32 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Quenstedt, of Tiibingen, to whom it has been awarded by the 

 Council of the Society. Professor Quenstedt's labours in various 

 departments of geology, extending over a period of more than five 

 and forty years ; his published writings, commencing with memoirs 

 on mineralogical subjects in the year 1835, followed very shortly by 

 others dealing with palseontological matters, culminating in his 

 admirable Manuals of Palseontology and Mineralogy, published 

 respectively in 1852 and 1854, and of which several later editions 

 have appeared, — in his great work ' Der Jura,' on the Jurassic rocks 

 of Southern Germany, — and in his magnificent ' Petrefactenkunde 

 Deutschlands,' commenced in 1846, and still in progress ; his 

 renown as a successful teacher of geology and mineralogy ; and his 

 services to science by the establishment of the fine Museum over 

 which he so worthily presides at Tiibingen, have already been 

 recognized by this Society in his election as a Poreign Corre- 

 spondent in 1863, and as a Poreign Member in 1875. It is with 

 the purpose of showing their continued appreciation of these labours, 

 and especially to aid the distinguished Professor in the completion 

 of his last-mentioned great work, that the Council have decided to 

 award to him the balance of the Lyell Donation Pund; and in 

 placing it in your hands I have to beg that you will request his 

 acceptance of it in the spirit in which it is offered. 



. Professor Seelet, in reply, said, — 



Mr. Peesident, — 



I am sure that Professor Quenstedt will gratefully appreciate the 

 terms in which you have expressed, on behalf of the Geological 

 Society, admiration for his great efforts to advance geological science. 

 Upwards of seventy years of age, he is labouring with the energy 

 of mature powers ; but with unaffected modesty expresses to me 

 astonishment that his work, which is still unfinished, should have 

 been thought worthy of this award. The fact that the Pund is 

 associated with the name of the great master Sir Charles Lyell 

 gives it for him an additional value ; for so far back as 1857 Sir 

 Charles sent to Prof. Quenstedt his own clinometer, and in many 

 ways in after years gave evidence of sympathy with the investi- 

 gations of the distinguished teacher of Tiibingen. I may say that 

 in these days of division of labour one thinks with wonder of the 

 variety of Prof. Quenstedt's work, signalized as it has been by 

 success in every department. The perfection of his work may, 

 perhaps, be summed up in the one word " thoroughness," for it 

 begins with an almost unrivalled development of the treasures in 

 his wonderful museum, and culminates in the rare courtesy and 

 singleness of heart with which he communicates to others the 

 treasures thus stored in his mind. I am sure he wiU gratefully 

 accept this award in the spirit in which it is offered, and for the 

 further advancement of science. 



