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different regions the alleged ' imperfection of the geological record ' 
can be remedied." 
In addition to works and papers already mentioned by Professor 
Phillips, he wrote in 1837 a " Treatise on Geology'- (which was re- 
issned in a larger form in 1852), and a " Guide to Geology" reached 
its fifth edition in 1864. In 1869 he pubhshed a " Description of 
Vesuvius," and in 1871 "The Geology of Oxford and the Valley of 
the Thames," besides several minor papers. While still in the full 
activity of mind and health of body, although already in his 74:th 
year, an accidental fall downstairs, when engaged in conversation 
with a friend, produced injuries from which he never rallied, and . 
which on the following day resulted in his death. 
Dr. Evans concludes his address with the following observa- 
tions : — Of the personal qualities of one who was so well-known to 
the Society I need hardly speak. Eminently judicious, ever courteous, 
genial, and conciliatory, he gained the affections of all with whom he 
was brought in contact ; whilst in cases where conflicting views 
required to be reduced into harmony and strong feelings to be 
smoothed, his tact and judgment were often able to prevail where the 
more strenuous efforts of others would have been powerless." 
Professor Phillips w^as an indefatigable worker, he never tired 
in his efforts to spread abroad that love of nature which so thoroughly 
imbued his own existence. By example and teaching, whether 
orally or with the pen, his single aim was the advancement of those 
branches of knowledge which had proved so ennobling to his own 
existence. Xever married, he was wedded to his science, and in all 
his labours, whether as an original investigator, an organiser of the 
means for encouragement and assistance of his fellow-workers, or 
(more important than either), as an inculcator of a true knowledge 
and love of scientific method in the youthful minds of those entrusted 
to his care, at the College or elsewhere he was always earnest and 
sincere. 
