[Book Reviews]

Abstract

THIS club has now been in existence for ten years, and judging from the list of papers read and excursions made, has evidently carried out with creditable faithfulness the object for which it was established—the study of the natural history and antiquities of the neighbourhood. The volume before us contains a selection of some of the principal papers read at the Club meetings during these ten years, and, as a whole, they reflect credit on the diligence, intelligence, and knowledge of the authors. Both the papers on general and those on local subjects contain much valuable material, quite deserving of publication, and the latter especially will be useful to those who want information on the natural history and antiquities of Staffordshire. One of the most interesting general papers is by Dr. J. Barnard Davis, “On the Interments of Primitive Man,” which is illustrated by some beautifully executed woodcuts. Of the papers on local subjects, we may mention “Notes on the Fossil Trees in a Marl Pit at Hanley,” by John Ward, F.G.S.; “The Geology of Mow Cop, Congleton Edge, and the surrounding district,” by J. D. Sainter, F.G.S.; “On the absence of Waterfalls in the Scenery of North Staffordshire,” by J. E. Davis; and “On the Organic Remains of the Coal Measures of North Staffordshire,” by John Ward, F.G.S. Appended is a considerable list of Macro-Lepidoptera taken and observed in North Staffordshire by members of the Club, by T. W. Daltry, F.L.S. The illustrated paper on Croxden Abbey is a valuable one of its kind.

North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club.

Annual Addresses, Papers, &c. With Illustrations. (Hanley: William Timmis, 1875.)