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ample experience by flood and fell all over the globe, could have written such 

 a volume, so full of the ripest practical knowledge, so broad in its conception 

 of what exploration should be, and so clear and emphatic in its statement of 

 the accomplishments which are needed for the making of a successful traveller. 

 Every department of research is luminously presented in his chapters, which 

 may be regarded as a contribution of the first importance to geology and 

 physical geography. Among the shrewd pieces of advice in the book the 

 author recommends the explorer to travel alone, with only the attendants 

 necessary for his purpose, but without any friend or companion who would do 

 more than look after the material well-being of the expedition. Various 

 treatises with similar aims had been given to the world before the publication 

 of Eichthofen's volume, from the time of Ami Bone's ' Guide du Geologue 

 Voyageur ' onwards, but none of them so thoroughly deserves to be put into 

 the hands of every man who proposes to undertake the examination of new 

 or little-known regions, and who is willing to learn beforehand what is 

 expected of him by those competent to judge. 



Baron von Eichthofen, as a familiar and welcome participator in various 

 International Congresses, and an honorary member of many of the learned 

 societies of Europe, was one of the most widely known and most respected men 

 of science of his day. His tall figure and courtly presence made him conspicuous 

 wherever he came, while his quiet, earnest and kindly manner irresistibly 

 attracted those with whom he came in contact. His home at Berlin, where 

 he was greatly aided by the full intellectual sympathy of his devoted wife, 

 became a centre to which geographical pilgrims from all lands made their way. 

 With his students he was not merely the learned professor, but the personal 

 friend who guided and helped them while they were with him, and watched with 

 keen interest their subsequent progress when they left. The ' Colloquium ' which 

 he established among them afforded ample opportunity for that friendly social 

 intercourse between teacher and taught which is so valuable an aid in the 

 higher education. This personal influence he cultivated so ardently that 

 perhaps few modern teachers have equalled him iu the enthusiastic devotion of 

 his pupils. On his sixtieth birthday his old students at Bonn, Leipzig, and 

 Berlin offered him as their most welcome gift a ■ Festschrift ' of geographical 

 essays, in evidence that, of the seed which he had sown so widely, some had 

 taken good root. While his original contributions to science will always 

 keep his name fresh as one to whom geology and geography stand greatly 

 indebted, it is probably his educational work in the organising and developing 

 of geography as a mental discipline in university training that has had the 

 most influence in his own lifetime. But this influence could never have been 

 so far reaching and profound had it not been based on the recognition of his 

 place as one of the great scientific travellers of the nineteenth century. He 

 leaves a blank in the ranks of science which none of his survivors can 

 wholly fill, and his memory will be warmly cherished by all who knew him 

 as one of the ablest, worthiest, and most lovable of men. A. G. 



