The Fossils of the South Downs, or Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex. E-book. Formato PDF Gideon Algernon Mantell   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The flattering manner in which the Prospectus of the present volume has been received, and the condescension of His Majesty, who has been graciously pleased to honour it with his august patronage, are circumstances which demand my most grateful acknowledgments, and are the more gratifying to my feelings, as they were wholly unexpected.It is, however, with much diffidence that I appear before the public in the characters of an artist and an author, conscious as I am, that my humble talents can offer but few pretensions to its favour, or indulgence.Having at an early period in life, imbibed a predilection for the study of natural history, and subsequently been educated in a profession intimately connected with that science, upon fixing my residence at Lewes, I resolved to devote my leisure moments to the investigation of the "Organic remains of a former world;" a study replete with interest and instruction.

The Wonders of Geology: Or a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena. E-book. Formato PDF Gideon Algernon Mantell   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

A course of lectures, delivered at Brighton by the late Dr. Mantell, on the Geology and Fossils of the South-east of England, formed the ground-work of the present work, so many editions of which have been favourably received by the public during the last twenty years.The great advancement of geology and the collateral sciences, during the last ten years, has necessitated considerable modifications in several chapters of the present edition, so that the most important recent discoveries in palaeontology, and the new or modified views of geological phenomena resulting from the progress of knowledge, might be incorporated in the respective Lectures.The Editor has carefully adhered to the Author's praiseworthy plan of giving full references to the sources of published facts and opinions,—both for the sake of justice to previous observers, and to enable the student to work out for himself the subject-matter in hand.