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by which you have deserved well of the Science. Your books on 

 the Forms of the Earth's Surface, on the Dislocations of the Earth's 

 Crust, and your recension of Suess's work on the Face of the 

 Earth are perhaps more familiar than your work on the geological 

 structure of the Pyrenees and the Jura. Your acquamtance with 

 geological knowledge is immense, and you have been indefatigable 

 in placing it at the disposal of others less fortunately constituted 

 than yourself. As a writer on sreoloo'T you have been a worthy 

 follower of the founder of the Medal, who, by his writings, did 

 more than anyone, of his time or since, to disseminate the know- 

 ledge of, and to inspire interest in, the science of Geology. It is 

 in recognition of these services that the Council has awarded the 

 Medal, and in handino- it to you I will add our cono-ratulations on 

 your appointment as Director of the (leological vSurvey of Alsace- 

 Lorraine and our confidence that the opportunity offered in your 

 new position will lead you to add to the services which you have 

 already rendered. 



M. DE Maegekie replied in the following words : — - 



Mr. PHESIDEXT, — 



Xever would I have dreamt before this day to receive, from 

 the Geological Society of London, the Medal bearing the illustrious 

 name of Sir Charles Lyell. 



The subjects upon which I have been engaged, under the 

 influence of such masters as Albert de Lapparent, Marcel Ber- 

 trand, Albert Heim, and Eduard Suess, do not a^^pear specially 

 conspicuous in the writings of Lyell. Is it not a sign of the 

 times that mountain-structure and mountain-sculpture are now" 

 in the front rank, among the preoccupations of geologists ? 



When I look at the imposing list of my forty-seven predecessors, 

 I find amono' them men who have contributed to the advancement 

 of our science along many different lines, but always by means of 

 personal research. In m}" own case, however, I fear the friendship 

 of a fcAv Eno'lish colleagues has been more directlv effective in 

 brino-ino- about the decision of the Council than the merits of 

 what I have published. For my Avork has been, alas! that of an 

 editor and compiler, much more than of an original investigator. 



Having been appointed b}^ the French Government to re- 

 organize the Survev of Alsace and Lorraine, I have at last to face 

 problems of a veiy different character — economic and administra- 



