A LIST OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, AND THE COAST OF DORSETSHIRE.

1. "A Description of the Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities, and Geological Phenomena of the Isle of Wight. By Sir Henry C. Englefield, Bart. With additional observations on the Strata of the Island, and their continuation in the adjacent parts of Dorsetshire, by Thomas Webster, Esq. Illustrated by maps, and numerous engravings from original drawings." 1 vol. folio. London, 1816; pp. 238, and fifty plates, Published at

£4 4s.*

The many references and extracts in the present work from this splendid volume, sufficiently attest its value. The reader must bear in mind that the freshwater character of the "Iron sands" of Sussex, Kent, and Surrey, was unknown to Mr. Webster at the period of Sir H. Englefield's publication; and that the series of deposits now denominated the Wealden, comprises the "Iron or ferruginous sands" below the clays and Sussex marbles, under the name of Hastings sands; while the ferruginous sands between the Weald-clay and the galt, belong to the greensand group.

II. "Dr. Fitton's Memoir," to which reference has so often been made in the preceding pages, is published in vol. iv., new series, of the Transactions of the Geological Society of London ; and may be purchased separately, as well as several of the following, at the Society's apartments, Somerset House. It is entitled

"Observations on some of the Strata between the Chalk and the Oxford Qolite in the South-east of England;" pp. 286, five coloured maps, three large plates of sections, and fourteen plates of fossils. Price £1 10s.

III. "On the Geology of the Neighbourhood of Weymouth and the adjacent parts of the Coast of Dorset." By the Rev. Dr. Buckland (now Dean of Westminster), and Sir H. De la Beche.

*This fine work is now sold by Mr. Bohn, who has the stock, for £1 16s.

Geological Transactions, vol. iv. new series, pp. 46; with a large coloured map, and two plates of coloured sections. Price 7s.

IV. "On the Discovery of Fossil Bones of the Iguanodon in the Wealden Formation of the Isle of Wight, and in the Isle of Purbeck. By the Rev. Dr. Buckland." Geol. Trans., vol. iii,

pp. 8. One plate. Price 3s. 6d.

V. "Inquiries respecting the Geological Relations of the Beds between the Chalk and the Purbeck Limestone in the South-east of England. By Dr. Fitton." Annals of Philosophy for

November, 1824.

VI. "On the Purbeck and Portland Beds. By Thomas Webster, Esq., Secretary of the Geological Society." Geol.. Trans., vol. ii. second series, pp. 4. One plate of fossils. Price 2s. 6d.

VII. "On the Cycadeoideæ, a Family of Fossil Plants found in the Quarries of the Isle of Portland. By the Rev. W. Buckland, D.D., &c." Geol. Trans., vol. ii. second series; pp. 8, with four plates. Price 5s.

VIII. "Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales. By the Rev. W. D. Conybeare, and W. Phillips, Esq." 1 vol. 8vo. London, 1822. This admirable work contains a compendium of the geological phenomena of the Isle of Wight and the adjacent coasts, so far as known at the period of its publication.

IX. "Observations on Part of the Sections of the Lower Greensand at Atherfield, on the Coast of the Isle of Wight. By W. H. Fitton, M.D., &c." Proceedings of the Geological Society, vol. iv. p. 198.

X. "On the Thickness of the Lower Greensand Beds of the South-east of the Isle of Wight. By F. W. Simms, Esq." Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol. i. p. 76.

XI. "Comparative Remarks on the Sections below the Chalk on the Coast near Hythe in Kent, and Atherfield in the Isle of Wight. By Dr. Fitton." Quarterly Journal of the Geological

Society, vol. i. p. 179.

XII. "On the Section between Blackgang Chine and Atherfield Point. By Capt. L. L. B. Ibbetson and Professor Edward Forbes." Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol, i.

p. 190.

XIII. "Catalogue of Lower Greensand Fossils in the Museum of the Geological Society. By Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S., &c." Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol. i. p. 237, and p. 345.

THE FOLLOWING MEMOIRS PRINCIPALLY RELATE TO THE STRATA ABOVE THE CHALK.

I. "On the Freshwater Formations in the Isle of Wight, with some observations on the Strata over the Chalk in the South-east Part of England. By Thomas Webster, Esq." Geol. Trans., vol. ii. (published in 1814.)

II. "On the Freshwater Formation in Hordwell Cliff, Hampshire, and on the subjacent Beds from Hordwell to Muddiford. By Thomas Webster, Esq." Geol. Trans., vol. i. p. 90, second series.

III. IV. "On the Strata of the Plastic Clay Formation exhibited in the Cliffs between Christchurch Head in Hampshire and Studland Bay in Dorsetshire." And "On the Freshwater Strata of Hordwell Cliff, Beacon Cliff, and Barton Cliff, Hampshire. By Charles Lyell, Esq., F.R.S., &c." Geological Transactions, vol. ii. second series; pp. 14, with a coloured map. Price 7s.

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V. "On the London and Plastic Clay Formations of the Isle of Wight. By J. S. Bowerbank, Esq., F.R.S." Transactions, vol. vi. pp. 4. Woodcuts. Price 1s. 6d.

VI. "Remarks on the Existence of Anoplotherium and Palæotherium in the Freshwater Strata at Binstead, near Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. By Samuel Peace Pratt, Esq., F.R.S." Geological Transactions, vol. iii: pp. 3. Price 3s.

