Reviezvs and Book Notices. 



* A series of variegated clays, with layers of sand, shale, and limestone, 

 pari;ly marine and partly fiuviatile ; the former, with ostreas, at the top. 

 and the latter at the base with paludinas and other fresh-water shells.' 



' The Cornbrash, a coarse rubbly limestone, with sandy layers, which 

 was deposited in a shallow sea.' 



' Mr. T. S. Bavin has presented a series of specimens from a bore made to 

 locate coal in which the Keuper is found to be at the West of the County 

 850 feet in thickness.' 



In a professedly scientific publication, it is somewhat surprising to find 

 the following passage (which must surely have been misplaced, being 

 intended for one of those famed penny twaddlers) — ' Well may we sing with 

 Robert Louis Stevenson in his Garland of Verse— 



" The world is so full of a number of things 

 I am sure we should all be as happy as kings." 

 We had a right royal welcome at Grantham. The day however [!] was 

 much enjoyed.' 



The object of the Union is presumably expressed, though badly, in 

 the following sentence appearing in the report of the ' Field Meetings ' : — 

 ' The meetings are of such value as to obtain a great amount of information 

 for the County lists for publication.' 



In the copy before us, the plate illustrating ' the junction of the Foss 

 .Dyke and the Trent at Torksey ' is duplicated, one plate facing page 163, 

 the other facing page 167. Attempts have been made, unsuccessfully, 

 to staple this copy in three places, the result being that when opened, it 

 fell to pieces. 



Though dated 1907, there is nothing to show that the present part 

 appeared in the middle of 1908, though a date on the balance-sheet indicates 

 that, at any rate, it was published in the latter year. The address of John 

 Cordeaux which is reprinted, unnecessarily we think, from the Union's 

 Transactions for 1895, has nothing to shew that its author has been dead 

 for some years. 



The above do not exhaust the list of errors, misprints, and other faults, 

 but they are sufficient to shew the necessity of someone taking a few lessons 

 in proof-reading, etc., before the next issue of Transactions, and thereby 

 ensure valuable scientific work being more creditably published. 



LiNDUM. 



Part VII. of T. C. and E. C. Jack's ' Wild Beasts of the World ' 



(i/- net), deals with the Bears, Sea-Lions, Walrus, Seals, Hedgehogs, 

 Voles, etc., and is illustrated with the usual finely-coloured plates. Speak- 

 ing of Walrus tusks, we notice the author (Mr. F. Finn), states that they 

 are largely used for making artificial teeth. That was certainly the case 

 when the natural history books of years ago were written, but artificial 

 teeth of this material are difficult to get now-a-days. We have been trying 

 to get such a set for a long time, but so far without success ! 



The Vertebrate Section of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union has re- 

 printed its Report for 1908, in advance. It contains excellent summaries 

 of work carried on in the three Ridings, written by Messrs. R. Fortune, 

 E. W. Wade, and T. H. Nelson, as well as particulars of the work of the 

 Wild Birds' and Eggs' Protection Committee. 



The Writers' and Artists' Year Book, 1909 (A. and C. Black, i/-), 

 is indispensable to those who add to their income by writing. It gives a 

 classified list of the various publications, their rates of payment for MSS., 

 etc. There is a complete list of such journals ; lists of publishers, agents, 

 etc. Some useful advice is given as to the preparation of MSS. ; correcton 

 of proofs, etc. We notice that ' The Naturalist ' does not appear under 

 ' Science and Natural History ' in the Classified Index on page 117, though 

 it appears in its place amongst ' Journals and Magazines,' on page 42. 



1909 March i. 



