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has also quite recently written a treatise " on the Geology of 

 the district traversed by the Roman Wall/' as an appendix 

 to the third edition of Dr. Bruce's classical work; and we 

 have in his " History of Alnwick," now approaching comple- 

 tion, one of the best local histories extant ; — many local his- 

 tories are either tedious and overloaded, or loose compilations ; 

 but this is a work marked by that genuine ability and tact 

 with which all of us know Mr. Tate is endowed. 



Part of the Ordnance Geological Survey of Berwickshire, 

 by Mr. Geikie, is now before the public, and contains a 

 geological map of the eastern part of the county. 



Our colleague, Mr. Carr of Hedgely, has recently turned 

 his knowledge of the Anglo-Saxon to the elucidation of the 

 sculptured stones of Scotland ; in which he considers an in- 

 fluence from the Scoto-Saxon race may be traced. The title 

 will best explain the character of his tractate. " The Symbol- 

 ism of the Sculptured stones of Eastern Scotland, — an ecclesi- 

 astical system of Monograms and Decorative Characters." 

 Mr. Carr has also contributed to the Scottish Society of Anti- 

 quaries (vol. VII., 1866-67) an article of similar import '^ on 

 the inscription upon the stone at Newton Insch, Aberdeen- 

 shire, and on an inscription on a sculptured stone at St. 

 Vigeans, Forfarshire." Recently, Dr. Baird of the British 

 Museum, has written several articles on Crustacea, Entozoa, 

 Annelides, and MoUusca. Two of these notice some animals 

 found on our coasts. The first may be considered as supple- 

 mentary to Dr. Johnston's '^ Catalogue of British Worms," 

 printed by the British Museum authorities, in 1856; viz: — 

 " Contributions towards a Monograph of the Species of Anne- 

 lides belonging to the Aphroditacea." "Linnsean Society's 

 Journal," vol. VIIL, p. 173, &c. The second is a " Mono- 

 graph of the species of Worms belonging to the sub-class 

 Gephyrea," in the " Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 

 London," Feb. 13, 1868, p. 76. This relates to the genera 

 Sipunculus, Echiurus, and their allies, ranked by Professor 

 E. Forbes near the Star-fishes. The subjects of Dr. Baird's 

 other papers are transmarine. 



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