VII. "Description of some Fossil Remains of Chæropotamus, Palæotherium, Anoplotherium, and Dichobune, from the Eocene Formation, Isle of Wight. By Professor Owen." Geological Transactions, vol. vi. pp. 19; two plates. Price 7s.

VIII. "On the Tertiary or Supra-cretaceous Formations of the Isle of Wight, as exhibited in the Sections at Alum and Whitecliff Bays. By Joseph Prestwich, jun., Esq." Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol. ii. pp. 224-259.

IX. "On the Discovery of the Fossil Remains of an Alligator and of several previously unknown Mammalia in the Hordwell Cliff; with Observations upon the Geological Phenomena of that Locality. By Mr. Searles Wood, F.G.S." In The London Geological Journal and Record of Discoveries in British and Foreign Paleontology, p. 1. September, 1846. Published every second month by Churchill, London.

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* * Models of the Isle of Wight, coloured geologically (price from 5s. to £2 2s.), may be obtained of Mr. R. T. Wilde, 19, Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane. The purchaser should order the model to be coloured in accordance with the geological map of this volume.

MEMOIRS PUBLISHED SINCE THE FORMER EDITION.

I. "On the Probable Age of the London Clay, and its Relations to the Hampshire and Paris Tertiary Systems. By Joseph Prestwich, jun., Esq., F.G.S." Geological Journal, vol. iii. pp. 354–379.

II. “On the main points of Structure and the Probable Age of the Bagshot Sands, and their presumed Equivalents in Hampshire and France. By the same.' Geological Journal, vol. iii. pp.

378-409.

The above admirable memoirs by Mr. Prestwich are very elaborate, and illustrated by sections. They should be consulted by all who are desirous of understanding the characters and relations of the tertiary formations of England and France.

III. "A Stratigraphical Account of the Section from Atherfield to Rocken End, on the South-west Coast of the Isle of Wight. By William Henry Fitton, M.D., F.R.S., &c." Geological Journal, vol. iii. pp. 289-327.

This is a most important memoir, containing the fullest information on the stratification and fossil remains of the entire series of

deposits constituting the greensand formation of the south-east of England. It gives in detail the subdivisions of the strata, and a complete view of the distribution of the fossils in the respective beds. It is accompanied by two elaborate tables. The first is entitled, " "Comparative Sections of the Lower Greensand in England and France; " the other, "A Stratigraphical Section from Atherfield Point to Black-Gang Chine." The characters of the lowermost group of the greensand, the "Terrain Néocomien" of the French geologists, as developed in the Isle of Wight, are accurately determined, and illustrated by sections and sketches. Every instructive headland or chasm, or chine, along the coast, is sketched and described. The visitor to Ventnor or Black-gang who has leisure to examine this most interesting line of coast, will find this memoir an invaluable handbook.

IV. "On the Geology of Ridgway, near Weymouth. By C. H. Weston, Esq." Geological Journal, vol. v. p. 245 and p. 317.

In a section exposed by the railway cutting through Ridgway Hill, the author discovered the Wealden, Purbeck, and Portland deposits, with characteristic fossils.

V. "On the occurrence of Productive Iron Ore in the Eocene Strata of Hampshire. By Alfred Taylor, Esq., F.G.S." Geological Journal, vol. vi. p. 133.

VI. "On the Position and General Characters of the Strata

exhibited in the Coast Section from Christchurch Harbour to Poole Harbour. By Joseph Prestwich, jun., Esq." Geological Journal, vol. v. p. 43.

VII. "On the occurrence of Eocene Freshwater Shells at Beaulieu, Langley, &c., in Hampshire. By J. C. Moore, Esq., Secretary of the Geological Society." Geological Journal, vol. v. p. 315.

VIII. "On the Structure of the Strata between the London Clay and the Chalk in the London and Hampshire Tertiary Systems. By Joseph Prestwich, jun., Esq." Geological Journal, vol. vi. p. 252.

IX. "A Description of a New Species of Nautilus (N. Saxbii) from Atherfield. By John Morris, Esq., F.G.S." Geological Journal, vol. v. p. 193.

X. "On the Fossil Remains of Mammalia referable to the Genus Palæotherium, and to two Genera, Paloplotherium and Dichodon, hitherto undefined, from the Eocene Sand of Hordwell. By Professor Owen." Geological Journal, vol. v. p. 17.

XI. "Description of Teeth and Portions of Jaws of two extinct Quadrupeds, Hyopotamus vectianus, and H. bovinus, discovered by the Marchioness of Hastings in the Eocene Deposits on the North-west Coast of the Isle of Wight. By Professor Owen.” Geological Journal, vol. v. p. 103.

XII. “On Fossil Zoophytes from Atherfield. By W. Lonsdale, Esq., F.G.S." Geological Journal, vol. v. p. 55.

XIII. "Observations on the Osteology of the Iguanodon and Hylæosaurus. By G. A. Mantell, LL.D., &c., and A. G. Melville, M.D., &c." Philosophical Transactions, 1849.

In this memoir the humerus of the Iguanodon, and several vertebræ from the Isle of Wight, are figured and described.

XIV. "Notice of the Organic Remains recently discovered in the Wealden Formation. By G. A. Mantell, LL.D., &c." In the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society for February, 1849.

This paper contains a summary of the recent additions made to the fauna and flora of the Wealden; especially those from the Isle of Wight.

XV. "Monograph on British Fossil Reptiles. By Professors Bell and Owen." Published by the Palæontographical Society. Parts I. and II. 1849, 1850.