HANDBOOK OF BIRMINGHAM. [Illustration] PREPARED FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 1886. BIRMINGHAM: HALL AND ENGLISH, PRINTERS, &C., HIGH STREET. 1886. [_Entered at Stationers’ Hall._] CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION, by G. J. JOHNSON ix. PART I. OLD BIRMINGHAM, by SAM: TIMMINS 1 PART II. MODERN BIRMINGHAM, edited by SAM: TIMMINS: Chap. I. Local Governing Bodies, by J. T. BUNCE 13 Chap. II. Education, by OSMUND AIRY, M.A. 26 Chap. III. Libraries: Past and Present, by J. D. MULLINS 65 Chap. IV. Literary, Scientific, and Artistic Societies, by SAM: TIMMINS 75 Chap. V. Charitable Institutions, by C. E. MATHEWS 81 Chap. VI. Ecclesiastical, by G. J. JOHNSON, with folded Table. 95 Chap. VII. ART-- (_a_) Architecture, by J. A. COSSINS 118 (_b_) Painting, by E. R. TAYLOR 127 (_c_) Sculpture, by WHITWORTH WALLIS 135 (_d_) Music, by W. BAYLEY MARSHALL 141 Chap. VIII. Manufacturing Industries, by C. J. WOODWARD, B.Sc. 150 [See also Appendix, p. 346.] PART III. GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY, edited by Prof. C. LAPWORTH, LL.D., F.G.S.-- Physiography 213 Geology, illustrated by a Geological Map of the Birmingham District (in pocket at end of vol.) 216 Palæozoic Rocks, by Prof. C. LAPWORTH: (_a_) Introduction 216 (_b_) Fundamental Rocks 221 (_c_) Cambrian Rocks 224 (_d_) Silurian Rocks 227 (_e_) Carboniferous Rocks 230 (_f_) Permian Rocks 235 Triassic Rocks, by W. J. HARRISON, F.G.S. 237 Liassic and Rhætic, by Rev. P. B. BRODIE, M.A. 244 Glacial and Post-Tertiary Deposits, by H. W. CROSSKEY, LL.D., F.G.S. 248 Petrography, by S. ALLPORT, F.G.S. 254