Excerpt from Charles Lyell and Modern Geology<br><br>In writing the following pages I have, of course mainly drawn upon the Life, Letters, and Journals, edited by Mrs. Lyell; but I have also made use of his books, especially the Principles of Geology, and the two tours in North America. I am under occa sional obligations to the excellent life, contributed by Professor G. A. J. Cole to the Dictionary of National Biography, and have to thank my friend Professor J. W. Judd for some important details which he had learnt through his intimacy with the veteran geolo gist He also kindly lent the engraving (executed in America from a daguerreotype) which has been copied for the frontispiece of this volume.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.