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so ; but have begun to enquire into the causes of 

 its local formation. That this is the tendency is 

 shown by the dozen or more books recently 

 published on the subject, nearly all by men of 

 importance in the ranks of science. The author 



formation to be met by the reader. His ex- 

 planations are lucid, and, with the diagrammatic 

 illustrations, show at once how any scenery has 

 come to assume its particular form. By per- 

 mission of Mr. John Murray, we reproduce one 





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Joints in Granite, Cairngorm Mountain, Scotland. (From Gcikie's " Earth Sculpture.") 



of this work has produced a treatise so plainly 

 written that it is within the comprehension of the 

 least informed in geological science, but one that 

 clearly explains the cause of nearly every land 



of the plates from this work showing the joints of 

 granite where it has been weathered in Scotland. 

 This is an excellent book for both public and 

 private libraries. 



