Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Geological Society, The Geological Magazine, The Quarterly Journal, and other publications of the Geological Society of London; The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, The Memoirs of the Palæontographical Society, The Geological Record, The Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, The Memoirs of the Geological Survey, and the Publications of the Leeds and Hull Geological Societies. The Naturalist has also contained many important geological notes. *

In addition to these a number of local bibliographical works have appeared, ostensibly dealing with local topography, antiquities, etc., but which also include geological items.

In 1895 the late J. Norton Dickons published Bibliotheca Bradfordiensis, † or a catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, etc., published at Bradford, 8vo, 241 pages.

In 1906 the late J. Horsfall Turner published a work on Halifax Books and Authors (4to, 262 pages). Later, Mr. C. Crossland published a series of papers on Halifax Bibliography and Authors,' in the Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society. Parts III. and IV. of these contributions dealing with natural history, and, of course, including geology, appeared in 1911 and 1912.

From Sheffield has been issued a Bibliography of Sheffield and Vicinity, Section 1 to the end of 1700, by W. T. Freemantle, 1914, 4to, 285 pages.

In 1912, Mr. A. H. Furnish, the York City librarian, issued a useful List of Books in the Local Collection relating to the County of Yorkshire, Classified Lists, Yorkshire printed Books, Photographs, Engravings, etc. (8vo, 172 pages). Another useful book dealing with early York items is Robert Davies' Memoir of the York Press, with notices of Authors, Printers and Stationers in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, issued in 1868, 8vo, 397 pages.

For Whitby has been issued Whitby Authors and their Publications by the Rev. Gideon Smales. Whitby, 1867, pp. 248.

*For a history of this journal see The Naturalist for April, 1915, pages 131-138.

†This title appeared on the cover only.

In Hull nothing of the kind has yet appeared, though the catalogue of Hull books and pamphlets in the Wilberforce Historical Museum, Hull, which I have almost ready for publication, will practically supply the deficiency, as the library is unusually complete. A list of Hull plans and engravings, some of which have a geological interest, appeared in my Evolution of Kingston-upon-Hull (1911, 8vo, 203 pages).

With regard to the method of quoting references, and the arrangement of the bibliographical work generally, the scheme as outlined by Mr. C. Davies Sherborn in his Notes on Bibliography, Publications and Nomenclature' (see The Naturalist, January, 1908, pages 5-9), has been followed.

In connection with the present list, it must be borne in mind that it has been necessary to include everything, no matter how trivial, that has been published bearing in any way upon the geology and physical features of the county, as it can never be known to what extent apparently unimportant notes may be of service to students. Errors in spelling are quoted as they occur in the titles of the papers, though usually an indication of the error has been given by a note, or by a correction in square brackets.

The nature of the present volume necessitates unusual care being taken in the preparation of the index, so that reference may readily be made to the papers of any particular author, or to the publications relating to any particular district, or subject, though for the most part the index deals only with such information as is obtainable. from the titles of the publications quoted. Usually, however, authors and editors of journals are careful that the titles sufficiently describe the nature of the contents of the contributions. It only rarely happens that a record is allowed to appear with such a heading as ' A Find !!!' (sic) which was the title of a paper describing some fossil footprints found in the Oolitic Sandstone near Whitby, a little while ago. As 'A Find ! ! !' may mean anything from a threepenny piece to a' contused optic,' it has been thought advisable in such cases to ignore the actual title of the paper, and to index it from the nature of its contribution to geological science, if any.

I had recently occasion to refer to a well-known standard

work on Yorkshire Geology for information with reference to the source of the pebbles in Coal Measure sandstones. The only way (except reading it), of ascertaining where such information occurred in the volume, was to look under the word sand-stone,' which was indexed as appearing on some dozens of pages. To all of these, therefore, reference had to be made. in order to obtain the necessary information. It seems clear that there ought to have been an index to the 'sand-stone' entries, or, in other words, an index to the index. The necessity for giving every such detail in the following index, accounts for its unusual length.

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

YORKSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

(C. FOX-STRANGWAYS' MEMORIAL VOLUME).

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY.

1534.

1 LELAND, JOHN.-The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary. [See under T. Hearne, 1710].

1551.

1 CAMDEN, W.-Magna Brittannia et Hibernia, Antiqua et Nova. [See under 1720].

1577.

1 HOLINSHED'S Chronicle. The Firste [and Second] Volume of the Chronicle of Englande, Scotlande and Ireland. 2 Vols. Folio. 1577.

1586.

1 CAMDEN, W.-Britannia sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et Insularum adiacentium et intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio. [Knaresborough, p. 405, Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, p. 406]. 16mo. London. Another Ed. 8vo. London, 1587. Ed. 3. 8vo, London, 1590. German, 8vo. Frankfurt, 1590. Ed. 4. 4to. London, 1600. Another Ed. Fol. London, 1607. Another Ed. 8vo. Frankfurt, 1816. Also many later editions by T. P. HOLLAND, E. GIBSON and R. GOUGH.

1587.