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THE GEOLOGIST. 



of which he gave a description, and the arrival of the com- 

 plete Carapace fully establishes his w\ews,—AthemBum, 

 No. 752, p. 276. 



REVIEWS. 



Geology for Beginners. By G, F. Richardson, F.G.S., {of 

 the British Museum), l2mo, London, H. Bailliere^ 1842. 



Mr. Richardson states, in the preface appended to this 

 volume, that, " during the course of some experience as 

 a lecturer on Geology, he has constantly recommended 

 the various works, already published on the science, and 

 as constantly, has been requested to name some treatise 

 more particularly intended for the tyro, and more ex- 

 pressly designed to convey that preliminary information, 

 which the mere beginner is so anxious to acquire.^^ It 

 is true, that Bake well is not simple enough — much less 

 Lyell, (who is vastly too speculative). — De la Beche, 

 (whose works, generally, are too tedious) ; — or Phillips 

 and Conybeare, (whose memoirs are principally local). 

 We agree, therefore, with the author of the work now 

 under our consideration ; — that, nothing detracting from 

 the value of either of the above, an elementary introduction 

 is required, — one which shall dispense with technicalities, 

 and treat Geology as a science, with which the public 

 ought to be as familiar, as general history — as it is only 

 interchanging that of the natives of the earth, for that 

 of the earth itself. 



A few words will serve to convey a general idea of 

 the plan of the work. — In its pages will be found, sue- 



