1898] Obituary. 115 



a reputation of world-wide fame. The learned societies of 

 Europe and America have showered upon him all the honours 

 possible, by electing him an honorary or corresponding fellow, 

 and by granting him awards of merit and medals of honour, 

 such as few distinguished men ever have shared. 



In Canada, the name of Hall is a household name among 

 geologists and students of science. His works are classic. They 

 bear the impress of a master-mind. It is easy to read in them 

 the progress of scientific thought and trend of discoveries in the 

 broad field of palfeontological enquiries the world over, from the 

 thirties to these the closing years of this century. So great an 

 impress did the New York State Survey produce on the geology 

 of America that its nomenclature has been practically adopted 

 as a standard for over fifty years. 



The magnificent State Museum at Albany, the library of 

 royal quarto volumes on the Geology and Palaeontology of New 

 York State, together with a vast amount of preliminary and 

 final reports in Reports of the Regents of the University of New 

 York — besides the nucleus of the fine typical collection of fossil 

 remains in the American Museum of Natural Histor)', Central 

 Park, New York City, are standing monuments of the labour, 

 pen and mind of James Hall, whom the world of geological 

 science now mourns, not as one who died prematurely — but as 

 one who passed away to his rest, having accomplished much, 

 encouraged many and won for himself laurels that fade not 

 easily — and glory in the annals of American geological history. 



In a future number we hope to give a more comprehensive 

 and detailed account of Prof Hall's writing, especially with re- 

 ference to their bearing upon Canadian Geology. — The Editor, 



