THE 



GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 



VOLUME LVII. 



No. IV.— APRIL, 1920. 

 EDITORIAL NOTES. 



"IT7E regret to announce the death of Professor Charles Lap worth, in 

 ' ' his 78th year. Few geologists have exerted a more profound 

 influence upon the progress of our science. His labours among the 

 older rocks are a witness to his genius. He founded a Geological School 

 of the first rank in the University of Birmingham, but the influence 

 of his teaching was by no means confined to the students of that 

 University. Many prominent geologists at home and abroad must 

 be proud to regard themselves as his pupils. By his application of 

 geology to various matters of economic importance he made it 

 abundantly clear to men of business that this science was of great 

 practical utility. His books are marked by high originality as 

 regards both treatment and subject-matter. He was a man of 

 singular charm, and greatly loved by all who knew him. A life of 

 Professor Lap worth appeared in this Magazine in 1901 as one of our 

 ■" Eminent Living Geologists ". We hope shortly to give an apprecia- 

 tion of his life and work. 



***** 



QrjR readers will doubtless notice the disappearance from this number 

 of a familiar feature, namely the abstracts of papers read to the 

 Geological Society of London. For the last few months, owing to 

 a large influx of original papers, reviews, and correspondence, it 

 has been difficult to afford the requisite space, and publication 

 has often been considerably delayed. It may be taken for granted 

 that the great majority of our readers receive these abstracts together 

 with the discussions, which we do not reproduce, direct from the 

 Society in due course. The abstracts have to be entirely reset in 

 type, and it is considered that the cost of this would be better 

 bestowed on original articles and on reviews. It is intended, however, 

 to continue the publication of abstracts of papers read at the meetings 

 of other societies of smaller membership, and even to enlarge this 

 featiire by the inclusion of brief summaries of papers of geological 

 interest read to societies which are not purely geological in their 

 scope, such as, for example, the Institution of Mining and 

 Metallurgy. The Editors will be very glad to receive from Secretaries 

 of local societies or from authors short abstracts of papers considered 

 suitable for this section of the Geological Magazine. 



VOL. LVII. — NO. IV. 10 



