Volcanic Islands
Excerpt
Although in some respects more technical in their subjects and
style than
Darwin’s “Journal,” the books here reprinted will
never lose their value
and interest for the originality of the observations they
contain. Many
parts of them are admirably adapted for giving an insight into
problems
regarding the structure and changes of the earth’s surface,
and in fact
they form a charming introduction to physical geology and
physiography in
their application to special domains. The books themselves
cannot be
obtained for many times the price of the present volume, and both
the
general reader, who desires to know more of Darwin’s work,
and the student
of geology, who naturally wishes to know how a master mind reasoned
on most
important geological subjects, will be glad of the opportunity
of
possessing them in a convenient and cheap form.
