Ohituary^The Rev. Norman Glass. 287 



In addition to his numerous papers on palaeohotany, Saporta has 

 left such works as " Le monde des plantes avantl apparition de 

 rhorame,"^ " Origine paleontologiqne des arbres cultives ou utilises 

 mr rhomme,"^ and, in collaboration with Professor Marion 

 "devolution du r^gne veg6tal " « : these form fitting memorials of 

 his wide knowledge as a paleeobotanist, and ot his zealous advocacy 

 of the importance of fossil forms to the student of plant evolution. 

 By some readers Saporta is perhaps best known as the too eager 

 upholder of the claims of certain structureless casts and impressions 

 to be included among fossil algae. The valuable contributions to 

 this subject by Nathorst have clearly shown how little weight mus 

 be attached to any speculations as to the development of plant 

 life based on Saporta's "Algues fossiles " ^ or his "Organismes 



probleiuatiques."* . -r. , o i. ' 



As a contributor to Tertiary and Mesozoic Botany, Saporta s name 

 will always be associated with that of Heer and Ettingshausen; and 

 the younger generation of workers in this branch of palgeontology 

 may well look upon him as a worthy pupil of Adolphe Brongniart 

 whose philosophic spirit and scientific handling of facts are reflected 

 in the writings of his younger countryman. The writer of a recent 

 obituary notice in a French scientific journal has thus happily 

 expressed Saporta's unfailing industry: "^A cles travaux con- 

 siderables succedaient des entreprises plus considerables encore, et 

 Ton oubliait I'age en voyant I'oeuvre s'augmenter et les horizons 

 s'etendre toujours." ^- ^" 



THE REV. NORMAN GLASS. 



BouN December 4th, 1832. Died December 2nd, 1893. 



The death of the Rev. Norman Glass on the 2nd December, 1893, 



at his residence, 26, Lower King Street, Blackpool, has we regret 



to sav, hitherto escaped the attention of geologists. Irom local 



sources we learn that Mr. Glass was educated at the Western 



Congregational College, Plymouth, where, after _ distinguishing 



himfelt^in logic and rhetoric, he entered upon a ministerial career, 



holdino-, in rotation, pastorates at Cardiff, London, Basingstoke, 



Eothwell, Wolverhampton, and Bilston. Soon after obtaining his 



last appointment he was obliged to retire from the ministry on 



account of failing health. He then removed to Manches ei% and for 



a time occupied the post of Curater at the Queen's Park Museum. 



From an early period Mr. Glass was keenly devoted to geology, 



and appears to have been on friendly terms with both Murchison 



and Owen, the former recognizing him as the discoverer ot a 



patch of Silurian rocks (Wenlock Limestone) rismg up through 



the Old Red Sandstone at Pen-y-lan, near Cardiff. He was also 



fortunate in finding in the Upper Chalk of Charlton, Kent, a new 



1 Paris, 1879. 



2 Paris, 1888. 



3 Paris, 1881-1885 (3 vols.) 



* !A propos des algues fossiles, 1882. 



6 Les organismes problematiques des anciennes mers, 1884. . 



