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that there was "an appropriateness in the award ... to one 

 who has done such excellent work among Silurian rocks in three 

 regions of the world." He also received the Clarke Gold Medal from 

 the Eoyal Society of New South Wales in 1884. In 1886 he was 

 made C.M.G. 



In addition to these honours, his name is perpetuated in Canada 

 topographically, in connection with River, Lake, and Inlet. 



There are many references to Selwyn in the " Letters . . of J. Beete 

 Jukes," by his sister (Mrs. Browne), published in 1871, and in the 

 " Memoir of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay," by Sir A. Geikie, published 

 in 1895. These two works indeed give a history of the early days of 

 the Geological Survey. 



For details of Selwyn's work, the reader is also referred to the 

 following papers, the first of which was published during his life : 



1899. Eminent Living Geologists : Alfred Eichard Cecil Selwyn. 

 By Dr. H. Woodward. Geol. Mag., dec. iv, vol. vi, pp. 49-55. 



1903. Alfred Charles Selwyn. By H. M. Ami and Dr. H. 

 Woodward, in the Anniversary Address of the President. Quart. Journ. 

 Geol. Soc., vol. lix, pp. Ixi-lxiii. Practically included in the fuller notice 

 by M. Ami. 



1903. Sketch of the Life arid Work of the late Dr. A. R. C. Selwyn. 

 By H. M. Ami. American Geologist, vol. xxxi, pp. 1-21. With a 

 Bibliography (not perfect). 



W. W. 



ABRAHAM FOLLETT OSLER. 18081903. 



ABRAHAM FOLLETT OSLER was born in the neighbourhood of 

 Birmingham on March the 22nd, 1808. He was educated at Hazel- 

 wood School, Birmingham, which was founded by Thomas Wright 

 Hill, and carried on by him with the aid of his five sons, all of whom 

 afterwards became men of considerable note. The school was con- 

 ducted on principles that were novel, and which caused it to attain 

 some celebrity in its day. The initiation of these principles was chiefly 

 due to Sir Rowland Hill, whose name became so well known in con- 

 nection with the establishment of penny postage. 



The principles were briefly these : Self-government and mutual 

 responsibility, making the school, in fact, an enlightened republic ; and 

 fixed standards of merit, instead of competition, as a test of success. 



