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ABSTRACT THIS work, though left incomplete by the early death of its author, will be found of great service by all who are interested in meteoric studies. The first 144 pages were printed

off twelve years ago, and were thus safely beyond revision. The rest of the work has been revised, and the whole has been prepared for press, by editors who, perhaps wisely, have chosen to

be anonymous: their part of the task we may dismiss with the remark that it appears to have been executed with at least ordinary care. The task of the author has been to give a brief summary

of the memoirs which have been published relative to meteorites since the year 1868, and thus to furnish an appendix to the work of Buchner. To collectors of meteorites such a convenient

summary of memoirs, themselves scattered over a wide range of periodicals, chiefly foreign, is invaluable. There are seven plates and six woodcuts: the frontispiece is an excellent engraving

of Chladni, who did so much to compel men of science to recognize the reality of meteoric falls. There is also a hand-painted picture of the wonderful meteorite of Busti, in which two

minerals new to terrestrial mineralogy were discovered by Maskelyne. In an introduction there is a short sketch of the life and work of the author. Only 240 copies have been printed; the

proceeds of their sale are to be added to the Flight Memorial Fund, which at present amounts to £317. A Chapter in the History of Meteorites. By the late Walter Flight (London: Dulau and

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