INDEX
- Aalesund, [35]
- Aberdeenshire, drifts of, [160]
- Agassiz, Louis, [158], [160]
- Airdrie, [52]
- Allman, Prof., [18]
- Alpine Lands, [122]
- Alpine valleys, [200]
- Alps, the, [56], [57], [123], [175], [198], [201], [206], [207]
- Alps, Piedmontese, [56]
- America, [117], [128], [182], [198], [200]
- America, North, [165], [184], [198], [200], [201], [203].
- See also [Canada] and [United States]
- “Ancient Manuscript, Fragment of,” [64], [65], [66]
- “Antiquity of Man in Britain,” lecture, [55]
- Antiquity of Man in Europe, book, [140], [203].
- See also [Palæolithic man]
- Appin, [143], [144]
- Argelès, [127]
- Ashburton, Louisa, Lady, [112]
- Askernish, [79]
- Australia, glaciation of, [120]
- Ayr, [130], [132]
- Ayrshire, [33], [34], [36], [37], [39], [152], [154], [155], [156], [174], [181]
- Ball, Sir Robert, [168]
- Baltic coast lands, [120]
- Baltic glacier, [120]
- Bäregg hut, [42]
- Barra, [76]
- Bartholomew, Dr J. G., [191], [192]
- Barvas, [49]
- Bathgate, [50], [53]
- Belgium, palæolithic deposits of, [201]
- Benbecula, [76], [78], [79]
- Ben More, South Uist, [79], [80], [81]
- Berendt, Dr G., of Berlin, [86]
- Bergen, [36]
- Berg-fjord, [36]
- Bertrich, [43]
- Birnam, [95], [116], [117]
- Blytt, Prof. Axel, of Norway, [118], [198]
- Boisdale, Loch, [78], [79], [91]
- Boston, [109], [110], [117], [136]
- Boulder-clay, [23], [24], [27], [28], [39], [108], [157], [158], [159], [160], [168], [169], [174], [175], [199]
- Boule, Prof. M., [202]
- Boyd, Dr, [12]
- Brandon, [175]
- Bristow, Mr H. W., [70]
- British Association, Australian meeting, [136];
- Brora, [33]
- Bruce, Mr J. G., [125]
- Brückner, Prof. Eduard, [122], [123], [136], [197], [200], [201]
- Buchtrig, [65], [82], [104]
- Buckland, Dean, [158]
- Burdiehouse quarries, [14]
- Buried forests, [36], [171], [179]
- Cairnish, [77], [78]
- Caithness, boulder-clay of, [174]
- Canada, [104], [108], [109]
- Canary Islands, [113], [114]
- Carboniferous beds of Scotland, [154], [181];
- of U.S.A., [124]
- Carboniferous epoch, [59]
- Carboniferous fossils, [154]
- Carboniferous problems, [25].
- See also [Coalfields, work on]
- Carluke, [46]
- Carmichael, Mr, [79], [80]
- Central Scotland, drifts of, [152]
- Cessford, [69]
- Ceuta, [73]
- Chamberlin, Prof., of Chicago, [119], [120], [121], [122], [198], [199]
- Chambers, Messrs, [190]
- Chambers, Robt., [160], [170]
- Chambers’s Encyclopædia, [189]
- Changes of climate in glacial times, [36], [50], [167], [168], [171], [174], [179], [197], [202], [205].
- Chantre, M., [91]
- Cheviots, [56], [62], [63], [64], [66], [70], [71], [82], [192]
- Chicago, [107]
- Christiansund, [35], [36]
- Coalfields, work on, [24], [25], [46–50], [52], [155]
- Coatbridge, [52]
- Coats, Mr Andrew, [71]
- Coblentz, [44], [45], [46]
- Cochem, [43]
- Cologne, [41]
- Constable, Mr Thomas, [15], [16]
- Cornhill, [67], [68], [69]
- Crailing Hall, [63], [65], [66], [69], [87]
- Creagorry, [79]
- Croll, Dr James, [166], [167], [168], [174], [180], [195], [210]
- Croll’s theory of climatic change, [167], [168]
- Cumnock, [34]
- Dahll, Dr, [36]
- Dailly, [152]
- Darwin, Charles, [27], [73], [74], [91], [92], [183]
- Daun, [43]
- Denmark, [120]
- Devonian ground, [181]
- Diaries, [29], [30], [31], [32], [63]
- Diluvium, [85], [154], [158], [159].
