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VIEWED as a rudimentary description of all branches of geology, Mr. Jukes-Browne's latest treatise is highly commendable. Its 248 pages contain something about everything geological. In a few places the information is rather disjointed, but that drawback is inseparable from an elementary work of limited dimensions which aims at giving students an idea as to the wide scope of geology. Of all the branches of the science, physical geology is given the most space, and rightly, for it is the division which is most intelligible to the general reader. The majority of the illustrations are rather coarse; nevertheless, they are usually of a helpful character. An objectional feature in the text is the frequent quotations from Geikie, Agassiz, and others. It seems to us that, in general, quotations should only be permissible in matters upon which a difference of opinion exists. But, on the whole, the book is a good one, and will be useful to students of elementary geology.
Geology: an Elementary Hand-book.
By A. J. Jukes-Browne. (London: Whittaker and Co., 1893.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 48, 435 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048435b0
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