As prehistoric bones were unearthed, some Victorians wondered about the timeline of creation and the nature of God.

Subscriptions, not to exceed 5s., should be sent to the Treasurer, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22 George Street, Edinburgh 2, for the James Hutton Memorial Fund.

Young James Hutton, attracted at first by chemistry, spent three years in the medical school of . . . Notes * Burroughs Wellcome Fellow in Allergy, University of Colorado Medical Center.