[PRELIMINARY REMARKS.]
ON THE PLAN OF THE WORK, AND THE ARRANGEMENT AND SUBDIVISION OF THE SUBJECTS IT EMBRACES.
With the view of economizing space, I would refer the reader to the following volumes for figures and descriptions of such fossils as are illustrated therein: by this arrangement I hope to afford the student a comprehensive view of Palæontology, and yet restrict this work within the limits which as a manual it would be inconvenient to exceed; at the same time it will be complete in itself, and afford all the information required by the amateur collector and general reader.
I. Dr. Buckland's Bridgewater Treatise: 2 vols. 8vo.—These volumes contain numerous excellent figures of organic remains; and as the work is, or ought to be, found in every good public or private library in the kingdom, it will be accessible to most of my readers.
II. The Wonders of Geology, or a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena; sixth edition, in two vols, with coloured plates, and numerous figures; by the Author. Price 18s.—This work is designed to afford a general view of Geological phenomena, divested as much as possible of scientific language: it is illustrated by numerous figures of organic remains.
III. Geological Excursions round the Isle of Wight and along the adjacent Coasts of Hampshire and Dorsetshire. One volume, richly illustrated. By the Author. Price 12s.
IV. Petrifactions and their Teachings; or a Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains in the British Museum. One vol. with many original figures of the most interesting objects. By the Author.[7] Price 5s.
[7] The three works above named consist of four volumes uniform with the present edition of the "Medals of Creation:" this series of six volumes comprises the popular geological works of the Author.
V. A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains; consisting of Coloured Illustrations selected from "Parkinson's Organic Remains of a Former World," and Artis' "Antediluvian Phytology." 1 vol. 4to. with seventy-four coloured plates, and several lignographs, containing nearly 900 figures of fossils. By the Author. Price 2l. 2s.