554 Reviews — Br. J. M. Bell — The Wilds of Maoriland. 



"Warren's discovery of an Arctic plant-bed in the valley of the Lea, 

 which seems to date back to a late phase of the Pleistocene period. 



Glacial phenomena and the glacial deposits form the subject of the 

 remaining lectures, and there is much interesting matter which has 

 not hitherto been accessible in so concise a form. The short account 

 and interpretation of the breccias and associated deposits round the 

 rock of Gibraltar are specially welcome, and it would be interesting 

 to test the results by reference to other parts of the Mediterranean area. 



Professor Geikie concludes with a valuable summary of the history 

 of the Pleistocene period — its succession of glacial and interglacial 

 episodes — as he understands it, and provides a clear statement which 

 will be very acceptable to students who are occupied with the 

 examination of superficial deposits. The short appendix referring to 

 recent discoveries and various technical matters will also prove helpful. 



II. — The Geologt of Lyme Hegis and Charmouth.^ 



11HE Geologists' Association of London has again surpassed itself. 

 Not content with issuing 6 in. maps to illustrate Rowe and 

 Sherborn's contributions to the Chalk of England, they have now 

 published W. D. Lang's paper on the coast of Lyme Regis and 

 Charmouth, and illustrated that with maps on the scale of 25 inches 

 to the mile. This is indeed geology de luxe, and enables the 

 amateur , and the professional both to collect and zone their 

 specimens with precision of the highest value in any future work. 

 Mr. Lang's text occupies some sixty pages, and appears to be a model 

 of conciseness and clarity, in which the Lias, the Cretaceous, and 

 the post-Cretaceous beds are fully dealt with. The maps, printed 

 by Weller & Graham from Ordnance Survey transfers, are all that 

 could be desired, and are indispensable to any one visiting the 

 district. Truly the members of the Geologists' Association are 

 fortunate in their publications when so much solicitude is shown for 

 the needs of the local worker. We believe that this is the first 

 occasion on which 25 in. maps have been printed and published by 

 any authority. 



III. — The Wilds of Maoriland. By J. M. Bell, M.A., Ph.D. 

 pp. xiii -\- 253, with 8 coloured plates, numerous illustrations, 

 and maps. London: Macmillan, 1914. Price 15s. 



ALL those geologists and geograpliers who are acquainted with the 

 excellent work done by Dr. Mackintosh Bell during the six 

 years spent as Director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand will 

 turn with interest to this book, which gives in a somewhat popular 

 form an account of his wanderings in that fascinating country. It is 

 clear that geological work in New Zealand involves not only 

 a laborious existence, but difficulty, privation, and even danger in the 

 less-known and mountainous regions. In the more interesting parts 



■^ Proc. Geol. Assoc, vol. xxv, pts. v, vi, 1914, pp. 360, plates 39 and 40, 

 folding table, and 3 coloured geological maps and 1 vertical section between 

 West Haye Water and Lyme Eegis. Issued October 27, 1914. Price 5s. 

 complete. 



