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THE GEOLOGIST. 
eternal aud ever cnduriug force tlie vast clouds of vapours tliat have in tlie 
roll of ages collapsed into tlic myriads of worlds and suns that swarm in the 
heavens above and around us — of which we can neither see the limits nor con- 
ceive the expanse — but which may yet be the smallest and least wonderful of 
all the myriads of world-clusters with whicli the same great Creator has star- 
dusted His course through the realms of boundless and interminable space. 
Reynolds' Geological Atlas of G'reat Britain, London : James Reynolds, 
174, Strand. 
This is a series of thirty-three small quarto maps folded and bound into an 
ordinary octavo book — a very convenient and useful size. These maps are 
very neatly and cleanly executed ; aud on them the principal roads and rail- 
ways, both those constructed and those constructing, are laid down, and the 
geological features intelligibly aud neatly coloured in, but not always quite so 
carefully as to areas as ought to pass out to the world under the authority of 
Professor Morris, whose assistance the editor acknowledges. The maps, how- 
ever, offering a really good fo^indation for every essential detail, there is no 
reason why, under the direction of so able a geologist, all such errors should 
not be instantly corrected before the issue is made to the public. For ex- 
ample, in our copy the district from Hythe to Folkestone is coloured in as 
Upper Greensand and Gaidt, instead of as Lower Greensand, as every geolo- 
gist knows it is from the memorable paper of Dr. Fitton " On the Strata below 
the Chalk," and which work is qiioted as one of the authorities on wliich the 
geological information of the present series is based. Again, the tongue of 
land outside tlie river Stour, in front of Sandwich, and between Deal and Peg- 
weU Bay is coloured down as Chalk, whUe every antiquary, and we thought 
everybody else, knew that tract was open water to the old Roman port of Rich- 
borough, and formed the mouth of the estuary which, passing between the Isle 
of Thauet and the mainland, was up to medieval times, indeed, used as a pas- 
sage by ships voyaging to London. 
This map was sent to us in time for review last month ; but Mr. Reynolds 
having found out some errors in his map of Scotland, requested us to withhold 
our criticism until that map had been amended, which has now been done. As 
far, however, as the execution of the maps, aud the size, style, and small cost 
of the work are concerned, Mr. Reynolds has done weU his duty as publisher ; 
and if he wUl pass his maps under the careful inspection of his friend Professor 
Morris, we have no doubt that the atlas will be relie\'ed of such slight 
blemishes as those which have caught our scrutinizing eye, and be justly en- 
titled to a general favoritism with students and travellers, as well as for use in 
schools. 
We sincerely wish success to all such efforts, but we are nevertheless bound 
to look for defects in all new pubHcations of this class, as in their general 
accuracy consists their chief value ; we desire at the same time to give lionest 
criticisms, both for the guidance of those of our readers who rely on our judg- 
ment, and for the just eucouragment of producers, an encouragmeut we are the 
more pleased to give when we see a desii'c manifested, as in the present case, 
to attain correctness, by retaining the services of gentlemen who, by their 
knowledge and talent, are able to secure it. 
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