160 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [MaR. 27 



Botany . . , • . . . 7 



Zoology ...... (i 



Piiysiograpby . . . . . .6 



Archteologfy ...... 5 



Biography . . . . - . 3 



Miscellaueovis ..... 5 



Total 211 



In Geology.- -Two of the four earliest published articles by 

 Dr. Newberry in 1851, were geological. But his first important 

 publication in geology was in 1857, on the Geology of California 

 and Oregon, in Vol. VI. of the Pacific Kailroad Reports. This, 

 with his botanical and zoological reports in the same volume, 

 are the result of his first serious jDrofessionally geological work, 

 as geologist and botanist to the Williamson Expedition. This, 

 first of his formal reports, exhibits well the good qualities of 

 his work, namely, an appreciation of the more important 

 phenomena, keen insight into their relations, a remarkable 

 power of generalization, with lucid presentation. Our admira- 

 tion for this work is increased when we consider that these 

 reports were prepared and published, with elegant plates, in 

 the year following the expedition. They justly made his instant 

 reputation and the trip was naturally but the introduction to 

 his labors in the far West. His more elaborate geological 

 report of the Ives Colorado Exploring Expedition was 

 published in 1861, and that of the Macomb Expedition not 

 until 1876, as already stated. 



That Dr. Newberry was a pioneer in geologic exploration of 

 the far west has not been sufficiently recognized by the younger 

 generation of geologists and the public at large. His work was 

 in advance of his time. The region was so unknown, the geo- 

 logical phenomena so stupendous, the problems so new, that 

 even those capable of appreciating the results could not imme- 

 diately use them. There was no popular interest, the field . 

 being unknown and inaccessible. But more than these was the 

 fact that the interest of the whole nation was absoi'bed in the 

 political questions of the hour, and the war of the rebellion 

 prevented scientific work and exploration. Even Dr. Newberry 

 yielded to the demand of the hour and gave himself to the ser- 

 vice of his country. When the war was ended, Dr. Newberry's 

 work was in the east. Other men went into the western 

 fields, traversed the areas so well described by him, built upon 

 his foundations, found an audience and public appreciation and 

 received a reward not less their due that Dr. Newberry never 

 wholly received his. 



