"The Prince of Palæontologists has here presented us with a most comprehensive survey of the characters, succession, geological position, and geographical distribution of the various forms of life that have passed away."—Medical Times and Gazette.
EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
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Most entries in the Table of Contents had a corresponding section heading in the text. Twelve entries had a corresponding page-header, on odd-numbered pages, but no section heading in the text itself. All the page-headers have of course been removed in the etext. To improve readability these twelve section headings have been created and inserted in the etext; they have been italicized to indicate they have been added by the transcriber.
Part of the table at [page 22], items 30-38, has been slightly restructured in its bracketing. There is no loss of information.