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The first three days of the Congress were devoted to 
geological work and papers by women, during which time 
the following papers were presented : 
Methods of Teaching Geology—Miss Mary Holmes, Ph.D., 
Rockford, Ill. 
Physical Geology—Miss Mary K. Andrews, Belfast, Ire. 
Chemical Geology—Miss Louise Foster, Boston, Mass. 
Granites of Massachusetts and their Origin—Mrs. Ella F. 
Boyd, Hyde Park, Mass. 
Artistic Geology—Mrs. 8. Maxon-Cobb, Boulder, Colo. 
TheGeology of Ogle County—Mrs. C. M. Winston, Chicago, 
The Fossils of the Upper Silurian—Mrs. Ada D, Davidson, 
Oberlin, Ohio. 
Crinoidea and Blastoidea of the Kinderhook Group as 
Found in the Quarries ncar Marshalltown, lowa—Jennie 
MeGowen, A.M., M.D., Davenport, Iowa. 
The Evolution of the Brachiopoda—Miss Agnes Crane, 
Brighton, England. 
The Mastodon in Northern Ohio; Post-Glacial or Pre- 
Glacial—Miss Ellen Smith, Painesville, Ohio. 
Paleontology—Miss Jane Donald, Carlisle, England. 
Glacial Markings—Miss Thompson, Newcastle, Kngland. 
On the 24th, 25th and 26th of August the Congress met 
in the Art Institute of Chicago, under the presidency of 
Dr. A. R. C. Selwyn, Prof. J. Le Conte and Prof. James 
Hall, respectively. 
As representatives of Canada, Dr. Selwyn, director of the 
Geological Survey, Dr. Bell and Dr. Ami read papers at the 
Congress, all of which elicited interesting discussions. Be- 
sides these the following Canadian geologists registered . 
Dr. G. T. Kennedy, Nova Scotia, Messrs. N. J. Giroux, H. 
P. Brunnell, L. M. Lambe and E. D. Ingall, of the Geolo- 
gical Survey Staff. 
The following is a complete list of the other papers 
presented at the Congress, whose sessions were held in 
the morning in order to give the members an opportunity 
of visiting the fair grounds in the afternoons, special 
