of the different theories of the earth that have been proposed. In the communications, therefore, which are now submitted to the public, every latitude has been allowed to authors, with regard to their theoretical inferences from the observations which they record; it being understood, according to the rule of Literary and Philosophical Societies in general, that the writers alone are responsible for the facts and opinions, which their papers may contain.
In the selection which the Editors have made from the communications read at the Society's meetings, they have been influenced by a desire of laying before the public new and important information in the different departments of geological research. The periods, at which the subsequent volumes of the Transactions of the Society may appear, must depend upon the zeal and exertions of the Members at large; and upon the contributions which may be received from individuals, devoted to geological pursuits, and who, though not immediately connected with the Society, may yet feel disposed to promote its objects.
House of the Geological Society,