- See [Boulder-clay] and [drifts]
- Douglas, Sir George, [67], [83], [121]
- Drifts of Scotland, [20], [39], [49], [152], [157], [159], [160], [162], [164], [165]
- Duke of Argyll, [60]
- Dumbartonshire, boulder-clay of, [174]
- Duncan Street, house in, [47]
- Dunkeld, [156]
- Duns, [54], [55]
- Durham University, D.C.L. of, [116]
- Dürnten lignite, [175]
- Eaglesham, [39], [152]
- Earth Lore, Fragments of, [119], [191]
- Earth Sculpture, [124], [129]
- Edinburgh, [3], [4], [9], [13], [14], [71], [98], [99], [100], [101], [127], [128], [142], [144], [149], [150], [157], [160], [183], [187], [190]
- Edinburgh High School, [12], [30]
- Edinburgh Industrial Museum, [29]
- Edinburgh Royal Society Club, [117], [124]
- Edinburgh School Board, [47]
- Edinburgh University, [15], [18], [19], [92], [100], [101], [103], [119], [149], [151], [180], [182], [203], [208];
- Eifel country, the, [42], [43]
- Elson, Mr Louis, of Boston, [125], [128]
- Engadine, the, [115]
- Erratics, [27], [108], [157], [159]
- Etheridge, Mr R., [70]
- Europe, [182], [184], [201];
- Evans, Mr J., [183]
- Eynort, Loch, [79], [80]
- Falsan, M. A., [91]
- Färoe Islands, [81], [86], [87], [88]
- Father, Prof. Geikie’s, [3], [4], [72], [104]
- Fife, [21], [150], [152], [154], [159]
- Fleming, Prof. John, [149]
- Fondalen ice-field, [35]
- Forbes, Prof. Edward, [149], [151]
- Foreign languages, Prof. Geikie’s knowledge of, [25], [39], [50], [81], [86], [88], [172], [182]
- Forfarshire, moraines of, [160]
- Fort William, [33]
- Fragments of Earth Lore, [119], [191]
- France, [127], [176], [198], [201], [202], [203]
- Galloway, Mr William, [49]
- Gandry, Prof., [97]
- Geikie, Sir Archibald, eldest brother, [14], [15], [17], [18], [20], [40], [138], [139], [140], [151], [155], [162], [180], [184]
- Geikie, Cunningham, cousin, [4]
- Geikie, James:—
- Chap. I.—
- Birth of, [3].
- translated into French, [133].
- Parentage, [3–9].
- Grandfather, [5], [6], [9].
- second, [135].
- Childhood, [7–10].
- Illnesses, [10], [11].
- School life, [11], [12].
- Early excursions, [13], [14].
- Apprentice to Mr Thos. Constable, [15], [16], [17].
- University studies, [18]
- Enters Geological Survey, [19].
- Vice-president, President, and Hon. Editor, [111].
- Assistant Geologist, [19].
- new edition, [129].
- District Surveyor, [19], [20].
- Survey work in Fife and Lothians, [20], [21].
- In Lanarkshire coalfields, [25], [34], [46], [50].
- Winter work in Edinburgh and London, [29].
- Work in Ochils, [30].
- Study of German, [30], [31].
- Diaries, [31], [32], [33].
- Holidays in Scotland, [33]
- Work in Ayrshire, [34], [36], [37], [39].
- Visit to Norway, [35], [36].
- First glacial paper, [36].
- Friendship with Dr John Horne, [38].
- Visit to Rhine and Switzerland, [39–45].
- Work on coalfields, [46–9].
- Beginning of The Great Ice Age, [54], [56].
- Translations from Heine, [30], [31], [34], [48], [59], [86], [112], [114], [132].
- Tour in Hebrides, [49], [50].
- Work in London, [51]
- Begins work in Border region, [52], [53].
- Holiday in Lewis, [54].
- Lectures at the Museum of Science and Art, [54], [55].
