310 SHEPPARD : MARTIN SIMPSON AND HIS GEOLOGICAL MEMOIRS 
being / A Continuation of Hume's History r f England, / By / Martin 
Simpson, / Lecturer in Natural Science ; Author of ' A Guide to the 
Geology / of the Yorkshire Coast ; ' ' Lias Fossils ; ' ' Guide to / 
Whitby ; ' etc., etc. / and Curator of the Whilby Museum. / Vol. I. 
I The History of the Reign of / William the Third ; / Being a History 
of England from the Glcrioiis Revolution of / 1688 to the death of 
William in 1702 ; comprising the / interregnum, the reign of William 
and Mary, and / of William III., vs-ith remarks on the principal 
/ events and public characters of that / memorable period. 
" Tweddell & Sons, / Stokesley. / 1881." 
It is bound in yellow cloth, on the back of vvhicli is History of 
England, William III., Simpson," in gold. The book is octavo, and 
contains viii. + 260 pages, and was printed by Forth & Son, Printers, 
Flowergate, Whitby. No subsequent volume appears to have been 
published, though an advertisement on the back of the second edition 
oi his •• Guide to Whitby and the Vicinity : (1887) " says it is To 
be continued to the end of the great French War."* 
In 1887 was published the second edition of Simpson's Guide to 
Whitby," on the green cover of which is the following colic quy : — 
" Stranger : Sir, we have just arrived by steamer, and have only 
a short time to lemain ; can you tell us where we can have the 
best view of the town ? 
" Guide : If you direct your course towards the old Parish Church, 
perched on the edge of the East CiifE, and ascend 199 stone 
steps, you will have the Town and Harbour spread before you. 
By going a few yards further you can see much of the ruins of 
the Abbey." 
There are 47 pages (12mo), and no title page. Besides dealing with 
the Abbey, St. Mary's Church, the Town and Harbour and the sur- 
* An advertising slip, sent to me by Mr. T. W. Parkinson, gives the 
price of this book as 5s. There is also the following announcement : — 
'■ Will be published, price 6s. 6d. / The History of the Reign of Queen 
Anne, / By the same Author, / As soon as a sufficient number of copies 
are subscribed for to clear / the Expenses of Publication. / Subscribers* 
names will be gladly received by The Author at the Museum, Whitby, 
or by Tweddell & Sox, Publishers, Stokesley, from whom alone copies 
can be obtained." 
