Dunbar, C. O. (1959) Historical geology, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
College-level text, well written and well illustrated.
Moore, R. C. (1958) Introduction to historical geology, McGraw-Hill Book
Co., New York.
College-level presentation of earth history. Many illustrations of
fossils.
Moore, Ruth (1953) Man, time, and fossils, Alfred Knopf, New York.
A readable account of fossils and their development throughout
geologic time.
Panghorn, M. W., Jr. (1957) Earth for the layman, American Geological
Institute, Washington, D. C.
Contains many valuable references.
Raymond, P. E. (1950) Prehistoric life, Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, Mass.
College-level text.
Richards, H. G. (1953) Record of the rocks, Ronald Press, New York.
College-level earth history text.
Simpson, G. G. (1953) Life of the past, Yale University Press, New
Haven, Conn.
Thorough, yet readable, introduction to paleontology.
Stirton, R. A. (1959) Time, life, and man: the fossil record, John Wiley
and Sons, New York.
An introductory college text, most of which is of interest to adult
level general readers.
Note: _See also_ sections on Paleontology and Fossils _in_ Encyclopedia
Americana, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and others.