M. N. W. TO THE REV. T. G. BONNEY, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., Past President of the Geological Society, Professor of Geology in University College, London; Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge; Honorary Canon of Manchester; in admiration of his skill in microscopic petrology and as a field-geologist, and of his extensive culture; this little work is dedicated by THE AUTHOR. |