James Geikie, the Man and the Geologist

PART II.--GEOLOGICAL WORK

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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

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PROF. GEIKIE IN HIS LATER YEARS. (Photograph by Mr John Horsburgh) _Frontispiece_

A STUDY OF PROF. GEIKIE IN 1884. (From Mr William Hole’s Etching in _Quasi Cursores_, published for the Edinburgh University Tercentenary Celebrations) _to face p. 104_

PROF. GEIKIE IN 1888. (From a Photograph taken in Philadelphia) _to face p. 108_

PROF. GEIKIE AT THE AGE OF SIXTY. (From a Photograph by Messrs Elliott & Fry) _to face p. 116_