Part 2 — INDEX

Aalesund, 35

Aberdeenshire, drifts of, 160

Agassiz, Louis, 158, 160

Airdrie, 52

Allman, Prof., 18

Alpine Lands, 122

Alpine valleys, 200

Alps, the, 56, 57, 123, 175, 198, 201, 206, 207

Alps, Piedmontese, 56

America, 117, 128, 182, 198, 200

America, North, 165, 184, 198, 200, 201, 203. See also Canada and United States

“Ancient Manuscript, Fragment of,” 64, 65, 66

“Antiquity of Man in Britain,” lecture, 55

Antiquity of Man in Europe, book, 140, 203. See also Palæolithic man

Appin, 143, 144

Argelès, 127

Ashburton, Louisa, Lady, 112

Askernish, 79

Australia, glaciation of, 120

Ayr, 130, 132

Ayrshire, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 152, 154, 155, 156, 174, 181

Ball, Sir Robert, 168

Baltic coast lands, 120

Baltic glacier, 120

Bäregg hut, 42

Barra, 76

Bartholomew, Dr J. G., 191, 192

Barvas, 49

Bathgate, 50, 53

Belgium, palæolithic deposits of, 201

Benbecula, 76, 78, 79

Ben More, South Uist, 79, 80, 81

Berendt, Dr G., of Berlin, 86

Bergen, 36

Berg-fjord, 36

Bertrich, 43

Birnam, 95, 116, 117

Blytt, Prof. Axel, of Norway, 118, 198

Boisdale, Loch, 78, 79, 91

Boston, 109, 110, 117, 136

Boulder-clay, 23, 24, 27, 28, 39, 108, 157, 158, 159, 160, 168, 169, 174, 175, 199

Boule, Prof. M., 202

Boyd, Dr, 12

Brandon, 175

Bristow, Mr H. W., 70

British Association, Australian meeting, 136; Edinburgh meeting, 118; Montreal meeting, 105, 108; Newcastle-on-Tyne meeting, 117; Swansea meeting, 87

Brora, 33

Bruce, Mr J. G., 125

Brückner, Prof. Eduard, 122, 123, 136, 197, 200, 201

Buchtrig, 65, 82, 104

Buckland, Dean, 158

Burdiehouse quarries, 14

Buried forests, 36, 171, 179

Cairnish, 77, 78

Caithness, boulder-clay of, 174

Canada, 104, 108, 109

Canary Islands, 113, 114

Carboniferous beds of Scotland, 154, 181; of U.S.A., 124

Carboniferous epoch, 59

Carboniferous fossils, 154

Carboniferous problems, 25. See also Coalfields, work on

Carluke, 46

Carmichael, Mr, 79, 80

Central Scotland, drifts of, 152

Cessford, 69

Ceuta, 73

Chamberlin, Prof., of Chicago, 119, 120, 121, 122, 198, 199

Chambers, Messrs, 190

Chambers, Robt., 160, 170

Chambers’s Encyclopædia, 189

Changes of climate in glacial times, 36, 50, 167, 168, 171, 174, 179, 197, 202, 205. See Interglacial periods

Chantre, M., 91

Cheviots, 56, 62, 63, 64, 66, 70, 71, 82, 192

Chicago, 107

Christiansund, 35, 36

Coalfields, work on, 24, 25, 46–50, 52, 155

Coatbridge, 52

Coats, Mr Andrew, 71

Coblentz, 44, 45, 46

Cochem, 43

Cologne, 41

Constable, Mr Thomas, 15, 16

Cornhill, 67, 68, 69

Crailing Hall, 63, 65, 66, 69, 87

Creagorry, 79

Croll, Dr James, 166, 167, 168, 174, 180, 195, 210

Croll’s theory of climatic change, 167, 168

Cumnock, 34

Dahll, Dr, 36

Dailly, 152

Darwin, Charles, 27, 73, 74, 91, 92, 183

Daun, 43

Denmark, 120

Devonian ground, 181

Diaries, 29, 30, 31, 32, 63

Diluvium, 85, 154, 158, 159. See Boulder-clay and drifts

Douglas, Sir George, 67, 83, 121

Drifts of Scotland, 20, 39, 49, 152, 157, 159, 160, 162, 164, 165

Duke of Argyll, 60

Dumbartonshire, boulder-clay of, 174

Duncan Street, house in, 47

Dunkeld, 156

Duns, 54, 55

Durham University, D.C.L. of, 116

Dürnten lignite, 175

Eaglesham, 39, 152

Earth Lore, Fragments of, 119, 191

Earth Sculpture, 124, 129

Edinburgh, 3, 4, 9, 13, 14, 71, 98, 99, 100, 101, 127, 128, 142, 144, 149, 150, 157, 160, 183, 187, 190

