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J . p. Bevan, M,D., F.G.S.— On the Marine Shells of the South Wales Goal Basin . 505 

 Mr. Maek W. Norman. — Description of the Section of the Upper Greensand at 



the Undercliff, in the Isle of Wight 500 



'xhe Spirit of Good Books.— Cambridge Essays, 1857.— Hopkins' Geology * - 513 



Dr. T. L. Phipsox. — Foreign Correspondence 521 



Ebpoets of Geological Societies 527 



Notes and Queries - 533 



British Associatipn Meeting 537 



Reviews 530 



Title, Index, &c. • 



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