SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, F.R.S.
Reading edition
D.C.L. Oxf., D. Sc. Camb., Dubl.; LL.D. St. And., Edinb. DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE; OF THE ACADEMIES OF BERLIN, VIENNA, MUNICH, TURIN, BELGIUM, STOCKHOLM, GÖTTINGEN, NEW YORK; OF THE IMPERIAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS, ST. PETERSBURG; NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, MOSCOW; SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, CHRISTIANIA; AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, FRANCE, BELGIUM, STOCKHOLM, ETC. WITH SEVEN MAPS AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. 1897 All rights reserved
TO
M. Ferdinand Fouqué
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE
PROFESSOR OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INORGANIC BODIES IN THE COLLÈGE DE FRANCE
AND
M. Auguste Michel-Lévy
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE
DIRECTOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FRANCE
DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVES OF THAT FRENCH SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY WHICH BY THE HANDS OF DESMAREST FOUNDED THE STUDY OF ANCIENT VOLCANOES AND HAS SINCE DONE SO MUCH TO PROMOTE ITS PROGRESS THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED WITH THE HIGHEST ADMIRATION AND ESTEEM