Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad. By A. Geikie,
F.R.S. (Macmillan and Co.)—Here are fourteen papers—some of which we have seen before, but are glad to welcome again—in a col- lected and permanent form. Reprints of papers arc too numerous, but we should be sorry to miss the picturesque and valuable series now before us. Front the gossipy story of a " First Geological Ex- cursion " to the disquisition on "Rook Weathering as Measured by the Decay of Tombstones," from the touohing tale of " The Colliers of Carrick" to the thoughtful essay on the " Geological Influences which have affected the Course of British History," there is not a dull or uninstruotive page amongst all these geological sketches. The attractiveness of the volume is much enhanced by a number of first-rate sketches and diagrams, taken from the author's note-books.
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