PREFACE. 



In the hope of promoting the diffusion of a taste for the cultivation of a peculiarly 

 interesting and attractive branch of Natural History, I have been induced, in compliance 

 with the suggestion of the eminent publisher of this volume, to arrange in a connected 

 series the Plates of the late Mr. Parkinson's " Organic Remains of a Foumer 

 World," and of Mr. Artis's " Antediluvian Phytology," with descriptions of the 

 specimens represented. 



As I have been enabled, with the valuable assistance of my friend, John Morris, 

 Esq. F.G.S., the author of "A Catalogue of British Fossils," to append, in almost 

 every instance, the generic and specific names adopted by the most recent authorities, the 

 volume will, I trust, not only prove interesting to the general reader, as a beautiful 

 Pictorial Atlas of some of the most remarkable relics of the animals and plants of 

 a " Former World," but also constitute a valuable book of reference in the library 

 of the Geologist and Palaeontologist, since it contains the names and localities of no 

 inconsiderable number of species and genera. 



For the guidance of the unscientific reader who may desire further information 

 on any of the subjects treated of in the following pages, references are given to a few 

 general works on Geology and Fossil Remains. 



Chester Sqtjake, Pimiico, 

 August 1850. 



