366 2'he American (ieoUtijisf. May, mn 
J. F. Kemp, the chairiiian of the section, wlio reviewed in u 
few words the greater contributions of Sir Archibald Geikie 
to the cause f)f geology. He spoke of his early work in Scot- 
laud, in France and in the western United States in the study 
of vulcanism, and paid particular attention to the work tiiat 
had been done in Scotland on the metamorphic rocks. Prof. 
Kemp concluded with a tribute to Sir Archibald as a natural- 
ist and spoke of the superior qualit}'^ of work that is given 
the world by the man who is in love with nature and finds in 
the solitude of the waldness of nature his greatest cojiipany 
and inspiration. 
'J'he next speaker was the secretary of the section who 
spoke particularly of the work of Sir Archibald Geikie as 
looked at from the standpoint of the teacher and physiogra- 
pher. He reviewed hastil}^ the character and quality of 
Geikie's text book and class book of geology and spoke more 
especially of the example this distinguished geologist has set 
in physiography in the masterly analysis of the physical fea- 
tures of Scotland given in his Scener}' of Scotland. 
The last address w^as given by Prof. Angelo Heilprin of 
Philadelphia who spoke as a traveler and contrasted the 
knowledge of the geology of the world now with our knowl- 
edge at the time of Humboldt. He spoke of how much we 
owed to the guest we were welcoming for his work m bringing 
together the shreds of knowledge from all parts of the world 
and in building up a great mass of geological information, 
which is a vast help to all workers in geology and a stimulus 
to all. 
In reply Sir Archibald Geikie expressed his thanks to the 
Academy for the very cordial reception that had been tend- 
ered him in New York. He contrasted the appearance of the 
city eighteen years ago and now and spoke of the great grow'th 
of the city vertically as well as horizontally. He paid a brief 
tribute to his friends of his former visit, particularly New- 
berry, Leidy, Dana, Cope and Hayden, whose help and good 
will have ever been a great inspiration to him. 
In reviewing the work of world wide reputation that the 
American geologists are producing Sir Archibald Geikie paid 
a warm tribute to their industry, their perseverance, their 
breadth and to their scientific acuteness. He contrasted in a 
very favorable way to the United States the policy of the 
British and United States Governments in regard to the print- 
ing, publishing and distribution of government reports. 
After these brief addresses an opportunity was given for 
meeting the guest of the evening; for personal and social 
meetings among the members of the Academy and for greet- 
ing the guests from a distance, including several well known 
geologists. Richard E. Dodge, Secretar5\ 
