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THE aim of this book is to study the life-history of rocks rather than their description and classification. To this end, perhaps, the author has subordinated petrography to petrology, the result being that some readers may wish he had omitted petrography entirely. The petrographic parts of the book, especially that on the igneous rocks, are very disappointing when compared with the outstanding excellence of the petrological parts. However, these petrographical portions include many good illustrations well worth studying by readers able to neglect the associated letterpress.
Petrography and Petrology: a Textbook.
By Prof. Frank F. Grout. Pp. xvii + 522. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1932.) 30s. net.
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Geology. Nature 131, 317 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131317c0
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