- Writing of The Great Ice Age, [54], [56];
- Tour in Italy, [56], [57].
- Paper on glaciation of Hebrides, [59]
- Engagement and marriage to Miss Mary Johnston, [63–6].
- Border experiences, [66–70].
- Elected Fellow of Royal Society, [70].
- Life in Perth, [71], [81].
- Visit to Norfolk and Suffolk, [71].
- Visit to Gibraltar, and investigation of water-supply there, [72–5], [82], [88].
- Receives LL.D. of St Andrews University, [74].
- Birth of eldest son, [75].
- Tour in Hebrides, [75–81].
- Visit to Switzerland and Italy, [83].
- Anxiety about future, [83].
- Prehistoric Europe, [83], [85], [86], [89], [90], [91].
- Visit to Färoe Islands, [86], [87].
- Holiday in South Wales and London, [91].
- Retirement from Geological Survey, [92–9].
- Appointed to Chair of Geology in Edinburgh University, [98].
- Lecture at Hull, [95].
- Trip to Iceland, [96]
- Inaugural address, [100].
- Settling in Edinburgh, [101].
- Summer class in geology, [104].
- Holiday at Largo, [104].
- Death of father, [104].
- Tercentenary celebrations at Edinburgh University, [104], [105].
- Visit to Canada and U.S.A., [104], [106–9].
- Hon. Fellowship of Geological Society of Stockholm, [106].
- Outlines of Geology, [110], [112];
- Foundation of Scottish Geographical Society, [111];
- Contributions to Scottish Geographical Magazine, [112], [206].
- Visit to Loch Luichart, [112].
- Visit to Canary Islands, [113], [114].
- Visit to Engadine and Italy, [115]
- Awarded Murchison Medal of Geological Society of London, [116].
- Made D.C.L. of Durham University, [116].
- Course of lectures to women, [116].
- President of Geological Section of British Association at Newcastle-on-Tyne, [117].
- President of Geographical Section of British Association at Edinburgh, [118].
- Lectures at Lowell Institute in Boston, [117].
- Appointed Dean of Science Faculty in Edinburgh, [118], [119].
- Third Edition of The Great Ice Age, [119], [120], [121], [124].
- Visit to North Germany and Denmark, [120].
- Letter from Glacialists’ Excursion-party, [122], [123].
- Earth Sculpture, [124];
- Tour in Pyrenees, [125–7].
- Love of children, [127].
- Hon. Member of New York Academy of Sciences, [128].
- Visit to Norway, [129]
- Structural and Field Geology, [130];
- Visit to Wildbad, [131].
- Birth of first grandchild, [133];
- Visit to Portugal, [133].
- Publication of Mountains: their Origin, Growth, and Decay, [138].
- Presentation of portrait, [138].
- Holiday in Switzerland, [139].
- Centenary celebrations at St Andrews University, [139].
- Presentation of books to University Library, [139].
- President of Royal Society of Edinburgh, [140].
- Publication of The Antiquity of Man in Europe, [140].
- Summer in Skye, [140].
- Stay at Appin, [143], [144].
- Retirement from professorship, [144].
- Death, [144]
- Early training, [151].
- First work on Survey, [152–5].
- Origin of interest in glacial geology, [157].
- Influence of Ramsay, [161].
- Other influences, [162], [163]
- Contents of The Great Ice Age, [164–6].
- Croll’s influence, [166–9].
- Interest in post-glacial geology, [169–72].
- Reception of The Great Ice Age, [172–4];
- Prehistoric Europe, [175–9]
- Value of work on Survey, [180–2].
- Work as professor, [184–6].
- Improved status of subject, [187].
- Text-books, [188–9].
- Work as geographer, [190–3]
- Third edition of The Great Ice Age, [194], [195].
- Interglacial periods, [195–8].
- Reception of The Great Ice Age, [199].
- Interglacial controversies, [199–205].
- Mountains: their Origin, Growth, and Decay, [206], [207].
- Position as geologist, [208–10]
- Birth of, [3].
