Transcriber’s Note Variant spelling is retained. Footnotes have been moved to the end of the paragraph to which they relate. In this text version of “James Geikie” italic typeface is represented by _underscores_ and small caps typeface by UPPER CASE. Changes that have been made are listed at the end of the book. JAMES GEIKIE THE MAN AND THE GEOLOGIST [Illustration: [_Photo by John Horsburgh._ PROF. JAMES GEIKIE, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.] JAMES GEIKIE THE MAN AND THE GEOLOGIST BY MARION I. NEWBIGIN, D.Sc. (LOND.) _Editor of the Scottish Geographical Magazine_ AND J. S. FLETT, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. _Of the Geological Survey of Scotland_ EDINBURGH OLIVER AND BOYD LONDON: GURNEY & JACKSON, 33 PATERNOSTER ROW 1917 PREFACE This biography of Prof. James Geikie is based upon his own letters, papers, and diaries, and upon information supplied by many of those who were closely associated with him, both during his earlier days on the Geological Survey and the later in Edinburgh. Much of the material was sorted and arranged by Mrs Geikie before it was placed in my hands, and to her I am indebted for many notes, memoranda, and verbal statements which supplemented the documents supplied. Mrs Geikie had herself composed, for the use of the family, a brief account of her husband’s early days, and on this manuscript the first chapter is largely based; without its aid the composition of that chapter would have been very difficult. For later years I am under great obligations to Prof. Geikie’s many friends and correspondents, at home and abroad. Correspondents across the seas, especially, deserve warm thanks for their willingness to trust valuable original documents to the post, at a time when the phrase “perils of the sea” had taken on a new meaning. It is satisfactory to be able to state that in no case was such material lost as a result of hostile action. Prof. Stevenson of New York and Prof. Chamberlin of Chicago must be specially mentioned as having supplied much material. It should perhaps be added that the circumstances under which the book was written made it impossible to obtain letters or information from many continental geologists, who, in happier times, would doubtless have been glad to render assistance.