The Building of the British Isles. By A. J. Jukes - Brown.
(G. Bell and Co.)—This may be regarded as a conclusion to the writer's "Historical Geology." There, geological changes were analysed and examined in detail ; here, they are merged in the broader relations of land and water, and are naturally expressed in geographical maps of different periods. These maps can thus be of great use, assisting us to grasp not only the proportions of land and water, but the deposition of beds, their comparative history, and their occasional absence. A general review of geological history, fully and carefully wrought out, is put before the student, illustrated by a series of plates, which, though of course the product of much care and research, he may assent to only as far as his knowledge of the facts and his trust in the designer incline him. And let him not be too hasty in approving or in rejecting them; they may be wrong, they are only sketches; but if right, they will most decidedly help him. Mr. Jukes-Brown has put forward much valuable knowledge, and has weighed many opinions before his own on the subject of geological succession ; and if his views are disquieting to those who advocate the permanency of continents, his work, with its breadth of view and excellences of style, should none the less interest them.
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