558 Notices of Memoirs — Geological Surrey of England. 



n^OTIGIBS OIF- nVLEIMIOII^S. 



I. — Memoirs of the Geological Survey. 



fPHE following Memoirs, in addition to those already noticed, have 

 X been issued during the present jear : — 



(1) The Geology of the Scilly Isles. By George Barrow, 



F.G.S., with petrological contributions bj'^ J. S. Flett, M.A., 

 D.Sc. 8vo ; pp. 37, with 7 plates. (Price Is.) 



In this memoir a particular description is given of the Granite and 

 associated rocks which form the Isles of Scilly. 



Attention is also directed to the various superficial deposits of 

 Eaised Beach and Blown Sand, and to the occurrence of Glacial 

 Drift. The evidence of recent movements in the area is discussed, 

 ami remarks are made on the industries and on the water supply. 



The memoir is accompanied by a colour-printed geological map 

 (Sheets 357 and 360), and it contains six plates depicting the scenery. 

 The map is the first issued of the area on the one-inch scale ; the 

 price is Is. Qid. 



(2) The Geology of the Country near Sidmouth and Lyme 



Regis. By H. B. Woodward, F.R.S., W. A. E. Ussher, 



F.G.S., with contributions by A. J. Jukes-Browne, B.A., 



F.G.S. 8vo ; pp. 96, with a plate and 39 text-figures. 



(Price Is.) 



In this memoir there is a description of the strata exhibited in the 



fine clifl^-sections from the New Red Sandstone and Marl of Sidmouth 



to the Rhastic Beds and Lias of Axmouth and Lyme Regis, together 



with an account of the overlying Gault, Upper Greensand, and 



Chalk. Inland the country around Honitou and Axminster is 



described. Figures are given of some of the common Lias fossils 



found in this richly fossiliferous region. The plateau and valley 



deposits, the famous Landslip of Bindon, and the economic products 



of the area receive due attention. 



The memoir is accompanied by a colour-printed map (Sheets 326 

 and 340), price Is. &d. 



(3) The Geology of the Country around Macclesfield, 



CONGLETON, CrEWE, AND MlDDLEWICH. By T. I. PoCOCK, 



M.A., with contributions by G. Barrow, W. Gibson, B.Sc, 



C. B. Wedd, B.A., and J. A. Howb, B.Sc, and notes on fossils 



by E. T. Newton, F.R.S. 8vo; pp. 138, with 2 plates and 



8 text-figures. (Price 2s. Q)d.) 



This memoir is descriptive of parts of Cheshire and Staffordshire, 



including the northern end of the Potteries Coalfield, and portions 



of the coalfield and salt-bearing districts of Cheshire. We note that 



the term Pendleside Series is adopted for the strata between the 



Carboniferous Limestone and Millstone Grit. 



The area, consisting mainly of Carboniferous and New Red rooks, 



