THE 
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE 
OF 
WILLIAM BUCKLAND, D.D., F.R.S. 
SOMETIME DEAN OF WESTMINSTER, TWICE PRESIDENT OF 
THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, AND FIRST PRESIDENT 
OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 
BY HIS DAUGHTER, 
MRS. GORDON. 
“Out of the old fieldes, as men saith, 
Cometh all this new corn fro’ year to year; 
And out of old bookes, in good faith, 
Cometh all this new science that men lere/’ 
Chaucer. 
WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 
LONDON: 
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 
