name, as well as the terms applied to particular beds or zones 

 of fossils. Attention will also be drawn to localities where 

 the strata may be studied, and where fossils may be collected. 

 Descriptions will be given of the soils and physical features 

 to which the rocks give rise, while a separate chapter is de- 

 voted to the origin of the Scenery. The chapter on Water- 

 supply, Mineral Springs, etc., will be much amplified, and 

 condensed records will be given of the more important Deep 

 Wells and Borings. The account of the Geology of the 

 principal Lines of Railway will also be very much enlarged. 



The description and classification of the Igneous and 

 Metamorphic rocks, contributed by Mr. Frank Rutley to the 

 former Edition, have been kindly revised by him ; and a new 

 Synopsis of the Animal Kingdom, with especial reference to 

 the Fossils of England and Wales, has been prepared by Mr. 

 E. T. Newton. 



Throughout the work the writer has endeavoured to 

 do justice to the many Geologists who have contributed to 

 our knowledge of the Geology of England and Wales, and 

 references will be given to all original sources of information. 



As the work does not profess to be attractive to the general 

 reader, but is intended rather as a handy work of reference 

 for the field and the library, its publication is not expected to 

 repay the writer for the time and labour bestowed upon it. 

 He is therefore desirous of guaranteeing the cost of publica- 

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 soon as this List is complete, the writer will be enabled to 

 make his arrangements for publication. It is expected that 

 the New Edition will be issued before the close of 1886, 

 but the writer is disinclined to fix any exact date, as the 

 work will not leave his hands until it is completed to the best 

 of his ability. 



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