Edinburgh High School, 12, 30

Edinburgh Industrial Museum, 29

Edinburgh Royal Society Club, 117, 124

Edinburgh School Board, 47

Edinburgh University, 15, 18, 19, 92, 100, 101, 103, 119, 149, 151, 180, 182, 203, 208; Chair of Geology in, 20, 71, 96, 97, 98, 104, 144, 182, 184, 187, 188, 192, 207; Dean of the Faculty of Science in, 118, 119, 187; Geological Department of, 138; library of, 187, 194; Senate of, 100; Tercentenary celebrations, 104, 105

Eifel country, the, 42, 43

Elson, Mr Louis, of Boston, 125, 128

Engadine, the, 115

Erratics, 27, 108, 157, 159

Etheridge, Mr R., 70

Europe, 182, 184, 201; Central, 198; Eastern, 198; Northern, 171, 176, 177, 199, 200, 202

Evans, Mr J., 183

Eynort, Loch, 79, 80

Falsan, M. A., 91

Färoe Islands, 81, 86, 87, 88

Father, Prof. Geikie’s, 3, 4, 72, 104

Fife, 21, 150, 152, 154, 159

Fleming, Prof. John, 149

Fondalen ice-field, 35

Forbes, Prof. Edward, 149, 151

Foreign languages, Prof. Geikie’s knowledge of, 25, 39, 50, 81, 86, 88, 172, 182

Forfarshire, moraines of, 160

Fort William, 33

Fragments of Earth Lore, 119, 191

France, 127, 176, 198, 201, 202, 203

Galloway, Mr William, 49

Gandry, Prof., 97

Geikie, Sir Archibald, eldest brother, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 40, 138, 139, 140, 151, 155, 162, 180, 184

Geikie, Cunningham, cousin, 4

Geikie, James:— Chap. I.— Birth of, 3. Parentage, 3–9. Grandfather, 5, 6, 9. Childhood, 7–10. Illnesses, 10, 11. School life, 11, 12. Early excursions, 13, 14. Apprentice to Mr Thos. Constable, 15, 16, 17. University studies, 18 Chap. II.— Enters Geological Survey, 19. Assistant Geologist, 19. District Surveyor, 19, 20. Survey work in Fife and Lothians, 20, 21. In Lanarkshire coalfields, 25, 34, 46, 50. Winter work in Edinburgh and London, 29. Work in Ochils, 30. Study of German, 30, 31. Diaries, 31, 32, 33. Holidays in Scotland, 33 Chap. III.— Work in Ayrshire, 34, 36, 37, 39. Visit to Norway, 35, 36. First glacial paper, 36. Friendship with Dr John Horne, 38. Visit to Rhine and Switzerland, 39–45. Work on coalfields, 46–9. Beginning of The Great Ice Age, 54, 56. Translations from Heine, 30, 31, 34, 48, 59, 86, 112, 114, 132. Tour in Hebrides, 49, 50. Work in London, 51 Chap. IV.— Begins work in Border region, 52, 53. Holiday in Lewis, 54. Lectures at the Museum of Science and Art, 54, 55. Writing of The Great Ice Age, 54, 56; publication, 60; dedication to Ramsay, 60. Tour in Italy, 56, 57. Paper on glaciation of Hebrides, 59 Chap. V.— Engagement and marriage to Miss Mary Johnston, 63–6. Border experiences, 66–70. Elected Fellow of Royal Society, 70. Life in Perth, 71, 81. Visit to Norfolk and Suffolk, 71. Visit to Gibraltar, and investigation of water-supply there, 72–5, 82, 88. Receives LL.D. of St Andrews University, 74. Birth of eldest son, 75. Tour in Hebrides, 75–81. Chap. VI.— Visit to Switzerland and Italy, 83. Anxiety about future, 83. Prehistoric Europe, 83, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91. Visit to Färoe Islands, 86, 87. Holiday in South Wales and London, 91. Retirement from Geological Survey, 92–9. Appointed to Chair of Geology in Edinburgh University, 98. Lecture at Hull, 95. Trip to Iceland, 96 Chap. VII.— Inaugural address, 100. Settling in Edinburgh, 101. Summer class in geology, 104. Holiday at Largo, 104. Death of father, 104. Tercentenary celebrations at Edinburgh University, 104, 105. Visit to Canada and U.S.A., 104, 106–9. Hon. Fellowship of Geological Society of Stockholm, 106. Outlines of Geology, 110, 112; third edition, 124; fourth, 129. Foundation of Scottish Geographical Society, 111; Vice-president, President, and Hon. Editor, 111. Contributions to Scottish Geographical Magazine, 112, 206. Visit to Loch Luichart, 112. Visit to Canary Islands, 113, 114. Visit to Engadine and Italy, 115 Chap. VIII.— Awarded Murchison Medal of Geological Society of London, 116. Made D.C.L. of Durham University, 116. Course of lectures to women, 116. President of Geological Section of British Association at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 117. President of Geographical Section of British Association at Edinburgh, 118. Lectures at Lowell Institute in Boston, 117. Appointed Dean of Science Faculty in Edinburgh, 118, 119. Third Edition of The Great Ice Age, 119, 120, 121, 124. Visit to North Germany and Denmark, 120. Letter from Glacialists’ Excursion-party, 122, 123. Earth Sculpture, 124; new edition, 129. Tour in Pyrenees, 125–7. Love of children, 127. Hon. Member of New York Academy of Sciences, 128. Visit to Norway, 129 Chap. IX.— Structural and Field Geology, 130; translated into French, 133. Visit to Wildbad, 131. Birth of first grandchild, 133; second, 135. Visit to Portugal, 133. Publication of Mountains: their Origin, Growth, and Decay, 138. Presentation of portrait, 138. Holiday in Switzerland, 139. Centenary celebrations at St Andrews University, 139. Presentation of books to University Library, 139. President of Royal Society of Edinburgh, 140. Publication of The Antiquity of Man in Europe, 140. Summer in Skye, 140. Stay at Appin, 143, 144. Retirement from professorship, 144. Death, 144 Chap. X.— Early training, 151. First work on Survey, 152–5. Origin of interest in glacial geology, 157. Influence of Ramsay, 161. Other influences, 162, 163 Chap. XI.— Contents of The Great Ice Age, 164–6. Croll’s influence, 166–9. Interest in post-glacial geology, 169–72. Reception of The Great Ice Age, 172–4; second edition, 174, 175. Prehistoric Europe, 175–9 Chap. XII.— Value of work on Survey, 180–2. Work as professor, 184–6. Improved status of subject, 187. Text-books, 188–9. Work as geographer, 190–3 Chap. XIII.— Third edition of The Great Ice Age, 194, 195. Interglacial periods, 195–8. Reception of The Great Ice Age, 199. Interglacial controversies, 199–205. Mountains: their Origin, Growth, and Decay, 206, 207. Position as geologist, 208–10

