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REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 



The Rochdale Literary and Philosophical Society has issued 

 another substantial and well-printed volume, containing- a record 

 of the Society's Transactions from 1900 to 1903. The publica- 

 tion contains several excellent papers — some of g-eneral interest, 

 some dealing" with America, Scotland, and other far distant 

 countries ; and a comparatively small proportion deal with 

 subjects of local value. Amongst these are ' Manchester's Con- 

 tribution to the Chemistry of the Nineteenth Century,' by J. H. 

 Brittain, and ' Notes on the Lives of Samuel Crompton, the 

 Inventor, and John Bradshaw^ the Regicide,' by L Renshaw. 

 This is illustrated by a representation of the Hall-i'-th'-Wood, 

 or Bradshaw Hall, as it appeared in 1845. By the courtesy of 

 the Society we are able to reproduce this. The Hall-i'-th'-Wood 

 is a picturesque old mansion, and a fine example of the black and 

 white ' post and plaster' style of the Tudor period ; the walls in 

 the original portion of the structure being formed of ' wattle and 

 daub.' This excellent building" is now used as a museum. 



The Transactions of the Hull Geological Society for 1900- r 

 have just been received. They must not, however, be taken as 

 a record of an average year's work of this Society, which is 

 capable of much more than set forth in their pages. We are 

 pleased to find that more space has been devoted to purely local 

 work, and that the summaries of lectures on general topics have 

 been omitted. One paper is printed in extenso, and contains 

 details of the sections exposed during the construction of the 

 Alexandra Dock Extension, Hull, by the present hard-working- 

 President of the Society, Mr. W. H. Crofts. This is illustrated 

 by a plate and sections. Useful for reference are the Report of 

 the East Riding Boulder Committee for 1900, by its Secretary, 

 Mr. J. W. Stather, E.G. S., and ' Some Local Borings' and ' East 

 Yorkshire Bibliography, 1900,' by Thomas Sheppard, F.G.S. 

 The remainder of the publication is occupied by reports of the 

 Society's field meetings during 1900, which contain a record of 

 field work of which any society might be proud. If we might 

 suggest an improvement, it is that more space should be occu- 

 pied by the results of the work of the members, so far as they 

 apply to East Yorkshire, and that these results should be 

 published more promptly. Neither is it necessary to devote so 

 much space to title, contents, officers, and list of members in 

 each part of each volume. The publication is sold at 2/-. 



1904 February i. 



