Excerpt from Sketch-Book of Popular Geology Some barbarous name, and hurried on.' At that time the poet must have seen but the cold, hard profile Of the man, instead Of the broad, beaming, full-orbed glance which he may cast over the wondrous aeons Of the past eternity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.