Blast Furnace _from_ Ure’s ‘Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines’ 352 Pecopteris adiantoides _from_ Haughton’s ‘Manual of Geology’ 391 Sphenopteris affinis ” ” 391 Lepidodendron elegans ” ” 392 Asterophyllites comosa ” ” 392 Sigillaria oculata ” ” 392 Calamites nodosus ” ” 393 Coalbeds rendered available by _from_ ‘Our Coal and Our Coal Pits’ elevation, 397 Section of Coal-field south of { _from_ Ure’s ‘Dictionary of } Malmesbury Arts, Manufactures, and Mines’ 398 Coal-basin of Clackmannanshire ” ” 403 Dudley Coal-field _from_ Howitt’s ‘Visits to Remarkable Places’ 407 Shipping Coal ” ” 412 Coal Hewers at Work _engraved by_ G. Pearson 415 Pitch Lake of Trinidad _engraved by_ G. Pearson, _to face page_ 429 Insects and Vegetable _engraved by_ G. Pearson Substances inclosed in Amber, 452 Penrhyn Slate Quarry, North _engraved by_ G. Pearson, _to face Wales page_ 469 The following is a list of the full-page illustrations, included in the foregoing list, all of which, except No. 2, are engraved by G. Pearson:— 1. Carboniferous Forest _to face title_ 2. Middle and Valley Lake Craters, Mount Gambier, South Australia _to face page_ 53 3. Eruption of Vesuvius, Bay of Naples ” 81 4. Great Earthquake at Lisbon ” 114 5. Stalactital Cavern at Aggtelek; the Cave of Borodla ” 133 6. Indian Rock-cut Temple: Porch of the Chaitya Cave Temple, Ajunta ” 178 7. Pitch Lake of Trinidad ” 429 8. Penrhyn Slate Quarry, North Wales ” 469 CHAPTER I. GEOLOGICAL REVOLUTIONS. The Eternal Strife between Water and Fire—Strata of Aqueous Origin— Tabular View of their Chronological Succession—Enormous Time required for their Formation—Igneous Action—Metamorphic Rocks—Upheaval and Depression—Fossils—Uninterrupted Succession of Organic Life.