Geikie, James Stewart, father, 3, 4, 72, 104

Geikie, Miss, daughter, 127, 128, 133, 139

Geikie, Mrs, 66, 68, 71–3, 75, 83, 114, 125–8, 131, 135, 137–9, 143, 144

Geikie, Walter, uncle, 4

Geikie, William, brother, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17

Geological Congress, International, 122, 129

Geological Magazine, 23, 54, 164, 171

Geological Society of Edinburgh, 149, 151

Geological Society of Edinburgh, Transactions of, 149, 151, 191

Geological Society of Glasgow, 162

Geological Society of London, 54, 84, 116; Centenary celebrations of, 133; Quarterly Journal of, 54, 75

Geological Society of Stockholm, 106

Geological Survey, 14, 15, 17–25, 28, 29, 31–4, 38, 40–2, 51, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74, 82, 83, 84, 88, 92, 94, 96, 98, 99, 101, 102, 139, 149, 152, 153, 154, 156, 160–4, 167, 171–3, 180, 183, 184, 189, 192, 197, 207

Geology, Journal of, 122

German songs, translations of, 30, 31, 34, 47, 48, 59, 60, 86, 112, 114

German table manners, 44, 132

Gibraltar, 72, 73, 74, 75, 82, 88

Gilmerton, quarries of, 14

Girvan, 33

Glacial deposits, 56, 162, 174. See also Boulder-clay, Erratics, Diluvium

Glacial epoch, 54, 58

Glacial geology, 26, 27, 29, 156, 157, 161, 163, 167, 182

Glacial geology, origin of James Geikie’s interest in, 23, 24, 156, 157

Glacial period, 28, 29, 134, 171, 178, 209

Glacialists’ Excursion-party, 122, 123

Glasgow, 157

Goarshausen, 45

Good Words, 191, 192

Great Ice Age, The, 27, 34, 39, 49, 52, 71, 74, 77, 89, 91, 103, 107, 116, 119, 120, 123, 124, 136, 137, 164–7, 169, 172, 175, 177, 178, 182, 191, 194, 195, 198, 201

