“Charming style in which this volume of varied essays is written. Altogether this volume is stimulating and enlightening, a distinct contribution to the literature of science.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 857. Ap. 1, ‘05. 290w. |
“It is the interweaving of history, mythology, and imagination with the dry light of scientific fact that constitutes the particular fascination of this book.”
| + + | Sat. R. 100: 312. S. 2, ‘05. 1010w. |
“This is a very entertaining and useful field of research, in which we could desire no better guide than Sir Archibald Geikie.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 677. My. 6, ‘05. 650w. |
Geikie, James. Structural and field geology for students of pure and applied science. [*]$4. Van Nostrand.
Addressed primarily to beginners in field geology, this handbook is intended also for students preparing to be mining or civil engineers, architects, agriculturists, or public health officers, to whom some knowledge of structural geology is important. It covers the course gone over in the summer course of geology in the University of Edinburgh, a course instituted to give students a further knowledge of practical geology than could be presented in the winter courses. There are numerous illustrations and full-page plates.
“Written with the knowledge and authority of a professor of wide experience, the work is likely to be of much use far beyond the range of University classes. Perhaps the most valuable part of Prof. Geikie’s work is that devoted to geological surveying.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 183. Ag. 5. 430w. |