ROBERT DICK 



BAKER, OF THURSO 



GEOLOGIST AND BOTANIST 



BY SAMUEL SMILES, LL.D. 



AUTHOR OF "LIFE OF A SCOTCH NATURALIST" ' SELF-HELP " "THRIFT" 

 ' ' CHARACTER ' ' ETC. 



WITH A PORTRAIT AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS 



'In Nature's infinite book of secrecy 

 A little I can read." 



SlIAKESPEARE. 



'The heights by great men reached and kept 

 Were not attained by sudden flight; 



But they, wh le their companions slept, 

 Were toiling upwards in the night." 



LONGFELLOW. 



NEW YORK 

 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS 



FRANKLIN SQUARE 



