The Jurassic period--General sequence and subdivisions of the Jurassic deposits in Britain--Jurassic rocks of North America--Life of the period--Plants--Corals--Echinoderms--Crustaceans--Insects-- Brachiopods--Bivalves--Univalves-Pteropods--Tetrabranchiate Cephalopods--Dibranchiate Cephalopods--Fishes--Reptiles--Birds-- Mammals--Literature. CHAPTER XVII. The Cretaceous period--General succession and subdivisions of the Cretaceous rocks in Britain--Cretaceous rocks of North America--Life of the period--Plants--Protozoa--Corals--Echinoderms-- Crustaceans--Polyzoa--Brachiopods--Bivalves--Univalves-- Tetrabranchiate and Dibranchiate Cephalopods--Fishes--Reptiles-- Birds--Literature. CHAPTER XVIII. The Eocene period--Relations between the Kainozoic and Mesozoic rocks in Europe and in North America--Classification of the Tertiary deposits--The sequence and subdivisions of the Eocene rocks of Britain and France--Eocene strata of the United States--Life of the period--Plants--Foraminifera--Corals--Echinoderms--Mollusca--Fishes-- Reptiles--Birds--Mammals. CHAPTER XIX. The Miocene period--Miocene strata of Britain--Of France--Of Belgium--Of Austria--Of Switzerland--Of Germany--Of Greece--Of India--Of North America--Of the Arctic regions--Life of the period--Vegetation of the Miocene period--Foraminifera--Corals-- Echinoderms--Articulates--Mollusca--Fishes-Amphibians--Reptiles-- Mammals. CHAPTER XX. The Pliocene period--Pliocene deposits of Britain--Of Europe--Of North America--Life of the period--Climate of the period as indicated by the Invertebrate animals--The Pliocene Mammalia--Literature relating to the Tertiary deposits and their fossils. CHAPTER XXI. The Post-Pliocene period--Division of the Quaternary deposits into Post-Pliocene and Recent--Relations of the Post-Pliocene deposits of the northern hemisphere to the "Glacial period"--Pre-Glacial deposits--Glacial deposits--Arctic Mollusca in Glacial beds--Post-Glacial deposits--Nature and mode of formation of high-level and low-level gravels--Nature and mode of formation of cavern-deposits--Kent's Cavern-Post--Pliocene deposits of the southern hemisphere. CHAPTER XXII. Life of the Post-Pliocene period--Effect of the coming on and departure of the Glacial period upon the animals inhabiting the northern hemisphere--Birds of the Post-Pliocene--Mammalia of the Post-Pliocene--Climate of the Post-Glacial period as deduced from the Post-Glacial Mammals--Occurrence of the bones and implements of Man in Post-Pliocene deposits in association with the remains of extinct Mammalia--Literature relating to the Post-Pliocene period. CHAPTER XXIII.