Green, Prof. A. H., 94, 172

Greenland, 117

Grimsel Pass, 45

Grindelwald, 45

Grossart, Dr, 48, 52, 55, 56, 57, 59

Hammerfest, 36

Harris, 75, 76

Harris, Sound of, 76

Harris, South, 76

Harvard University, U.S.A., 136

Hebrides, 49, 59, 75, 81, 111, 174; land-ice of, 59, 75, 174

Heddle, Prof. Foster, 151

Heidelberg, 45

Heine, translations of songs and lyrics, 30, 31, 34, 48, 59, 86, 112, 114, 132

Helland, Dr Amund, of Norway, 81, 85, 86, 87, 96

Highlands, 29, 183, 184

Highlands, North-west, 207

Highlands, Southern, 157

Holland, 165

Holytown, 48, 52

Home Office, 98

Hooker, Sir J. D., 183

Horne, Dr John, 38, 39, 40, 45, 48, 49, 53, 56, 63, 71, 73, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 89, 94, 96, 97, 98, 101, 103, 110, 111, 112, 138, 139, 163, 167, 174, 180, 204

Howell, Mr H. H., 18

Hull, 95

Hunter, Dr, of Carluke, 151

Hutton, James, 149, 192

Huxley, Prof. T., 115

Ice Age, 24, 27, 46, 115, 167, 168, 169, 175, 199, 201, 209

Icebergs, floating, and drifts, 28, 159, 160, 164, 166

Iceland, 96

Interglacial controversies, 194

Interglacial deposits, 203

Interglacial periods, 27, 28, 122, 123, 165, 166, 168, 169, 171, 175, 176, 177, 195–202, 209

