Volcanic Studies

Very few branches of Science still remain available for the amateur of limited leisure.

Electricity, Chemistry, Bacteriology, most branches of Geology and Mineralogy, have led to results of the highest economic value, and they are cultivated by a large body of professional men subsidised by Colleges or by the Government.

They are in a position to give their whole time to their work, and their results are so voluminous that to keep abreast of the literature of any single branch would occupy more than the entire available leisure of most men, yet this is a necessary preliminary to any attempt at original work.