PART I.--LIFE AND LETTERS

BY MARION I. NEWBIGIN

CHAP. PAGE

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