Before closing our’ few desultory remarks on
this, in some respects, ill-tempered review, it is but
justice to the reviewer to say,. that the strictly
geological portion of it, is full of valuable infor-
mation, as to the present state, prospects, and
opinions of the most laborious cultivators of that
important science. Nor was less tu be expected from
the well-known talent andacknowledged ability of Pro-
fessor Sedgwick, and as we have already said, our only
regret is, that the speculative opinions hazarded by
the author of the volume under notice, should have
been met, in such an intolerant spirit. But as we
have already hinted, Protessor Sedgwick is not alone
in his hostility to the volume, most other geologi-ts
havingdeclared open waragainst it. Wehavegathered
this fact from a proceeding taken by our diligent and
enterprising friend Dr. Hume, who, ina fit of very
commendable zeal, coupled with no triflinghumility,
wrote to all of them, of anv note, to get their opt-
nions of the book, before he ventured to print his
own, From this. correspondence, which he has
tacked, by way of life buoy, to his very ingenious
little paper on the subject, we have gathered,
that, to a man—or rather, to a philosopher, in-
cluding the respected Dr. himself—they all join in
tearing our author to tatters. With respect to