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confined to the British Isles and, as its name indicates, it seeks 
to show, as far as possible, the bearing of geology on every- 
day life. It contains much to illustrate the use of geological 
materials in art and industry, hence there are many manufac- 
tured articles on exhibition. The building is far too small for 
the proper display of the exhibition material on hand, and, 
therefore, the authorities cannot carry out their ideas regarding 
installation. The paleontological collection is very rich, and 
is arranged, as closely as may be, to illustrate the geological 
map of the kingdom in process of preparation by the survey. 
As at the British Museum, the types and figured specimens 
are marked by means of little discs of emerald green paper 
gummed conspicuously to them. The effect of a large part of 
the excellent collection of building stones is injured because 
the cubes are displayed in desk cases. Stratigraphic geology 
and petrology occupy a room together. The case introductory 
to the general rock collection contains a series of specimens to 
illustrate the meaning of the commonest terms employed in 
describing rocks, supplemented by enlarged microscopic draw- 
ings of thin sections of rocks. Such enlarged micro-drawings 
are also displayed beside many of the hand specimens in the 
general collection. A very interesting case in this room is 
that in which are displayed specimens to show the effects upon 
rocks of the surface action of various agents, such as ice, wind, 
and water. Photographs and other pictures form a very valu- 
able adjunct to this series. In another compartment of the 
case one may see the effects which highly heated and molten 
rocks have produced upon the rocks with which they have 
come in contact. Cut gems are not wholly separated from the 
mineral species to which they belong, but are displayed in the 
case containing the principal show specimens of the mineral 
collection. The Ludlam collection is a series of very choice 
mineral specimens mounted on blocks in flat-topped, bronze- 
framed cases. New acquisitions to any department of the 
museum are displayed for a time by themselves before they 
are distributed to their permanent places. 
Cambridge. The Woodwardian Museum. — The famous col- 
lections in this museum are so crowded into an unsatisfactory 
