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IT is a pleasure to be given a second opportunity of directing attention to Dr. Morley Davies extremely useful little pamphlet, partly because it is intrinsically of great educational value, and partly because the call for a second edition indicates that it is adequately serving its purpose. Our splendid series of geological maps are not nearly so well known as they should be. Dr. Davies has done the Geological Survey of Great Britain a service as well as the general public by providing this simple and interesting guide. An appendix has now been added listing new maps and leading references. One sentence is worth quoting in the hope that the Geological Surve may be encouraged to remove what is a common source of annoyance in the north of England and south of Scotland: “Unfortunately, sheets 1, 2, and ii cover very small portions of England and much larger portions of Scotland, but they treat Scotland as a terra incognita.”
Local Geology: a Guide to Sources of Information on the Geology of the British Isles.
By Dr. A. Morley Davies. Second edition. Pp. 16. (London: Thomas Murby and Co., 1927.) 1s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 120, 651 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120651d0
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