International Geological Congress, 122, 123, 129

Inverness, 112

Irvine, Mr Duncan, 180

Italian geologists, 25

Italy, 56, 83, 115, 176

Jack, Mr R. L., 180

James, Prof. William, 117

Jameson, Prof. Robert, of Edinburgh, 149

Jamieson, Dr T. F., of Ellon, 88, 160, 174

Jedburgh, 55–9, 62

Jehu, Prof. Thomas, 144

Johnston, Miss Mary (Mrs Geikie), 66

Johnston, Mr, 66

Johnston, Mrs, 65, 87

Jökul-fjeld, 35

Kalemouth, 68

Kelso, 52, 53, 56, 67, 156

Königswinter, 41, 42

Laach Abbey, 42; monks of, 42, 43

Laacher See, 42, 43

Lamplugh, Mr, 84

Lanarkshire, 25, 39, 47, 152

Land-ice hypothesis, 27, 28, 108, 159, 164, 165

Largs, 152

Late glacial changes, 205

Lehmann, Dr R., of Halle, 85

Letter from Glacialists’ Excursion-party, 122, 123

Lewis, Prof. Francis J., 204, 205

Lewis, Island of, 49, 54, 59, 65

Lochmaddy, 76, 78

London, 91, 133, 140, 161

Loppen, 36

Lothians, The, 21, 150, 152, 159

Lowell, Dr Abbott L., 136

Lowell Institute, Boston, 117, 136

Luchon, 126

Luichart, Loch, 112

Lyell, Sir Charles, 160, 167

M‘Alpine, Dr, 141, 142

Macintosh, Mr D., 170

Maclaren, Mr Charles, 150, 159

Maloja, 115

Maree, Loch, 76

Meadows, The, 6, 15

Mediterranean basin, 25, 26

Melövar, 35

Miller, Hugh, 150

Molde, 35

Moncrieffe, Sir Thomas, 71

Montreal, 109

Moray Firth, 33

Morebattle, 69, 70

Mount Geikie, 125

Mountains: their Origin, Growth, and Decay, 138, 140, 206, 207

Munro lectures, 140, 203, 205

Murchison, Sir Roderick, 41, 42

Murchison Chair of Geology, 180

Murchison endowment, 100

Murchison medal, 116

Museum of Science and Art, 54, 55

Nansen, Dr F., 117, 124

Naples, 9, 115

Nathorst, Prof., of Stockholm, 103

Nature, 172

New Cumnock, 152

New York, 106, 107, 109

New York Academy of Sciences, 128

Newcomb, Simon, 168

Niagara, 109

Niedermendig quarries, 42

Norfolk, 71, 81

Norham, 54

Norway, 35, 45, 129, 165, 198

Oban, 33

Obbe, 75, 76

Ochils, 30, 42

Öksfjord, 36

Orkney, 174

Orotava, 113

Outlines of Geology, 110, 112, 124, 129, 188

Owen Sound, 109

Page, Dr David, 151

Palæolithic man, 55, 140, 171, 198, 201, 202, 203

Partsch, Prof. J., 197

Pasquier, Dr Léon Du, 122, 123

Peach, Dr Benjamin N., 18, 20, 22, 30, 40, 41, 84, 152, 155, 167, 174, 180

Peat, 20, 36, 171, 179, 204, 205

Peeblesshire, 22, 154

Penck, Dr A., of Berlin, 85, 88, 97, 122, 123, 136, 137, 197, 200, 201, 202

Perth, 71, 72, 73, 81, 95, 156, 178

Perthshire Society of Natural Science, 71

Philadelphia, 109

Playfair, John, 136, 149, 190, 192, 210

Pleistocene geology, 156, 157

Pleistocene glaciation, 168. See also Ice Age

Pliocene beds of Lombardy, 175

Pontresina, 115

Port Arthur, 109

Portugal, tour in, 133

Post-glacial history, 179

Post-glacial submergence, 174

Prehistoric Europe, 35, 83, 85, 86, 89, 91, 94, 164, 175

“Prehistoric ware” in Hebrides, 49

Pyrenees, tour in, 125, 127

Radium in mineral waters, 131

Raised beaches, 169, 170, 171, 178

Ramsay, Sir Andrew, 47, 49, 55, 60, 61, 70–3, 82, 83, 87, 88, 91, 92, 98, 114, 160, 161, 162, 165, 173, 184, 195, 210

Ramsay, Lady, 49

Ramsay, Sir William, 108

Reed, Mr Clement, 197

Renfrewshire, 39

Rhine, River, 39, 41, 45, 83; tour on, 40–5

Rödö, 35

Roneval, Mount, 76

Rose, Mr Alexander, of Edinburgh, 151

Royal family, 13, 14

Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 151

Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 111, 112, 136, 138, 140, 188, 190

Royal Society of Edinburgh, 140, 188; Club, 117, 124; Transactions, 191, 204

Royal Society of London, 70, 140

St Andrews University, 74, 139; Centenary celebrations, 139

St Bertrand de Cominges, 126

St Paul, 107

Salsburgh, 48, 52

Scandinavia, 201

Schmidt, Dr, 202

Schmitz, Dr, 12, 30

Scotsman, 150

Scott, Lady John, 67

Scottish Geographical Magazine, 111, 112, 188

Shetland Islands, 84, 174

Silurian rocks, 154, 181

Simson, Mr, 64, 65

Skae, Mr H. N., 40, 45, 180

Skjervö, 35, 36

Skertchly, Mr S. B. J., 71, 73, 175

Skye, 65, 76, 140

Smith, James, of Jordanhill, 158, 170

South Wales, 91

Spartel, Cape, 73

Spitsbergen, 103

Stevenson, Prof., of New York, 88, 102, 118, 121, 124, 128, 132, 133, 139, 140

Stornoway, 49

Strahlegg, crossing of, 45

Structural and Field Geology, 130, 133, 189

Submergence in Europe, 159, 160, 170, 174, 195

Suess, Prof. E., of Vienna, 206, 207

Suffolk, 71, 81

Superior, Lake, 107

Sweden, 53, 165, 173, 198

Switzerland, 53, 83, 139, 158, 173, 176, 203, 207

Szabó, Prof., 53

Tangier, 73

Tarbert, 75

Tasmania, glaciation of, 120

Tay, estuary of, 156

Telfs in Tyrol, 129

Teneriffe, 113

Thom, Captain, 5, 6, 9, 10

Thom, Miss, 5

Tiddeman, Mr R. J., 172

Till. See Boulder-clay

Toronto, 108, 109

Torridon, Loch, 76

Traquair, 121

Tromsö, 35

Trondhjem, 35

Tyrol, 129

Uist, North, 76, 77, 78; South, 76, 78

United States of America, 16, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 117, 173; geological survey of, 125

Verse-making at school, 12

Verses, 37, 50, 105, 117, 131, 141, 143

Volcanic phenomena, Prof. Geikie’s interest in, 42, 181

Wardie, coprolitic shales of, 14

Warm interglacial periods, 28, 122, 123, 165, 166, 168, 169, 171, 175–7, 195–202, 209

Whitaker, Mr W., 116, 172

White, Dr Buchanan, 71, 178

Wildbad, 131

Wilson, Prof. George, 151

Winnipeg, 107, 108

Young, Prof. John, of Glasgow, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 30

Zirkel, Prof., of Bonn, 41, 42