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from the Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, and obtained by J. 0. Mansel, 

 Esq., r.G.S., of Longthorns, Blandford. Also right-hand paddle of 

 Pliosaurus Portlandicus, from the Oolite of the Isle of Portland, 



6. The British Pleistocene Mammalia, by W. Boyd Dawkins, 

 M.A., F.E.S., etc., and W. A. Sanford, F.G.S., Part in. This part 

 contains plates and descriptions of limb-bones of Felis spelma, and the 

 jaw and occiput of skull oi Felis lynx; this latter carnivore is new to 

 England, and was obtained by Dr. Eansom from " Yew Tree Cave," 

 a fissure in the Permian Limestone in Pleas] ey Vale, Derbyshire. 

 Six plates illustrate this part, many of which are of double size. 



Who would have believed, fifty years ago, that such a yearly 

 volume could be issued by any Society for such a small subscription 

 as a guinea annually ? 



Mr. Wiltshire, the indefatigable Honorary Secretary, promises that 

 the 1869 volume shall appear in the autumn. 



n. — Physical Atlas for Schools. 



ANEW and Enlarged Edition of the School Atlas of Physical 

 Geography, illustrating in a series of Original Designs the 

 Elementary Facts of Geology, Hydrography, Meteorology, and 

 Natural History, has been prepared by Mr. Alexander Keith 

 Johnston, Geographer in Ordinary to Her Majesty for Scotland, 

 and Author of the Large Physical Atlas, the Koyal Atlas, etc. 

 (Published by Blackwood and Sons.) 



Now that earnest efibrts are being made to impart instruction in 

 all the various branches of Natural Science in our public schools, 

 we hail with pleasure the appearance of every work calculated to 

 help the teacher in his task and to attract and interest the pupil ; for 

 without such aids it is but sorry dull work for both 



In this little Atlas we have 20 plates, printed in colours (each 

 measuring 12 inches by 9 inches), and divided into — (1) Illustrations 

 of Chartography and Climatography, 1 plate ; (2) Physical Geology, 

 4 plates ; (3) Topography, 5 plates ; (4) Hydrography, 4 plates ; 

 (6) Meteorology, 3 plates; (6) Natural History, 3 plates. These 

 are accompanied by 42 pages of letter-press, giving a detailed 

 description of the plates, which should be read over carefully and 

 mastered by the teacher privately, that he may be conversant both 

 with the maps and their explanation before using them in the school. 



Four of the plates are new and now appear for the first time ; 

 these are : — Plate 2. Illustrations of the Action of Eain and Streams, 

 and Ice and Snow ; Plate 3. Illustrations of Sea- Action and of 

 Volcanic Action and Movements of the Earth's Crust ; and Plates 

 13 and 14, which together form a Hydrographic Map of the British 

 Isles, showing the Kiver-basins, the Eainfall and the Elevation of 

 the Land in Contours. 



The author acknowledges the valuable aid he has received from 

 Mr. Archibald Geikie, F.E.S., Director of the Geological Survey of 

 Scotland, in the design and execution of the geological illustrations 

 which form Plates 2 and 3 ; these will be found of great assistance 



