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conclusions appear to me so practically identical with what I 

 have been, broadly speaking, teaching my students for years at 

 any rate as regards causes ; the modus operandi I have never 

 seen so clearly suggested as in your paper. That the earth-skin 

 or super-crust crushed up in mountain ranges is comparatively 

 thin, has always seemed to be demonstrated by the facts of 

 geology, and that the explosions and volcanic actions must be 

 due to the downward passage (or lateral) of surface (or sea) 

 waters almost equally clear. I am, sincerely yours, 



CHARLES LAP WORTH. 



Although Sir Henry Acland had limited dining out 

 to twice a week, the fatigue of Oxford society, which 

 Prestwich so dearly enjoyed, became more than he felt 

 able for. There were besides so many other social 

 functions breakfasts sometimes began the day, and 

 there seemed to be always luncheon engagements. 

 There were the pleasant parties at Balliol (and what 

 Oxford parties were not pleasant ?), when Jowett made 

 the most delightful of hosts. Two little notes in his 

 clear microscopic writing are before us, each giving an 

 invitation for either of two evenings one to meet Mr 

 and Mrs William Spottiswoode, the other to meet 

 Browning, &c. Alas ! host and guests have all passed 

 away. 



It is notable that Prestwich, who was so quiet in 

 general society, should have exercised to such a degree 

 the magnetic power of attraction. Was it the instinct 

 of brotherliness which was so strong within him that 

 made itself felt, or was it the charm of his simple and 

 sincere manner acting as a loadstone ? If not a talker, 

 he was always an interested and intent listener, and 

 the flash of merriment that lit up his features when a 

 good story was told testified to his thorough apprecia- 

 tion of it. It seemed to one who knew him intimately 



