CONTENTS

Part I.—LIFE AND LETTERS
By MARION I. NEWBIGIN

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I.Boyhood and Youth, 1839–61[3]
II.First Years on the Geological Survey, 1862–64[19]
III.“The Great Ice Age”: (1) Years of Preparation, 1865–71[34]
IV.“The Great Ice Age”: (2) Publication, 1872–74[52]
V.Marriage and Life at Perth, 1875–77[62]
VI.Last Years on the Survey, 1878–82[82]
VII.Edinburgh and the Professorship, 1882–88[100]
VIII.Final Edition of “The Great Ice Age,” 1889–1903[116]
IX.Retirement from the Professorship and Last Days, 1904–15[130]

Part II.—GEOLOGICAL WORK
By J. S. FLETT

X.The Glacial Problem before James Geikie[149]
XI.“The Great Ice Age” and “Prehistoric Europe”[164]
XII.Educational and Administrative Work[180]
XIII.Interglacial Controversies[194]
List of Publications[213]
Index[221]