Fcap. 8 vo. cloth , Illustrated , price 4s, 
The Applications of Geology to the 
Arts and Manufactures. 
Six Lectures delivered before the Society of Arts. By Professor 
D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S. 
I. —On the Formation of Natural Soils by Derivation from Rocks, 
and on the Improvement of Soils by the admixture of Minerals. 
II. —On Natural and Artificial Springs, and on the various Sources 
of Water Supply for Towns and Cities, in connection with the Geo¬ 
logical Structure of the Vicinity. 
III. —On Mineral Materials used for the Purposes of Construction : 
Plastic and Incoherent Materials (Clays and Sands). 
IV. —On Mineral Materials ( continued ) : Building Stones and Slates, 
and their Relative Value under given Circumstances of Exposure, and 
on Methods of Quarrying. 
V. —On Stratified Deposits of Minerals, as Coal and Iron Ore, 
usually obtained by Mining Operations, and on Mining Methods for 
such Deposits. 
VI. —On Metalliferous Veins for Lodes and their Contents, and on 
the Extraction of Metalliferous Minerals from Lodes. 
“ The science of geology largely engages the attention of the public ; bnt persons 
are frequently deterred from the study of it by the dry and tedious style of writers 
dedicating their talent to its exposition. Professor Ansted has supplied a book 
which meets the public want. . . . Those relating to agricultural geology have 
an especial interest for farmers ; but the whole are deeply interesting and worthy of 
recommendation.”— News of the World. 
“ Professor Ansted takes in hand a subject of some difficulty, but of universal 
importance. In this he describes the different kinds of mineral veins, their contents, 
and the methods adopted to extract those contents, and thus fitly concludes his 
labours in elucidation of the practical application of geological knowledge to eco¬ 
nomic purposes, especially in connexion with the arts.” —Daily News. 
Second Edition , much improved and enlarged. With references to the 
typical specimens in the British Museum. Fcap. 800 . 
price 2s. 6d. Fully illustrated. 
Old Bones ; or, Notes for Young 
Naturalists. 
By the Rev. W. S. Symonds, Rector of Pendock, Author of “ Stones 
of the Valley,” &c. 
“The plan pursued by Mr. Symonds is a very simple one. He adopts the classi¬ 
fication of Professor Owen, and carries the young naturalist from family to family, 
beginning with man and ending with the lowest fishes, making his own remarks as 
he goes on. We recommend these notes. The volume is neatly got up, and deserves 
a sale amongst the class for whom it is intended.”— Athenaeum. 
