Editorial Notes. 



The Univerbity of Pennsylvanvia sends out a handsome collection of the 

 addresses at the opening of the recently purchased Bechstein Germanic Library. 

 With this purchase — 15000 volumes and 3000 pamphlets — the University of 

 Pennsylvania at one step takes front rank among American universities for students 

 of Germanic languages. 



Dr. Geo. I. Adams, late assistant on the University Geological Survey, and a 

 Fellow of Princeton College, has printed the substance of his Dissertation in the 

 American Journal of Science, under the tittle "The Extinct Felidae of North 

 America " Some reference to the paper is made in an article in this number of 

 the Quarterly. 



The University Geological Survey of Kansas, Volume I, has been issued 

 from the offce of the state printer. The work is conducted by Prof. E. Haworth 

 assisted by J. Bennett, G. D. Adams, M. Z. Kirk, E. B. Kneer and J. G Hall. 

 The report consists of sections, mostly in the Eastern portion of the state, with 

 reports on certain borings, and particular deposits, as coal and salt. A vast 

 amount of useful information has been accumulated. It is illustrated by thirty-one 

 plates, eleven figures, and occupies 310 pages. Volume II is in preparation. 



The fifth volume of the Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 

 which has just been published, contains nearly 700 pages, and is a well-printed 

 book. It contains most of the addresses delivered before the society during the 

 past six years, including the address of Rev. Doctor Cordley, on the Convention 

 Epoch in Kansas History; that of Col. C. K. Holliday, on the Freemont Campaign 

 of 1856; of Hon. James S. Emery, on History and Historical Composition; of Dr. 

 Peter McVicar, on School Lands on the Osage Indian Reservation; of W. H. T. 

 Wakefield, on Squatter Courts in Kansas; Mrs. Lois H. Walker's Reminiscences 

 of Early Kansas Times; C. H. Dickson's Reminiscences of 1855; Hon. J. R. Mead's 

 Trails in Southern Kansas; Hon. P. G. Lowe's account of Army Service on the 

 Plains in 1852; memorial proceedings on Col. William A. Phillips; Hon Albert R. 

 Greene's account of the Battle of Wilson Creek; Prof. O E. Olin's Romance of 

 Kansas History; Hon. John Speer's Incidents of Pioneer Days; Doctor Cordley's 

 discourse on Judge S. O. Thacher; and Gov. Morrill's address at the annual 

 meeting of the society, last January, on the Trials, Privations, Hardships and 

 Sufferings of the Early Kansas Settlers Besides, this volume contains a large 

 fund of documentary historical materials pertaining to the troublesome times in 

 early Kansas, including the official papers of the period of the administration of 

 Governors Robert J. Walker, James W. Denver, and Samuel Medary, and of 

 Acting Governors Frederick P. Stanton, Hugh S. Walsh, and Geo. M. Beebe. 

 These papers for the most part have been lying hidden in the archives of the 

 department of state, at Washington, during a period of over 36 years. At the 

 personal request Hon. R. W. Blue. Secretary Olney directed a search to be made, 

 which resulted in securing copies of these records. The documents complete the 

 publication of the entire documentary history of the period of the Kansas territorial 

 government from 1854 to 1861, the papers of former administrations having been 

 published in the third and fourth volumes of the Historical Society's Collections. 



