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United Kingdom. J.It. Statistical S. 61 (\898): 49-82. Cannan.
Demographic Statistics of the United Kingdom: their want of Correlation and
other Defects. By Edward Cannan, m.a.
This paper deals critically with the movement of populations as expressed in the
Registrar-General’s returns, the composition of the population by nationality as dealt
with in the immigration and emigration returns, and internal migration as dealt with
in the census reports.
United Kingdom—England. Phillimore and Whitear.
Historical Collections relating to Chiswick. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and
W. H. Whitear. London: Pnillimore & Co., 1897. Size 8£ X 6, pp. 806. Illus
trations and Map.
This book touches upon the meaning and origin of the place-names in the
neighbourhood of Chiswick.
United Kingdom—England. Reed.
A Handbook to the Geology of Cambridgeshire, for the use of Students. By F. R.
Cowper Reed, m.a. Cambridge: The University Press, 1897. Size 7J x 5£,
pp. xii. and 276. Sections. Price Is. 6d. Presented by the Publishers.
This is an admirable exposition of the geology of the country around Cambridge,
prefaced by a short account of the physical geography of the locality, which will be
referred to in the Monthly Record.
United Kingdom—England. Williams, Eliot, Meade-King.
P.T. Civil Engineers 131 (1898): 14-99.
The Manchester Ship-Canal. By Sir E. L. Williams. Five Plates. Ditto: Mersey
Estuary Embankments.—Eastham Division. By W. Eliot. Ditto: Mersey Estuary
Embankments and other Works.—Runcorn Division. By Sir E. L. Williams.
Ditto : Irlam Division. By W. O. E. Meade-King. Discussion and Correspondence
on ditto. Three Cuts.
United Kingdom—England. Hay and Fitzmaurioe.
P.I. Civil Engineers 130 (1897) : 50-98.
The Blackwall Tunnel. By David Hay and Maurice Fitzmaurice. With Plans.
A tunnel to connect Tilbury with Gravesend was commenced in 1798, and one
between Limehouse and Rotherhithe in 1805, but both were abandoned. Brunei’s
brick tunnel under the Thames between Wapping and Rotherhithe was commenced
in 1825 and finished in 1842. The only other tunnel beneath the Thames below London
Bridge was the Tower sub-way, opened in 1869. The Blackwall tunnel Act was ob
tained in 1887, work was commenced in 1891, and the tunnel from Blackwall to Green
wich, of a total length of 6200 feet (1200 feet of which are under the river), was opened
for foot passengers and vehicles in 1897. The tunnel in one place is only 5 feet below
the bed of the river. It is lined throughout with white glazed bricks, and lighted by
electricity.
United Kingdom—England. Inglis.
The “Contour” Road Book of England (Northern Division). A Series of Eleva
tion Plans of the Roads, with Measurements and Descriptive Letterpress. By
Harry R. G. Inglis. London: Gall & Inglis, 1897. Size 6£ x 4, pp. xxx. and
240. Maps and Diagrams. Price 3s. 6d. Presented by the Publishers.
A clear and serviceable guide to cyclists, showing the “ ups and downs ” of the
principal roads in the north of England. The book is very compact and light, so as to
be easily carried in the pocket.
United Kingdom—England. Graham.
The English Township. By T. H. B. Graham. From the Gentleman's Magazine,
March, 1898, pp. 252-268. London : Chatto & Windus. Size 9x6.
A note on the district of Ditmarsh, between the Elbe and Eider, followed by a
history of the origin of the English townships from the early Teutonic village lands.
United Kingdom—England. Nineteenth Century 43 (1888): 431-447. Jessopp.
Parish Life in England before the Great Pillage. By the Rev. Dr. A. Jessopp.
United Kingdom — England. Quarterly J.R. Meteorolog. S. 24 (1898): 42-50. Marriott.
The Rainfall of Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Cumberland. By William Marriott.
With Map and Illustrations.
A note on this paper was given in the Monthly Record for June, vol. xi. p. 663.