INTRODUCTION 
XXXV 
In Hull nothing of the kind has yet appeared, though the 
catalogue of Hull books and pamphlets in the Wilberforce 
Historical Museum, Hull, which I have almost ready for 
publication, will practically supply the deficiency, as the 
library is unusually complete. A list of Hull plans and en- 
gravings, some of which have a geological interest, appeared in 
my Evolution of Kingston-itpon-Hull (1911, 8vo, 203 pages). 
With regard to the method of quoting references, and the 
arrangement of the bibliographical work generally, the scheme 
as outlined by Mr. C. Davies Sherborn in his ' Notes on Biblio- 
graphy, Publications and Nomenclature ' (see The Naturalist, 
January, 1908, pages 5-9), has been followed. 
In connection with the present list, it must be borne in 
mind that it has been necessary to include everything, no matter 
how trivial, that has been published bearing in any way upon 
the geology and physical features of the county, as it can never 
be known to what extent apparently unimportant notes may 
be of service to students. Errors in spelling are quoted as they 
occur in the titles of the papers, though usually an indication 
of the error has been given by a note, or by a correction in square 
brackets. 
The nature of the present volume necessitates unusual 
care being taken in the preparation of the index, so that 
reference may readily be made to the papers of any par- 
ticular author, or to the publications relating to any 
particular district, or subject, though for the most part 
the index deals only with such information as is obtainable 
from the titles of the publications quoted. Usually, however, 
authors and editors of journals are careful that the titles 
sufficiently describe the nature of the contents of the contri- 
butions. It only rarely happens that a record is allowed to 
appear with such a heading as ' A Find ! ! ! ' (sic) which was 
the title of a paper describing some fossil footprints found in 
the Oolitic Sandstone near Whitby, a little while ago. As 
' A Find !'!!•' may mean anything from a threepenny piece to 
a ' contused optic,' it has been thought advisable in such cases 
to ignore the actual title of the paper, and to index it from the 
nature of its contribution to geological science, if any. 
I had recently occasion to refer to a well-known standard 
