REPORT OF THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 17 



This committee having been given power at the Baltimore meeting to 

 act for the Society, the report was, on motion, received and approved. 



REPORT OF THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



The Publication Committee, through its chairman, E. 0. Hovey, then, 

 on call of Vice-President Adams, reported as follows for the information 

 of the Society: 



The replies which were received to the circular issued in 1908 regarding edi- 

 torial usage w^ere carefully compiled and considered, and the following recom- 

 mendations were made to and adopted by the Council at a meeting held 

 October 14, 1909, at the American Museum of Natural History : 



1. That the usage of the Bulletin as to spelling, abbreviation, and punctua- 

 tion be continued, except that the period be used after all abbreviations, in- 

 cluding "Dr." and "Mr.," and that the abbreviation "Jr." and "Sr." be used in 

 place of "Junior" and "Senior" when applied to the name of an individual, and 

 the entire avoidance of the word "Esquire" in connection with the name of an 

 American. 



2. Under the head of "capitalization" the adoption of the forms exemplified 

 as follows, although this may lead to some inconsistencies : Lake Superior, 

 Blue Lake, Potomac River, Atlantic Ocean, Mount Taylor, Mount Taylor 

 Range, New York City, Great Neck, Rocky Mountains, Devil's Tower, Summit 

 County, cretacic or Cretaceous. 



3. Use of "Cretaceous" and "Carboniferous" and the like, unless the author 

 desires to commit himself to the forms ending in "ic' 



4. That authors be allowed to follow the system of capitalization and spell- 

 ing generally followed as the usage of their particular branches of science. 



5. Printing and sending out to the Fellowship simple directions for the 

 preparation of manuscript, which shall embody the preference of the Council 

 as to editorial usage, illustrated with typical examples. 



In accordance with the fifth recommendation, the following suggestions for 

 the preparation of manuscripts have been prepared : 



The Society's requirements as to the form in which manuscripts should be 

 submitted are so clearly exemplified in the Bulletin itself that it seems almost 

 superfluous to make any suggestions. The following brief summary, however, 

 is offered for the assistance of authors, in accordance with the order employed 

 in the form of publication adopted by the Society. 



Title of paper. — The title of a paper should be as brief as is consistent with 

 giving a proper understanding of the subject treated. 



It is never necessary to rewrite a paper in the title, and elaborateness rarely 

 adds sufficiently to clearness to warrant its use. 



The employment of articles before the title should be avoided. 



Name of the author. — Following the title, but in a separate line, should ap- 

 pear the name of the author, preceded by the word "By." 



Presentation he fore the Society. — The next line should state whether the 

 paper was "Read before the Society," "Presented extemporaneously," "Pre- 

 sented in abstract," or "Presented by title before the Society," being careful to 

 add the date of reading or presentation. 



II — Bull. Geol. Soc. Am.. Vol. 21, 1909 



