Abstract
THIS book has the same title, and covers the same ground, as one issued by Prof. A. Heilprin in 1896. What Heilprin did for young American readers, Dr. Dwerryhouse does, with even greater lucidity of expression, for beginners and unprofessional naturalists in the British Isles. His book is sent out by the publishers in good clear type, and is illustrated by photographs and maps printed in a brown tint on separate sheets of thick art paper. In this respect it has an advantage over all the elementary geological text-books that we know. Moreover, it is by no means a simple text-book. It is the work of a field-observer, who wishes to bring the results obtained by geologists home to any intelligent reader. Even fossil specimens are photographed, which gives them, for the author's purpose, a desirable air of reality, though the process will find less favour with the student of generic forms. A coloured geological map of the British Isles is also included.
The Earth and its Story.
By Dr. A. R. Dwerryhouse. Pp. 364. (London: C. H. Kelly, n.d.) Price 5s. net.
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C., G. The Earth and its Story . Nature 86, 6–7 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086006b0
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