174 Prof. C. LajnvortJi — Life and Works of Linnarsson. 



gothia, a region to which he had devoted much attention during the 

 last few years. 



It is, perhaps, no surprise to many of us to learn that Linnarsson's 

 dearest project was the publication of a comprehensive work — Siluria 

 Siicecica, upon the Lower Paleozoic rocks and fossils of his native 

 land. This idea seems long to have possessed him, and for many 

 years past his plan of labour, and his method of accumulation of 

 material and publication of results, were all arranged to this special 

 end. Indeed, he appears to have left behind him a large portion of 

 this work in manuscript. It is to be hoped that this relic is in a 

 sufficiently complete state to admit of its publication, and that some 

 one of his learned colleagues upon the Survey will generously edit 

 it. It is but fitting that everything which Linnarsson wrote shovild 

 be devoted to the advancement of the science for which he lived, 

 and for which he died. Linnarsson's fame rests securely upon the 

 extent, the brilliance, and the perfect reliability of the work he ac- 

 complished, and the main results of which he published, during his 

 lifetime. But with the magnificent example of the posthumous 

 memoirs of Angelin before our eyes, we cannot but feel that the name 

 of Linnarsson is worthy as splendid a monument. 



Linnarsson was a good classical scholar, and took an especial 

 delight in the beauties of Grecian literature. Personally, he was 

 fi'ank and generous, gaining the life-long esteem and affection of all 

 with whom he became associated, equal and inferior alike. Hopeful, 

 honest, modest, and unselfish, his sunshiny nature rendered him an 

 eminently lovable companion and friend, while at the same time 

 he was an unspai'ing enemy of all that was mean and self-seeking. 



Linnarsson's contributions to the Geology of Sweden will be ap- 

 parent upon a study of the following table, which gives the succes- 

 sion of the Swedish formations as developed by him in the papers 

 published previous to his death (1881). 



Table showing the Katukal Succession among the Lower Paleozoic 

 Strata of Sweden, as developed by the Labours of Dr. G. Linnarsson. 

 (September, 1881.) 

 A. Cambrian System. 



I. Eophyton Sandstone (Linnrs.). 

 II. Fucoid Sandstone (hvnavs,.). 

 III. Faradoxides Beds (Linnrs.)- 



1. Strata with Faradoxides Kjerulfi (Linnrs.). 



2. ,, {Faradoxides olandicus) (Linnrs.). 



3. ,, Faradox. Tessini, Brongn. (Linnrs.). 

 i («). Exsulans Limestones (Linnrs.). 



' (b). Subzone wifh F. Sicksii, Salt. (Linnrs.). 

 ((c). ,, Agnostus rex, Barr. (Linnrs.). 



4. ^tvdA,a.y^\^ Faradoxides Favidis, Salt. (Linnrs.). 



5. ,, ,, Forchhammeri, Salt. (Linnrs.) 



6. ,, Agnostus Icevigatus, Dalm. (Linnrs.). 

 IV. Olenus Shales (Linnrs.). 



1. Beds with Agnostus pisiformis, Linnrs. 



2. ,, Beijrichia Angelini, Barr. 



3. ,, Orthis lenticularis, Wahl. 



4. ,, Leptoplastus and Fury care. 

 6. ,, Feltura scarabeoides, Wahl. 



