The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4)

part in the discussions, and exhibiting specimens. He gained in 1867 a

prize for an essay on coal, and when, in 1868, Mr Leaf offered a prize (a microscope) "for the best account of some locality visited by the writer during the Easter Holidays," two essays sent in, one by Balfour, the other by his close friend, Mr Arthur Evans, since well known for his researches in Illyr...