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189S, it is due the authors appearing therein to state that "separates " 

 of pages 401 to 452 were printed in July and distributed in September, 

 It is not likely that delay will be again caused by similar conditions, 

 and the attention of members is called to the desire and purpose of the 

 Council to furnish the promptest medium of geological puljlication to 

 be found in the United States, while the means now at the command of 

 the Society insures the fullest illustration of papers. 



Although volume 9 contains 460 pages and is copiously illustrated 

 with 29 full-page half-tone plates and 49 line-work figures, it is the least 

 expensive volume thus far issued b}^ the Societ}^, indicating that due 

 regard has been paid to economy. 



The printing of volume 10 is now well under way, and all materia^ 

 sent the Editor has been placed in the printer's hands. Attention is 

 again called to the desirability of preparing an index of the ten volumes 

 issued by the Society during its eleven years of existence. The making 

 of such an index is no small task, and if the Council approves of such 

 a step, plans should be perfected at the Winter Meeting in order that 

 the work ma}' be commenced before volume 10 is completed. 



Although exact classification is not attempted, the contents of volumes 

 7, 8, and 9 are fairly well presented in the following comparative table : 



Divisions. 1°^-^- l^^-S- ^"^•»- 



Pages. Pages. Pages. 



Terminology 1 



Dynamic geology 3 24 85 



Economic geology 4 14 16 



Relation of geology to pedagogy *. 12 



Stratigraphic geology 21 67 28 



Memoirs of deceased members 28 8 12 



Areal geology 38 34 2 



Petrology 40 43 44 



Physiographic geology 53 5 



Official matter. 56 69 54 



Rock decomposition 74 26 17 



Glacial geology 105 98 138 



Paleontology 123 58 64 



Total 558 446 460 



The cost of each of the nine volumes thus far issued by the Society 

 is as foil ows : 



Letter-press.. 

 IllustraUons . 



Vol. 1. 

 (pp.503; 

 pis. 1.3) 



Sil,4-73 77 

 291 S.-j 



$1,765 G2 



Vol. 2. 



(pp. GC.2; 



pis. 23) 



$1,992 52 



4G?, 05 



$2,450 17 



Vol. 3. 



(pp. 541; 



pis. lU) 



$1,535 59 



383 35 



$1,918 94 



Vol. 4. 



(pp. 458; 



pis. 10) 



$1,283 30 



173 25 



$1,459 04 



Vol. 5. 



(pp. 605 : 



pis. 21) 



$1,887 21 



178 40 



$2,005 01 



