Volcanic Studies in Many Lands

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Excerpt from Volcanic Studies in Many Lands: Being Reproductions of Photographs Taken by the AuthorMr. George Yeld, a yet closer friend and frequent companion in travel of Dr. Anderson, the matter was ultimately arranged, and the result is now in the readers' hands. The appearance has been retarded by more than one obstacle. It was some time before the Society was in a position, as inheritors of Dr. Anderson's collection of photographs and of a handsome legacy, to move in the matter, and delays arose from other causes, for which I am not responsible - one or two of them indirectly connected with the war.With one exception this volume includes work done since 1902. The former volume, published at the end of that year, was in the press when Dr. Anderson, together with Dr. J. S. Flett, a distinguished member of our Geological Survey, were commis sioned by the Royal Society, in the early summer, to investigate the recent disastrous eruptions of the Soufriere in St. Vincent and Mont Pelée in Martinique. So striking were the effects of these that he kept the book back in order to include three illustrations of the former and one of the latter. The full account of the expedition was, however, published as a Joint Report to the Royal Society, in the Philosophical Transactions, and was illustrated by many reproduced photographs. In the later months of 1906 Dr. Anderson visited in succession the volcanic districts of Mexico and Guatemala, and in the earlier part of 1907 returned to St. Vincent and Martinique in order to study the effects of denudation and the new growth of vegetation during the interval.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.