A Guide to the Fossil Invertebrates and Plants in the Department of Geology and Palæontology in the British Museum (Natural History)

Abstract

THE guide-books prepared by officials of the Natural History Museum at South Kensington, to interest visitors in the collections under their charge, are models of what guide-books should be; they are concise in text, often well illustrated, and marvellously cheap; and the persons who digest them obtain a liberal education on the subjects with which they deal. In this new Guide, prepared under the direction of Dr. Henry Woodward, the fossil invertebrates and plants represented by specimens and drawings in the Natural History Museum are described; the characteristics of the living organism, as well as of the parts found in a fossil state, being placed before the reader. With this Guide in his hand, the student of geology and palæontology will be able to derive the fullest advantage from the admirably-arranged geological record at South Kensington.