CONTENTS 



PAGE 



LIST OF PORTRAITS . xi 



CHAPTER I 



PARENTAGE AND YOUTH . . , . . i 



CHAPTER II 

 THE ORDNANCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY . . . . 34 



CHAPTER III 

 THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNDER THE OFFICE OF WORKS . 65 



CHAPTER IV 



THE PROFESSORSHIP OF GEOLOGY AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, 



LONDON . . . . .98 



CHAPTER V 



THE SURVEY OF THE SNOWDON REGION . .' . 132 



CHAPTER VI 



THE SCHOOL OF MINES AND MUSEUM, JERMYN STREET . 182 



