528 Miscellaneous. 



need not suppose this was the only anticline. On the principle of 

 " successive movements along the same line of weakness," there 

 were probably several successive upheavals along the line of the 

 Moreton Valley. One such upheaval may have been post-Cretaceous, 

 only the axis of such anticlines runs north and south, 



S. S. Btjckman. 



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Eetirement of Mr. Frederick Williabi Eddler, F.G.S. 



To those at all well acquainted with the geological, mineralogical, 

 and mining worlds of London, no name or presence is more familiar 

 at meetings of scientific men, or as a lecturer and speaker, than that 

 of Mr. F. W. Eudler, the eminent Curator of the Museum of Practical 

 Geology at the Geological Survey in Jermyn Street, S.W. 



Mr. F. W. Eudler (who retired September 30th) has filled the post 

 of Curator and Librarian to the Museum of Practical Geology since 

 the death of Mr. Trenham Eeeks in 1879. Prior to this Mr. Eudler 

 was for three years Professor of Natural Science in the newly-formed 

 University College at Aberystwith, a post which he relinquished at 

 the urgent request of the late Sir A. C Eamsay, in order to take 

 up the Curatorship of the Jermyn Street Museum. In earlier years, 

 from 1860 to 1876, Mr. Eudler was Assistant Curator, and during 

 this period he prepared new editions of the Descriptive Guide to 

 the Museum, and also of the Catalogue of Pottery and Porcelain, 

 works which are full of expert knowledge. 



As a lecturer and public speaker Mr. Eudler is widely appreciated 

 on account of his clear and admirable exposition of whatever scientific 

 subject he undertakes to discourse upon, and we trust that in this 

 respect his career may long continue. As a referee on all matters 

 within his wide domain, he has been unequalled. Like Monsieur 

 Houdin's wonderful bottle, no matter upon what particular subject 

 one may require his assistance, his sources of knowledge have 

 proved both varied and unfailing and have only been equalled by 

 the readiness, the excessive kindness and amiability with which 

 he at once has imparted his knowledge to all. As Treasurer 

 of the International Geological Congress (London) in 1888, his 

 energy, ability, and tact contributed largely to render that meeting 

 memorable. Mr. Eudler has been for long a writer for the Athencsum 

 and other journals, and is one of the best - informed men on all 

 branches of scientific literature, while having a special knowledge of 

 mineralogy, anthropology, and ceramic art. His absence from his 

 accustomed study in the Museum at Jermyn Street will long be 

 keenly felt by those who have been privileged to know and consult 

 him. He will be succeeded by Mr. J. Allen Howe, B.Sc, whose 

 training at the Eoyal College of Science and subsequent work on 

 the Geological Survey well qualify him for the arduous post to 

 which he has been appointed. 



