96 Obituary — Ellen Sophict Woodward. 



became the language desirable for scientists, and French was allowed to 

 lapse. Being a pre-Darwiiiian myself I can read Daubree with pleasure, 

 but German is to me a sealed book scientifically. 



The French writers on physical geology, such as Daubree, Delesse, 

 Fouque, and Levy, appeal greatly to the followers of the old-fashioned 

 English methods of experiment and demonstration, with the avoidance 

 of ' views', and when possible of ' theories '. 



As readers of the Geological Magazine are, perhaps, too well aware, 

 I pressed the two subjects of the permeation of rocks by fluids and of the 

 critical temperature of liquids on them at every possible opportunity 

 between the years 1892 and 1903, having in the year 1892 entirely 

 renounced further original work, as being quite futile so long as the 

 main principles were denied, and retiring entirely in 1904 when tacit 

 opposition became too pronounced. I remain more and more con- 

 vinced that since the waters first covered the earth no single agent 

 has been more active in the processes of rock-metamorphism than the 

 oceanic waters, charged as they are with soda, potash, magnesia, 

 and lime. A. R. Hunt. 



Torquay. 



December 31, 1912. 



ELLEN SOPHIA WOODWARD. 

 Born August 7, 1836. Died January 10, 1913. 



The beloved wife of the Editor of this journal, and the compiler 

 of a Forty Years Index to the Geological Magazine, 186I/.-1903 

 (Dulau & Co.), passed peacefully away, after fifty-five years of 

 happ}^ married life, on Januarv 10, 1913, at 13 Arundel Gardens, 

 dotting Hill, W. ' _ 



She took a keen and active interest in science, and greatly assisted 

 Dr. Woodward in his geological and literary work, both in the 

 British Museum and at home. She also accompanied him, for many 

 years, to the meetings of the British Association and on visits to the 

 Continent. 



3VniSCElL31.-A.ITEOTJS. 



Retirement of Mr. Clement Reid, F.R.S., F.L.S., of the 

 Geological Survey of England and Wales. 



Mr. Clement Reid, District Geologist on the Geological Survey, 

 retired from the public service on January 6, 1913. He joined the 

 staff of the Survey in 1874, under Sir A. C. Ramsay, and has been 

 actively engaged in field-work for more than thirty-eight years. 



Mr. Clement Reid is distinguished for his knowledge of the Tertiary 

 floras, and is the author of many papers and Survey memoirs, 

 including the Origin of the British Flora, 1899. He was awarded 

 the " Bigsby Medal" in 1897, and was elected a Fellow of the 

 Roval Society in 1899. 



