6 PROCEEDINGS OF WASHINGTON MEETING. 



of physical science in its relation to the Christian faith which the 

 " Pre- Adamites " fills in the realm of anthropology. In rapid succession 

 followed '" Geological Excursions ; " " Geological Studies, or Elements of 

 Geology " (1886) ; "Walks and Talks in the Geological Field " (1886), 

 •Shall we teach Geology?;" and three annual contributions to the 

 reports of the Geological Survey of Minnesota, the last of which, '"Amer- 

 ican Opinion on the Older Rocks,* 1 reached him in printed form but a 

 few weeks prior to his death. 



This is the merest skeleton-sketch of the busy life and fertile pen of 

 Alexander Winchell. It takes no note of his daily labors in the class- 

 room, nor of his minor papers, some of which are lengthy and involved 

 the severest study, nor of his technical geological work as director of the 

 geological survey of Michigan. This was all interspersed again with 

 public addresses at commencements, and platform lectures in nearly all 

 parts of the United States. No one can give attention to the multiplicity 

 of the avenues of his labor without experiencing a profound conviction 

 of his untiring industry and versatility, and at the same time of the 

 breadth and depth of his intellectual capacities. 



The full number of his literary compositions published, according io 

 a list kept by himself, is live hundred and sixty-six. He described seven 

 new genera and three hundred and four new species of organisms, mostly 

 fossil, and sixteen neAv species were named for him by other paleontolo- 

 gists. There remain unpublished numerous poems, minor manuscripts 

 and journals, and the larger part of a volume on ik Intellect and Religion," 

 as well as an uncompleted memoir for the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey on Carboniferous and Devonian fossils — an amplification of his work 

 on the "Marshall group" based on his collections for the Michigan 

 geological survey and on other collections made later. 



It is evident to the most casual observer who considers the volume and 

 variety of his literary work, that lie was a man of strong personality 

 and that he was dominated by the strongest convictions. The firmness 

 and the depth of all his mental movements were equalled only 

 by their enduring constancy and their untiring activity. He was 

 from boyhood physically strong, and in his manhood he was rarely 

 interrupted by bodily ailment. The stealthy disease (aortic stenosis) 

 which finally surprised him and us was probably upon him for 

 many years, but it did not prostrate him nor even incapacitate 

 him for more than a few days. He was in the midst of a popular 

 course of lectures before the geological society of the university 

 of Michigan : three had been given on " Evolution," but the fourth 

 and last, which was specially entitled " Philosophy of evolution." 1 



