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Marion I. Newbigin. James Geikie, the Man and the Geologist
James Geikie, the Man and the Geologist
Table of Contents
Part I.—LIFE AND LETTERS. By MARION I. NEWBIGIN
Part II.—GEOLOGICAL WORK. By J. S. FLETT
PART I. LIFE AND LETTERS. CHAPTER I. Boyhood and Youth. 1839–1861
CHAPTER II. First Years on the Geological Survey. 1862–1864
CHAPTER III “The Great Ice Age”: (1) Years of Preparation. 1865–1871
CHAPTER IV “The Great Ice Age”: (2) Publication. 1872–1874
CHAPTER V. Marriage and Life at Perth. 1875–1877
CHAPTER VI. Last Years on the Survey. 1878–1882
CHAPTER VII. Edinburgh and the Professorship. 1882–1888
CHAPTER VIII. Final Edition of “The Great Ice Age” 1889–1903
CHAPTER IX. Retirement from the Professorship and Last Days. 1904–1915
PART II. GEOLOGICAL WORK. CHAPTER X. The Glacial Problem before James Geikie
CHAPTER XI “The Great Ice Age” and “Prehistoric Europe”
CHAPTER XII. Educational and Administrative Work
CHAPTER XIII. Interglacial Controversies
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
INDEX
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Marion I. Newbigin, Sir J. S. Flett
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Of more importance for his future career were the long excursions by which the boys as they grew satisfied their Wanderlust. Edinburgh is, of course, even to-day singularly favoured by Nature in the number and variety of the possible excursions within easy reach of the town, and in those days conditions were still better. In later years, when he took his geological students over Arthur’s Seat, James Geikie used often to lament what he regarded as the spoiling of that park by the construction of roads, which for him took away the feeling of wildness, and part of the impressiveness of the wonderful volcanic scenery. He did not live to see a further stage in which the citizens were shut off by the exigencies of war from the enjoyment of the most attractive part of the park.
A little anecdote that he often also told on his excursions is not without interest. As a boy he was lying on the hill one day reading a book when he was accosted by a party consisting of a tall gentleman, a little lady, and a group of children. The gentleman asked the way to the top of the hill, and James not only volunteered to guide them, but ultimately carried the smallest girl pickaback up part of the climb. The party had a pleasant stroll, and parted the best of friends. As the boy came down the slopes towards Holyrood, however, he found a considerable crowd waiting, and learnt that his help had been asked by the Prince Consort, that the lady was Queen Victoria, and the little girl he had carried the Princess Alice.
