Notes and Comments. 
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(plate VI.) we are kindly permitted to reproduce. The 
part also contains descriptions of Arrhenurus scourjieldi and 
Accrcus longitarsus, two new species of Water-mites, by C. D. 
Soar ; the Collection and Preservation of the Hydroida. by 
G. T. Harriss ; the Minute Structure of Coscinodiscus asterom- 
phalus and of two species of Pleurosigma, P. angulatum and 
balticum by T. A. O’Donohoe ; Lagenae of the South-west 
Pacific Ocean, by H. Sidebottom ; and Gastrotricha , by James 
Murray. 
J THE VICTORIA HISTORY. 
Some time ago we had the pleasure of referring to the 
first volume of The Victoria History of Yorkshire, a monu- 
mental work from the press of Messrs. Constable and Co. 
In that volume many Yorkshire naturalists gave the results 
of their studies. We have patiently awaited the appearance of 
further volumes of the same publication ; and it was not 
until we saw a reference to a second volume in a second-hand 
catalogue that we were aware of its appearance. We certainly 
think so scholarly a work should be made known in some 
way. Though we see most of the current reviews and pub- 
lishers’ announcements, and have been on the watch for further 
volumes of this important work, we have not seen a single 
reference to it anywhere. Yet, when completed, it will be 
by far the finest account of the history of the county of broad- 
acres there has ever been, which is saying very much indeed. 
EARTHWORKS AND ANTIQUITIES. 
This second volume contains 550 pages, without plates 
and maps. It begins with a remarkable account of the ancient 
earthworks by Mrs. Armitage and Mr. D. H. Macdonald, with 
plans of dozens of our most important earth structures. Mr. 
R. A. Smith follows with an account of the remarkable series 
of Anglo-Saxon remains which the county has yielded, and 
Professor Collingwood describes the Anglo-Saxon sculptured 
stones. A remarkable and epoch-making contribution is 
Dr. W. Ferrer’s account of Yorkshire in Domesday times. 
EARLY MINING. 
Perhaps the most unexpected account relates to the mining 
in the county, and to the fact that both coal-mining and 
iron-stone mining were practiced in the very earliest times. 
Mr. Yillacott gives good evidence that coal was mined in the 
13th century, whereas iron was smelted in Roman times. 
Mr. James Backhouse writes on lead mining in the countv 
and even opines that galena was probably worked on the 
Yorkshire moorlands before the Roman days. He tracer the 
ups and downs of lead mining in the county until quite modern 
times; the last phase being doubtless the acquiring of Mr. 
Backhouse’s fine collection by the Hull Museum. 
1914 Mar. 1. 
