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such able coöperation the fossils of the different strata, of which by far 
the greater proportion were determined by him, would have failed to - 
yield a moiety of the material for generalization upon which American 
geology has been built up. Among numerous publications on American 
paleontology by the deceased may be mentioned the Invertebrate Pal- 
eontology of Illinois, Ohio, part of California, in the Geological Survey 
Reports of these States; an Early Report on the Paleontology of the 
Upper Missouri, published by the Smithsonian Institution; on the Pal- 
ontology of the Explorations under Simpson, Macomb, King, and 
other Government Surveys and lastly the great work of his life, the Pal- 
wontology of the Upper Missouri, just issued by Dr. Hayden in the 
quarto series of the publications of the Geological Survey of the Terri- 
tories. In all these volumes the paleontological work was strictly his 
own, though his name was for sufficient reasons associated with that of 
the geologist to whom the collections were due or under whose direction 
the publications were issued. 
Mr. Meek left no kindred so far as is known. His habits were most 
simple and regular, abstinent to a remarkable degree, and he shrank 
from society, except that of a scientific character or of a few old and 
valued friends. This retiring disposition was encouraged by the in- 
firmity of total deafness by which he was afflicted during later years 
and which he bore with the utmost patience. Only a few intimates 
could know of his cheerful, helpful spirit, his love of children and ani- 
mals, his transparent honesty and probity, and the generosity which led 
him to render assistance to the beginner or the practiced geologist when- 
ever his help was requested. His death resulted from the weakness 
consequent on pulmonary hemorrhage from which he had suffered for 
Some years. His illness was painless and of short duration, and his re- 
mains were carried from the geological hall of the Institution he had 
served so long to the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, by a small 
but appreciative assemblage of his associates and friends. — W.H. Datu. 
— The Summer School of Biology at the Peabody Academy of Sci- 
ence, Salem, Mass., met with such a good measure of success last year 
that it will be a permanent feature of the work done at the Academy. 
Though the school was limited to fifteen, more than this number were 
Present. Over forty lectures were delivered. The laboratory work done 
Was in some cases excellent. The school is designed to give laboratory 
facilities to naturalists and teachers residing in inland towns who may — 
like to spend their summer vacations in collecting and studying marine 
life at the seaside. 
— Professor Valerien de Moeller, of the Imperial School of Mines, St. 
Petersburg, Russia, is preparing a monograph of the Musulerias, and de- 
‘ites any information on the subject that he can obtain from American 
palxontologists, 
_ — Prof. L. de Koninck, the veteran paleontologist, of Liége, Belgium, 
