Chap.Page
I.[The Rocks and Their Story]1
II.[The Structure of the Island]10
III.[The Wealden Strata: The Land of the Iguanodon]15
IV.[The Lower Greensand]23
V.[Brook and Atherfield]29
VI.[The Gault and Upper Greensand]37
VII.[The Chalk]42
VIII.[The Tertiary Era: The Eocene]54
IX.[The Oligocene]63
X.[Before and After: The Ice Age]70
XI.[The Story of the Island Rivers; and How the Isle of Wight became an Island]86
XII.[The Coming of Man]97
XIII.[The Scenery of the Island: Conclusion]105

ILLUSTRATIONS OF FOSSILS

[PLATE I.—Facing page 20.]
Wealden ... Cyrena Limestone
Vertebra of Iguanodon
Lower Greensand ... Perna Mulleti
Meyeria Vectensis (Atherfield Lobster)
Panopæa Plicata
Terebratula Sella
[PLATE II.—Facing page 23.]
Lower Greensand ... Trigonia Caudata
Trigonia Dædalea
Gervillia Sublanceolata
Upper Greensand ... (Ammonite) Mortoniceras Rostratum
Nautilus Radiatus
[PLATE III.—Facing page 45.]
Lower Greensand ... Thetironia Minor
Rhynchonella Parvirostris
Upper Greensand ... (Pecten) Neithea Quinquecostata
Chalk ... (Ammonite) Mantelliceras Mantelli
(Sea Urchins)
Micraster Cor-Anguinum
Echinocorys Scutatus (Internal cast in flint)

[PLATE IV.—Facing page 61.]
Eocene ... Cardita Plarnicosta
Turritella Imbricataria
Nummulites Lævigatus
(Fusus) Leiostoma Pyrus
Oligocene ... Limnæa Longiscata
Planorbis Euomphalus
Cyrena Semistriata