[157] In this paragraph I have ventured to quote largely, and more or less verbatim, from the words of Miss Buckley (Lyell's secretary) in the article on his life, written by my friend Professor G. A. J. Cole, in the "Dictionary of National Biography," vol. xxxiv.
[158] "Life of Sir A. Ramsay," by Sir A. Geikie, chap. v.
[159] Vidi tantum, when his powers were beginning to fail, but it is this expression which is stamped on my mind as characteristic of the face in Charles Lyell, and, I may add, also in Charles Darwin.
[160] J. W. Dawson, cited in the " Dictionary of National Biography."
[161] Ut suprà.
[162] I may add my own testimony. When the second edition of the "Student's Elements" was passing through the press. I ventured to write to him about one or two petrological details, which I thought might be more precise. Though at that time I had published but few papers, I received more than one kind letter with the request that I would read some of the proof-sheets of the book and suggest alterations.
[163] "The Origin of Species," published in 1859.
[164] "Life and Letters of C. Darwin," ii. p. 326.
[165] Quoted in Life, Letters, and Journals, ii. p. 461.
[166] In 1865. "Life and Letters of Sedgwick," ii. p. 412.
[167] "Life, Letters, and Journal of Sir C. Bunbury," iii. p. 66.
[168] "Life and Letters of C. Darwin," i. p. 76.
[169] He maintained for many years an interesting correspondence with Mr. G. Ticknor, of Boston, U.S.A., in which he often discusses political questions, both British and American.
[170] "Travels in North America," chap. ix.
[171] In the later part of his life he appears to have sympathised more with the "Unitarians," for he attended the services at Dr. Martineau's chapel in Little Portland Street, though I am not aware that he formally seceded from the Church of England.
[172] Life, Letters, and Journals, vol. ii. pp. 82-127. It must however, be remembered that the High Church party were not alone in their opposition; indeed, after a time, they were more tolerant of geologists than the extreme "Evangelical" school. I have some cuttings from the Record newspaper, dated about 1876, which are interesting examples of narrow-minded ignorance and theological arrogance.
[173] Life, Letters, and Journal, i. p. 233. "Principles," i. 69 (eleventh edition).
[174] He admits that when Lord Enniskillen and Murchison had seduced him, after a Geological Society meeting, to partake of pterodactyl (woodcock) pie and drink punch into the small hours, his work suffered for four or five days afterwards.
[175] These were about seventy-six in number, the great majority written prior to the last twenty years of his life.
[176] Such as the seeming intercalation of crystalline schists with fossiliferous rocks, or the immediate sequence of the two.
INDEX.
- Address to the British Association at Bath, 190
- Alps, The, Glaciers of, 177
- America, First visit to, 130
- "Antiquity of Man" published, 185
- Synopsis of, 186
- Aurignac Cave, The, Visit to, 200
- Auvergne, Journey to, 33
- Avicenna's treatise on minerals, 81
- Bachelor of Arts, Degree of, conferred on him, 26
- Bar, Called to the, 30
- Baronet, Created a, 190
- Beaumont, Elie de, his theory of mountain-chains, 96
- Birth and birthplace, His, 9
- Brittany, Tour in, 50
- British Association, Address to, 190
- Cave remains, Dr. Schmerling's collection, 101
- Continental researches in geology, 21
- Cromer, Investigations at, 196
- Cuvier, Meets with, in Paris, 28
- Darwin and Lyell, 120
- his opinion of Lyell's character, 208
- Death of Lady Lyell, 200
- Sir Charles Lyell, 204
- Denmark and Southern Norway, Researches in, 122
- Deputy-Lieutenant of Forfar, Appointment as, 58
- Deshayes, the eminent conchologist, 42
- Diluvialists and Fluvialists, The, 43
- Doctor of Laws degree conferred on him, 202
- Eifel, Visit to the volcanic district of, 62
- "Elements of Geology" published, 125
- Engis skull, The, 102
- Entomology, Early studies in, 15
- Etna explored, 181
- Family, The Lyell, 10
- Father, His, 9
- Fluvialists and Diluvialists, The, 43
- "Forest Bed," The, 196
- Frascatoro, his views on geology, 83
- Generelli's theories, 87
- Geological Society, Elected a Fellow of the, 27
- Geology, First studies in, 19
- Continental researches, 21
- Glaciers of the Alps, His theory of the, 177
- Grand Canary, Voyage to, 174
- Great Dismal Swamp, The, explored, 141
- Horner, Miss, Marriage with, 69
- Humboldt, Meeting with, in Paris, 28
- Huttonian Theory, The, 91
- Infancy, 10
- Inscription on Lyell's tombstone, 205
- Ireland, Visit to, 152
- Kessingland Cliffs and the "Forest Bed," 196
- King's College, Lectures at, 68
- Knighted, 170
- Law, The, Studies for, 27
- Lectures at King's College, 68
- at the Royal Institution, 71
- Leonardo da Vinci, his conclusions on geology, 83
- Letter to Herschel on the Origin of Species, 118
- Lyell family, The, 10
- "Lyellia," The moss named, 9
- Madeira, Voyage to, 173
- Marriage to Miss Horner, His, 69
- Medal of the Royal Society presented to him, 111
- Member of the Institute of France, Elected, 190
- Midhurst, School Days at, 16
- Moel Tryfaen, Crags of, 61
- Montreal and Quebec, Journey to, 146
- Moro's views, 87
- Moss called "Lyellia," 9
- Mother, His, 10
- Naples, Visit to, 38
- Narrow escape when a child, 11
- New Orleans, Journey to, 161
- Niagara Falls, His impressions of, 134
- Normandy and Brittany, Researches in, 50
- North America, Travels in, 130
- "Omar the Learned," his "Retreat of the Sea," 82
- Order of Scientific Merit bestowed by the King of Prussia, 190
- Origin of Species, Letter to Herschel on the, 118
- Oxford, Undergraduate days at, 19
- Palma, Investigations at, 174
- Personal characteristics of Lyell, 206
- "Plastic Force" dogma, The, 84
- Political views, His, 210
- President of the Geological Society, Is elected, 111
- "Principles of Geology," first volume published, 57
- Professor of Geology at King's College, 58
- Pyrenees, Visit to the, 52
- Quebec and Montreal visited, 146
- Religious Questions, His views on, 212
- Ringwood, School days at, 12
- Royal Institution, Lectures at, 71
- Royal Society, Is elected a Fellow of the, 30 (note)
- Medal of, presented to him, 111
- Salisbury, School days at, 12
- Sarum, Excursions to, 13
- Scandinavia, Investigations in, 104
- School days, 12
- Schmerling's collection of cave-remains, 101
- Scientific papers, large number written by him, 220
- Scrope's work on "Volcanoes," 97
- "Sea-serpent," Lyell's views concerning it, 157
- "Second Visit to North America" published, 167
- Stanley, Dean, his remarks respecting Lyell's life-work, 208
- Switzerland, First tour in, 21
- Teneriffe, Researches at, 174
- Tombstone, Lyell's, Inscription on, 205
- "Travels in North America" published, 130
- Undergraduate days, 19
- Vallisneri's conclusions, 86
- Views on religious questions, Lyell's, 212
- Vinci, Leonardo da, his conclusions on geology, 83
- Wales, Visit to, 189
- Werner's theories, 88
- Will, Lyell's, 205
- Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society presented to him, 194.
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