374 Reviews—Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. 
Dawkins devotes but little space, observing in a foot-note, that “TI 
feel inclined to accept the evidence brought before the British 
Association at Sheffield, in 1879, founded on the sections at High 
Lodge, Culford, Mildenhall, West Stow, and Broomhill, in favour of 
man having lived in Hast Anglia before the Upper Boulder-clay had 
ceased to be deposited.” It is unfortunate that Mr. Skertchly has 
not yet published the detailed accounts of his discoveries, a fact 
which no doubt retards the acceptance of his views. 
Prof. Dawkins is unable to accept the evidence for the existence 
of fossil man in interglacial beds in Switzerland. 
We need not dwell upon the account of the abundant remains of 
Paleolithic man in what the author terms late Pleistocene times, in 
river-beds, and in caves. The social condition of the people and 
their domestic pursuits are the subject of comment, and he points 
out distinctions between the River-drift man and the Cave-man, the 
latter of whom he regards as represented by the Eskimos. 
We have now reached the middle of the book, and here we leave 
what may strictly be called the Geological portion, and pass into the 
Archeological. We take leave of Paleolithic man, and are introduced 
to his Neolithic successor. The period we now enter upon is that 
called the Pre-historic, and which, succeeding the Pleistocene, carries 
us on to the Historic. To the general reader this will prove the most 
interesting portion of the subject. In the chapters devoted to it the 
physical condition of Britain and the manners and customs of its 
various inhabitants are described. Through the periods of polished 
stone, bronze, and iron—from the incoming of Iberian and of Celt to 
that of Anglo-Saxon, the author carries his readers, pointing out the 
domestic animals and the plants introduced, and dealing with many 
other topics, which finally lead us on to the time when History com- 
mences, and to the conclusion of his work. Thus, as will be seen, 
the work contains matter that will interest students in many branches 
of science ; and the careful and cautious way in which the evidence 
of man’s early occupation of Britain has been set forth, will com- 
mand the respect of those who cannot understand the doctrine of 
his great age. 
In summing up the evidence of Man’s antiquity we find we have 
yet much to learn. No steps have been taken to indicate the tinie 
of his first appearance, nor has any progress been made in indicating 
the process of his creation. Prof. Dawkins remarks that the earliest 
inhabitant “comes before us, endowed with all human attributes, 
and without any signs of a closer alliance with the lower animals 
than is presented by the savages of to-day.” H. B. W. 
I].—Srconp Guozocican Survey or PunNSYLVANIA. 
1. Part I. The Northern Townships of Butler County. Part II. A 
Special Survey made in 1875, along the Beaver and Shenango 
Rivers. With four Maps and 154 Vertical Sections. By H. M. 
CHANCE. 
2. The Geology of Lawrence County. A Report on the Correlation - 
of the Coal-measures in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern 