- Chap. II.—
- Chap. III.—
- Chap. IV.—
- Chap. V.—
- Chap. VI.—
- Chap. VII.—
- Chap. VIII.—
- Chap. IX.—
- Chap. X.—
- Chap. XI.—
- Chap. XII.—
- Chap. XIII.—
- Chap. I.—
- Geikie, James Stewart, father, [3], [4], [72], [104]
- Geikie, Miss, daughter, [127], [128], [133], [139]
- Geikie, Mrs, [66], [68], [71–3], [75], [83], [114], [125–8], [131], [135], [137–9], [143], [144]
- Geikie, Walter, uncle, [4]
- Geikie, William, brother, [8], [9], [12], [16], [17]
- Geological Congress, International, [122], [129]
- Geological Magazine, [23], [54], [164], [171]
- Geological Society of Edinburgh, [149], [151]
- Geological Society of Edinburgh, Transactions of, [149], [151], [191]
- Geological Society of Glasgow, [162]
- Geological Society of London, [54], [84], [116];
- Geological Society of Stockholm, [106]
- Geological Survey, [14], [15], [17–25], [28], [29], [31–4], [38], [40–2], [51], [67], [70], [71], [73], [74], [82], [83], [84], [88], [92], [94], [96], [98], [99], [101], [102], [139], [149], [152], [153], [154], [156], [160–4], [167], [171–3], [180], [183], [184], [189], [192], [197], [207]
- Geology, Journal of, [122]
- German songs, translations of, [30], [31], [34], [47], [48], [59], [60], [86], [112], [114]
- German table manners, [44], [132]
- Gibraltar, [72], [73], [74], [75], [82], [88]
- Gilmerton, quarries of, [14]
- Girvan, [33]
- Glacial deposits, [56], [162], [174].
- See also [Boulder-clay], [Erratics], [Diluvium]
- Glacial epoch, [54], [58]
- Glacial geology, [26], [27], [29], [156], [157], [161], [163], [167], [182]
- Glacial geology, origin of James Geikie’s interest in, [23], [24], [156], [157]
- Glacial period, [28], [29], [134], [171], [178], [209]
- Glacialists’ Excursion-party, [122], [123]
- Glasgow, [157]
- Goarshausen, [45]
- Good Words, [191], [192]
- Great Ice Age, The, [27], [34], [39], [49], [52], [71], [74], [77], [89], [91], [103], [107], [116], [119], [120], [123], [124], [136], [137], [164–7], [169], [172], [175], [177], [178], [182], [191], [194], [195], [198], [201]
- Green, Prof. A. H., [94], [172]
- Greenland, [117]
- Grimsel Pass, [45]
- Grindelwald, [45]
- Grossart, Dr, [48], [52], [55], [56], [57], [59]
- Hammerfest, [36]
- Harris, [75], [76]
- Harris, Sound of, [76]
- Harris, South, [76]
- Harvard University, U.S.A., [136]
- Hebrides, [49], [59], [75], [81], [111], [174];
- Heddle, Prof. Foster, [151]
- Heidelberg, [45]
- Heine, translations of songs and lyrics, [30], [31], [34], [48], [59], [86], [112], [114], [132]
- Helland, Dr Amund, of Norway, [81], [85], [86], [87], [96]
- Highlands, [29], [183], [184]
- Highlands, North-west, [207]
- Highlands, Southern, [157]
- Holland, [165]
- Holytown, [48], [52]
- Home Office, [98]
- Hooker, Sir J. D., [183]
- Horne, Dr John, [38], [39], [40], [45], [48], [49], [53], [56], [63], [71], [73], [82], [83], [84], [86], [88], [89], [94], [96], [97], [98], [101], [103], [110], [111], [112], [138], [139], [163], [167], [174], [180], [204]
- Howell, Mr H. H., [18]
- Hull, [95]
- Hunter, Dr, of Carluke, [151]
- Hutton, James, [149], [192]
- Huxley, Prof. T., [115]
- Ice Age, [24], [27], [46], [115], [167], [168], [169], [175], [199], [201], [209]
- Icebergs, floating, and drifts, [28], [159], [160], [164], [166]
