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found in it were Pterinopeden and Lingula mytiloides, some of 

 the latter being remarkably small, and others rema»i'kably large 

 Fish fragments were plentiful, and included Acanthodes Wavdi, 

 Pleuroplax Rankinei, Calacanthus elegans, Rhadinichthys mon- 

 ensis, and Rhizodopsis sauroides. 



The fourth bed occurred at iii feet above the Barnsley 

 coal. It contained Lingula mytiloides. There were also frag- 

 ments of fish including a scale which was probably Rhizodopsis 

 sauroides. In close proximity to this bed there were found 

 Spirorbis, Carbonicola var. aquilina, and Naiadites modiolaris. 



The fossils have been submitted to, and named by Dr. 

 Wheelton Hind, Dr. A. Smith Woodward, and Mr. R. Kidston. 

 Thanks are due to them for the trouble taken, as also to Mr. 

 Walcot Gibson for guidance and assistance in the work, and to 

 the Brodsworth CoUiery authorities for the facilities given in 

 examining the ground passed through. 







Memorials of Old Shropshire, edited by Thomas Auden, M.A., 



F.S.A. London: Bemrose & Sons. 302 pp., 15/- net. 



Messrs. Bemrose have produced a volume dealing with Shropshire, 

 which contains a series of interesting chapters by various authors, which 

 trace the history of the county from the earliest times. Palgeolithic 

 remains are unknown, but Neolithic, Bronze Age and early Iron Age 

 relics occur, and are preserved in the Museum at Shrewsbury. (In the 

 peasantry of Shropshire the editor recognises the three earliest types of 

 men which prevailed in Britain). Passing on to Roman times, reference 

 is made to the Roman city Uriconium, on the site of which monuments 

 have been found which shew that its foundation dates from the time when 

 Ostorius Scapula was engaged in a final effort to subdue the British chief 

 Caractacus. Later still we find a reference in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 

 to ' Scrobbesbyrigscire,' that is to say Shrewsburyshire, indicating that 

 formerly, as in the case of Gloucester and Worcester, the shire was called 

 after the principal town. In this connection we may mark in passing, 

 that nothing could be a more striking witness to the former importance 

 of Shrewsbury than the map facing the first page. Roads from every 

 conceivable point of the compass are shewn, like the spokes of a wheel, 

 leading into Shrewsbury, not one goes straight through it. Bearing upon 

 this is Henrietta M. Auden' s instructive essay upon ' the origin and evolu- 

 tion of towns.' Mr. J. E. Auden deals with ' Shropshire in the Civil War,' 

 and ' Shropshire and its Schools.' Other chapters refer to the Religious 

 movements, Folk Lore, Ludlow and the Council of the Marches, Old 

 Spropshire Families, Representative Buildings, and Illustrious Salopians. 

 The work is fittingly illustrated by Katharine M. Roberts, and the Index, 

 for which the editor is indebted to an anonymous friend, is exceptionally 

 good and complete. 



The Transactions and Journal of Proceedings of the Dumfries^ 

 shire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 



Vol. XVIII., Part i (Standard Office, Dumfries, 4/-). is a substantial work 

 of over 250 pages. A fair proportion of the papers is of distinct local 

 value. The articles are too numerous to quote, but they deal with various 

 branches of natural history, archaeology, etc. Perhaps the most important 

 paper is ' The Castle of Dumfries,' by James Barbour, F.S.A. Scot. 



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