This book was published after James Reynold’s famous Reynolds Geological Atlas which was first issued in 1860 and prepared with the assistance of Prof John Morris. The Second Edition was published in 1889 and revised by Mr Robert Etheridge. In this volume, the general plan of the older work has been followed but the text was entirely re-written.
The maps in the original atlas were based to a large extent on those of the Geological Survey, and the maps in this edition have been revised, as far as scale has permitted, from the latest Geological Survey maps of the time.
Edward Stanford (1827-1904) was founder of one of the most prominent geographical publishing house in the 19th Century and took over the stock of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, revising their maps in succeeding editions. His son, also Edward (1856-1917) continued the business
