Books by A. C. Seward

Part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, A. C. Seward's Links with the Past in the Plant World was first published in 1911 and reprinted in 1921. The book enquires into the relative antiquity of existing plants and illuminates evidence of plant life taken from the fossil record.

First published in 1932, this small volume by A. C. Seward was intended to present an overview of plant-life in a way which could be understood by readers with little or no knowledge of botany or other branches of natural science.

A. C. Seward (1863-1941) was an eminent English botanist and geologist. In these volumes, published between 1898 and 1919, Seward synthesised and revised the existing research on palaeobotany and included new material. Volume 1 contains an overview of palaeobotany with systematic descriptions of fossil plants.

Written in an engaging conversational tone, this account conveys Seward's enthusiasm for Greenland. It includes an explanation for non-specialists of some fossil plants found there, which provide evidence that the country had a much milder climate in previous geological periods. It also contains Seward's photographs of Inuit traditional life.