180 Reports & Proceedings — Geological Society of London. 



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I. — Geological Societz of London. 

 Annual General Meeting. 



1. February 19, 1915.— Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., President, 



in the Chair. 



The Reports of the Council and of the Library Committee were read. 



The Awards of the various Medals and Proceeds of Donation 

 Funds in the gift of the Council were enumerated. 



The Reports having been received, the President handed the 

 Prestwich Medal, awarded to Dr. Emile Cartailhac, to Baron Prosper 

 de Barante, Secretary of the French Embassy, for transmission to the 

 recipient, addressing him as follows : — 



Baron de Barante, — The Council of the Geological Society has awarded 

 the Prestwich Medal to Dr. Emile Cartailhac, the Nestor of French 

 archaeologists and the acknowledged leader of that brilliant band of French 

 investigators who have shed so much unexpected light on the life of man in the 

 Pleistocene Epoch. 



Dr. Cartailhac's long-continued labours, extending over half a century, have 

 been crowned by the two noble volumes which adorn the series published by 

 the munificence of the Prince of Monaco. The treatise on the Archaeology of 

 the Grottes de Grimaldi is a most valuable contribution to our knowledge of 

 Aurignacian culture, and shows in the clearest manner the cult of the dead 

 which prevailed among the later Palaeolithic peoples. The great work on the 

 Spanish Cave of Altamira is a masterpiece of scientific investigation, to which 

 all must turn who would appreciate those remarkable achievements in art that 

 are the glory of the later Palaeolithic age. 



To his scientific powers and attainments, originality and lucidity, 

 Dr. Cartailhac adds a greatness of mind ready to suffer all things in the cause 

 of truth, and a personal sympathy with his younger colleagues which is the 

 offspring of a natural kindness of heart. The Geological Society has long 

 admired both the man and his work, and will be glad if you will transmit this 

 medal to him as a small mark of its esteem. 



Baron de Barante replied in the following words : — 



Mr. President, — M. Cambon would have had great pleasure in acknowledging 

 personally the honour bestowed by the Geological Society on Dr. Cartailhac. 

 He has asked me to tell you how sorry he is to have been unable to be amongst 

 you on the present occasion. 



The Prestwich Medal is a token of esteem which I am glad to accept on 

 behalf of Dr. Cartailhac, who will value very highly, not only your gift, but 

 also the kind way in which the Geological Society appreciates his labours. 



May I add that your words have for us another and a wider meaning? 

 They show once more how tight have grown the bonds between our two 

 nations through the long-standing brotherhood of England and France in the 

 field of scientific knowledge. We have fought side by side for years in 

 the cause of truth and enlightenment, just as we are now together on the 

 battlefield up in arms for the rights of nations, for justice and for liberty. 



The President then handed the Wollaston Medal, awarded to 

 Professor T. W. Edgeworth David, C.M.G., to the Right Hon. 

 Sir George H. Reid, P.C., G.C.M.G., High Commissioner for the 

 Commonwealth of Australia, for transmission to the recipient, and 

 addressed him as follows : — 



Sir George Eeid, — The Council of the Geological Society has this year 

 awarded the Wollaston Medal, its highest distinction, to Professor Edgeworth 



