Since the excellent and interesting series of papers on the history and description of these celebrated volcanoes by Professor Judd, which appeared in the Geological Magazine for 1875, there is, as far as I know, no connected record of their condition. The islands, though affording such excellent opportunities for the study of volcanic action, are but rarely visited by geologists; but having had the opportunity of examining them myself in the autumn of last year as a member of the party arranged by Dr. Johnston-Lavis under the auspices of the Geologists' Association, I thought it would be well, whilst recording my own observations, to prefix a brief account of the volcanoes since the above-mentioned date. The information, on which the following brief sketch is based, has been derived partly from a series of papers by Prof. Mercalli, on notes derived by correspondence with Sig. Pincone, the former manager of the lately existing Chemical Works at Vulcano, who now resides at Lipari, and partly from papers in various periodicals to which I will refer as occasion requires.