Nature Study Conference at Keighley. 



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In addition to the description of the opening- of the barrows, 

 Mr. Mortimer has chapters dealing- with Anglo-Saxon and 

 Roman remains, 'British Chariots,' 'Ancient Entrenchments,' 

 ' Ancient Hollow-ways,' ' Habitation Terraces,' ' Cultivation 

 Terraces,' and 'Embankment Crosses.' 



At the end of the work are some valuable and exceedingly 

 carefully-compiled tables, giving details of the various barrows, 

 their contained interments and associated remains. A perusal 

 of these tables enables the antiquary to see precisely the pro- 

 portions of implements or weapons found in any given group of 

 barrows, and in this way the characteristics of the respective 

 groups can be seen at a glance. 



The work also contains a map in three colours, showing the 

 positions of the barrows on the Wolds, the pre-historic earth- 

 works which traverse the hills and dales in all directions, as 

 well as other features of archaeological interest. 



Mr. T. Sheppard, the Curator of the Hull Museum, has seen 

 the work through the press, prepared the Index, and given an 

 ' Editorial ' at the commencement of the work. 



Unquestionably ' Forty Years' Researches ' will be a 

 standard work of reference for all time, and no educated 

 Yorkshireman ought to be without it on his shelves. That 

 it will have a large sale outside the county, and even abroad, is 

 only what might be expected from the excellence of the informa- 

 tion contained therein, the variety . of objects treated, and the 

 charming way in which the publishers have done their share of 

 the work. We are permitted to reproduce some specimen" 

 illustrations on the accompanying plates, VI. and VII., par- 

 ticulars of which will appear next month. 



NATURE STUDY CONFERENCE AT KEIGHLEY. 



At the invitation of the Mayor of Keighley (Aid. John Smith), 

 who, along with Aid. Brigg, has done so much to develop the 

 Natural History Museum at Keighley, under the curatorship of 

 Mr. S. L. Mosley, a large number of head teachers, together 

 with members of Education Committees, Scientific Societies, 

 Museum Curators, and others interested in Nature Stud}' in 

 schools, met at the Victoria Park Museum, Keighley, on 

 Saturday, 25th March. 



Here was an excellent exhibition of apparatus and school 

 work, which, together with the rapidly-extending pernianent 



1905 May I. 