- Iceland, [96]
- Interglacial controversies, [194]
- Interglacial deposits, [203]
- Interglacial periods, [27], [28], [122], [123], [165], [166], [168], [169], [171], [175], [176], [177], [195–202], [209]
- International Geological Congress, [122], [123], [129]
- Inverness, [112]
- Irvine, Mr Duncan, [180]
- Italian geologists, [25]
- Italy, [56], [83], [115], [176]
- Jack, Mr R. L., [180]
- James, Prof. William, [117]
- Jameson, Prof. Robert, of Edinburgh, [149]
- Jamieson, Dr T. F., of Ellon, [88], [160], [174]
- Jedburgh, [55–9], [62]
- Jehu, Prof. Thomas, [144]
- Johnston, Miss Mary (Mrs Geikie), [66]
- Johnston, Mr, [66]
- Johnston, Mrs, [65], [87]
- Jökul-fjeld, [35]
- Kalemouth, [68]
- Kelso, [52], [53], [56], [67], [156]
- Königswinter, [41], [42]
- Laach Abbey, [42];
- Laacher See, [42], [43]
- Lamplugh, Mr, [84]
- Lanarkshire, [25], [39], [47], [152]
- Land-ice hypothesis, [27], [28], [108], [159], [164], [165]
- Largs, [152]
- Late glacial changes, [205]
- Lehmann, Dr R., of Halle, [85]
- Letter from Glacialists’ Excursion-party, [122], [123]
- Lewis, Prof. Francis J., [204], [205]
- Lewis, Island of, [49], [54], [59], [65]
- Lochmaddy, [76], [78]
- London, [91], [133], [140], [161]
- Loppen, [36]
- Lothians, The, [21], [150], [152], [159]
- Lowell, Dr Abbott L., [136]
- Lowell Institute, Boston, [117], [136]
- Luchon, [126]
- Luichart, Loch, [112]
- Lyell, Sir Charles, [160], [167]
- M‘Alpine, Dr, [141], [142]
- Macintosh, Mr D., [170]
- Maclaren, Mr Charles, [150], [159]
- Maloja, [115]
- Maree, Loch, [76]
- Meadows, The, [6], [15]
- Mediterranean basin, [25], [26]
- Melövar, [35]
- Miller, Hugh, [150]
- Molde, [35]
- Moncrieffe, Sir Thomas, [71]
- Montreal, [109]
- Moray Firth, [33]
- Morebattle, [69], [70]
- Mount Geikie, [125]
- Mountains: their Origin, Growth, and Decay, [138], [140], [206], [207]
- Munro lectures, [140], [203], [205]
- Murchison, Sir Roderick, [41], [42]
- Murchison Chair of Geology, [180]
- Murchison endowment, [100]
- Murchison medal, [116]
- Museum of Science and Art, [54], [55]
- Nansen, Dr F., [117], [124]
- Naples, [9], [115]
- Nathorst, Prof., of Stockholm, [103]
- Nature, [172]
- New Cumnock, [152]
- New York, [106], [107], [109]
- New York Academy of Sciences, [128]
- Newcomb, Simon, [168]
- Niagara, [109]
- Niedermendig quarries, [42]
- Norfolk, [71], [81]
- Norham, [54]
- Norway, [35], [45], [129], [165], [198]
- Oban, [33]
- Obbe, [75], [76]
- Ochils, [30], [42]
- Öksfjord, [36]
- Orkney, [174]
- Orotava, [113]
- Outlines of Geology, [110], [112], [124], [129], [188]
- Owen Sound, [109]
- Page, Dr David, [151]
- Palæolithic man, [55], [140], [171], [198], [201], [202], [203]
- Partsch, Prof. J., [197]
- Pasquier, Dr Léon Du, [122], [123]
- Peach, Dr Benjamin N., [18], [20], [22], [30], [40], [41], [84], [152], [155], [167], [174], [180]
- Peat, [20], [36], [171], [179], [204], [205]
- Peeblesshire, [22], [154]
- Penck, Dr A., of Berlin, [85], [88], [97], [122], [123], [136], [137], [197], [200], [201], [202]
- Perth, [71], [72], [73], [81], [95], [156], [178]
- Perthshire Society of Natural Science, [71]
- Philadelphia, [109]
- Playfair, John, [136], [149], [190], [192], [210]
- Pleistocene geology, [156], [157]
- Pleistocene glaciation, [168].
