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not then seen a copy, and the information was given on the strength 
of one seen by the late C. Fox-Strangways, possibly in the British 
Museum. My copy, which was recently given to me by Mr. J. W. 
Stather, shows that it must have been published after the summer of 
1860, as it contains a statement (p. 10) that during the summer of 
that year Mr. Simpson had spent much time between Whitby and 
Peak, in examining the fossils of each particular stratum. From the 
reports of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, it is clear 
that the lecture was delivered there in 1861, which is probably the date 
of the pamphlet. f 
In 1862 was pubUshed A Guide to Whitby and the Neighbour- 
hood, by Martin Simpson, author of " A Guide to the Geology of 
the Yorkshire Coast," etc. 18mo, pp. 24, Whitby : Corall & Lockey, 
Times Office, Baxtergate, 1862, 6d." I have not seen a copy of this work, 
but the information is given on page 168 of Smales's " Whitby Authors 
and their Publications," 1867. A second edition of the Guide appeared 
in 1887. 
In 1867 Simpson contributed " A Synopsis of the Contents of the 
Whitby Museum " to the Whitby Repository, New Series, which 
occupied eight pages. This was reprinted as an 8 pp. pamphlet for 
distribution to visitors to the Museumx, and, in June 1881, it was 
reprinted with additions, the second impression having a plan ot the 
cases, etc., on the first page. This method of issuing a brief summary 
of the contents of the Museum has been followed since Simipson's 
death,, two or three difl n-ent editions having been printed. 
His next publication is a remarkable book, which was issued after 
he was eighty years of age, though the subject had occupied his attention 
for a very long tim.e. Simpson always considered that this work would 
be better known than any of his geological publications. The title 
page reads : — 
"A /History of England / fjcrn /The Eevolution of 1688;/ 
■f There is a copy in the Whitby Museum which apparently is the 
original. It slightly differs from the above in the paging, though there 
are 12 pages. The Vvhitby ^Museum copy is " Reprinted from the 
Yorkshire Gazette of February 28th, 1861," and states that the lecture 
was dehvered on "Monday, February 4th, 1861." This is clearly the 
first edition, the pamphlet just described being the second. 
