 County and Shire, Physical Features, Rivers, Geology and Soil, 

 Natural History, Coast (gains and losses), Climate and Rainfall, 

 People and Dialect, Agriculture and Forestry, Industries and 

 Manufactures, Minerals and Mines, Fishing, Shipping, History, 

 Antiquities, Architecture, Roads, Railways, and Canals, Famous 

 Inhabitants, Chief Towns and Villages. 



The volumes are well printed and illustrated with views of scenery, 

 buildings, celebrated individuals, etc., and they are accompanied by 