- See also [Ice Age]
- Pliocene beds of Lombardy, [175]
- Pontresina, [115]
- Port Arthur, [109]
- Portugal, tour in, [133]
- Post-glacial history, [179]
- Post-glacial submergence, [174]
- Prehistoric Europe, [35], [83], [85], [86], [89], [91], [94], [164], [175]
- “Prehistoric ware” in Hebrides, [49]
- Pyrenees, tour in, [125], [127]
- Radium in mineral waters, [131]
- Raised beaches, [169], [170], [171], [178]
- Ramsay, Sir Andrew, [47], [49], [55], [60], [61], [70–3], [82], [83], [87], [88], [91], [92], [98], [114], [160], [161], [162], [165], [173], [184], [195], [210]
- Ramsay, Lady, [49]
- Ramsay, Sir William, [108]
- Reed, Mr Clement, [197]
- Renfrewshire, [39]
- Rhine, River, [39], [41], [45], [83];
- tour on, [40–5]
- Rödö, [35]
- Roneval, Mount, [76]
- Rose, Mr Alexander, of Edinburgh, [151]
- Royal family, [13], [14]
- Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, [151]
- Royal Scottish Geographical Society, [111], [112], [136], [138], [140], [188], [190]
- Royal Society of Edinburgh, [140], [188];
- Royal Society of London, [70], [140]
- St Andrews University, [74], [139];
- Centenary celebrations, [139]
- St Bertrand de Cominges, [126]
- St Paul, [107]
- Salsburgh, [48], [52]
- Scandinavia, [201]
- Schmidt, Dr, [202]
- Schmitz, Dr, [12], [30]
- Scotsman, [150]
- Scott, Lady John, [67]
- Scottish Geographical Magazine, [111], [112], [188]
- Shetland Islands, [84], [174]
- Silurian rocks, [154], [181]
- Simson, Mr, [64], [65]
- Skae, Mr H. N., [40], [45], [180]
- Skjervö, [35], [36]
- Skertchly, Mr S. B. J., [71], [73], [175]
- Skye, [65], [76], [140]
- Smith, James, of Jordanhill, [158], [170]
- South Wales, [91]
- Spartel, Cape, [73]
- Spitsbergen, [103]
- Stevenson, Prof., of New York, [88], [102], [118], [121], [124], [128], [132], [133], [139], [140]
- Stornoway, [49]
- Strahlegg, crossing of, [45]
- Structural and Field Geology, [130], [133], [189]
- Submergence in Europe, [159], [160], [170], [174], [195]
- Suess, Prof. E., of Vienna, [206], [207]
- Suffolk, [71], [81]
- Superior, Lake, [107]
- Sweden, [53], [165], [173], [198]
- Switzerland, [53], [83], [139], [158], [173], [176], [203], [207]
- Szabó, Prof., [53]
- Tangier, [73]
- Tarbert, [75]
- Tasmania, glaciation of, [120]
- Tay, estuary of, [156]
- Telfs in Tyrol, [129]
- Teneriffe, [113]
- Thom, Captain, [5], [6], [9], [10]
- Thom, Miss, [5]
- Tiddeman, Mr R. J., [172]
- Till. See [Boulder-clay]
- Toronto, [108], [109]
- Torridon, Loch, [76]
- Traquair, [121]
- Tromsö, [35]
- Trondhjem, [35]
- Tyrol, [129]
- Uist, North, [76], [77], [78];
- United States of America, [16], [105], [106], [107], [109], [110], [117], [173];
- geological survey of, [125]
- Verse-making at school, [12]
- Verses, [37], [50], [105], [117], [131], [141], [143]
- Volcanic phenomena, Prof. Geikie’s interest in, [42], [181]
- Wardie, coprolitic shales of, [14]
- Warm interglacial periods, [28], [122], [123], [165], [166], [168], [169], [171], [175–7], [195–202], [209]
- Whitaker, Mr W., [116], [172]
- White, Dr Buchanan, [71], [178]
- Wildbad, [131]
- Wilson, Prof. George, [151]
- Winnipeg, [107], [108]
- Young, Prof. John, of Glasgow, [14], [18], [20], [21], [22], [30]
- Zirkel, Prof., of Bonn, [41], [42]
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