Abstract
THE branch of geology with which these volumes are concerned deals with two thousand million years of the earth's history. It traces from the beginning the succession of geographies, the rise and decline of great mountain chains and the orderly evolution of life that have produced our modern world. The grandeur and interest of such a theme need no emphasis. Unfortunately, the subject is all too easily made unattractive and indeed unintelligible by the presentation of a host of seemingly unrelated facts. The general conceptions of the evolution of the earth and of its inhabitants are hidden. Properly pursued, historical geology should be one of the great disciplines, as it requires accuracy of reasoning, a rigorous sifting of evidence and completeness of observation. General works on the subject should be concerned more with methods of thought than with results.
(1) Historical Geology.
By Prof. Raymond C. Moore. Pp. xiii + 673. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1933.) 24s. net.
(2) A Textbook of Geology.
By Part 2: Historical Geology. Prof. Charles Schuchert Prof. Carl O. Dunbar. Third edition, largely rewritten. Pp. vii + 551: (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1933.) 25s. net.
(3) The Principles of Historical Geology from the Regional Point of View.
By Prof. Richard M. Field. Pp. xii + 283 + 10 plates. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1933.) 20s. net.
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R, H. (1) Historical Geology (2) A Textbook of Geology (3) The Principles of Historical Geology from the Regional Point of View. Nature 134, 829–830 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134829a0
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