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proof of its practical value to students. In 1914 appeared his volume on 
The Antiquity of Man in Europe, which might be regarded as a further 
development of his work on The Great Ice Age. Its distinctive feature 
was the correlation of his series of Interglacial Periods with the culture 
stages of Palaeolithic and Neolithic man. 
On the retirement of Sir William Turner from the Presidential Chair 
of this Society in 1913, he was elected as his successor — a fitting acknow- 
ledgment of his eminence as one of the leading geologists of his time. 
Among the honours which fell to him in recognition of his scientific re- 
searches may be mentioned the Makdougall-Brisbane Medal, awarded by 
the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Murchison Medal, by the Geological 
Society of London. This brief sketch of his career would be incomplete 
without a reference to his strong personality, to his literary tastes, which 
were shown in his volume of translations of Heine’s Songs and Lyrics, and 
to his rich vein of humour, which made him a delightful companion in the 
field and around the festive board. 
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 
1866. “ On the Metamorphic Lower Silurian Rocks of Carrick, Ayrshire,” 
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxii, pp. 513-34; Phil. Mag., 
vol. xxxii, pp. 154-5 ; Geol. Mag., vol. iii, pp. 321-2. 
“ On the Metamorphic Origin of certain Granitoid Rocks and Granites 
in the Southern Uplands of Scotland,” Geol. Mag., vol. iii, 
pp. 529-34. 
1867. “ On the Buried Forests and Peat Mosses of Scotland, and the 
Changes of Climate which they indicate,” Trans. Roy. Soc. 
Edinburgh, vol. xxiv, pp. 363-84; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 
vol. v, pp. 635-7 ; Geol. Mag., vol. iv, pp. 20-3. 
“ Hydrothermal Origin of certain Granites and Metamorphic Rocks,” 
Geol. Mag., vol. iv, pp. 176-82. 
“ On the Metamorphic Origin of certain Granites, etc.,” ibid., vol. iv, 
pp. 287-8. 
1868. “ On Denudation in Scotland since Glacial Times,” Trans. Geol. Soc. 
Glasgow, vol. iii, pp. 54-74; ibid., vol. v, pp. 19-25. 
“ Note on the Discovery of Ros primigenius in the Lower Boulder- 
clay of Scotland,” ibid., vol. v, pp. 393-5, 535-6. 
1869. “ Additional Note on the Discovery of Bos primigenius in the 
Lower Boulder-clay at Crofthead, near Glasgow,” ibid., vol. vi, 
pp. 73-5. 
