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ous, his mind was clear, active and progressive, his conscience 

 keen and inflexible. He was honest in every sense of the word. 

 There was nothing of policy in his thonght or action. On the 

 contrary, he was frank and outspoken, at times even to a fault. 

 He left his native State the better for his example and for the 

 work that he did in her service. If he failed to do all he 

 aspired to do, and was compelled to leave his task incouiplete, it 

 was no more than an oft accompanying condition to human 

 endeavor weighted by human frailties. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



The following is a list of Professor Kerr's more important 

 published papers and reports: 



"^Report of the Progress of the Geological Survey in North 

 Carolina, 1866; by Professor W. C. Kerr. Raleigh, 1867. 8 

 vo., 56 pp. 



Report of the Progress of the Geological Survey of North 

 Carolina (for 1866 and 1867). N. C. Ex. Doc. No. 27. Session 

 1868-'69. Raleigh, 1869. 8 vo., 57 pp. (\V. C. Kerr, State 

 Geologist). 



Appendix to the Report of the Geological Survey of North 

 Carolina, 1873, being a brief abstract of that report, and a gen- 

 eral description of the State, geographical, climatic and agricul- 

 tural. By W. C. Kerr, State Geologist. Raleigh, 1873. 8 vo., 

 24 pp. and map. 



Topography as Affected by the Rotation of the Earth. By 

 W. C. Kerr, State Geologist of North Carolina. Trans. Am. 

 Phil. Soc, Vol. XIII, 1873, pp. 190-93. 



Report of State Geologist on the Progress of the Survey. N. 

 C. Pub. Doc, No. 16. Session 1872-'73, 14 pp. (W. C. Kerr). 



*The concluding chapter (III) of this report on the " Minerals of North Caro- 

 lina " was originally published by Professor Kerr (see pace 44) in substantially 

 the same form as here, just prior to his re-appointment as State Geologist (April, 

 1866), and was, as far as known to me, the first of his published papers. No 

 copy of it has been found, and its exact title, dale and paging are unknown. 



