John Strong Newberry. — Stevenson. 5 
A great part of Dr. Newberry's energies had been devoted 
to the study of the geology of Ohio and. in numerous papers 
he had discussed the Carboniferous and surface geology of 
that state. When the second geological survey was ordered. 
in 1869, Gov. Haves, as was eminently proper, placed the work 
in his charge. This appointment afforded opportunity for the 
completion of some studies which had been begun long be- 
fore, and the reports were a channel through which to present 
valuable material which otherwise might not have been pub- 
lished for many years. But some of his experiences on the 
survey did him an injury from which he never fully recov- 
ered. He gained a knowledge of human nature, of certain 
types of human nature, of whose existence he had heard, but 
of which before he had no personal knowledge. His confi- 
dence in the integrity of men received a terrible shock, which, 
for a time, seemed likely to make him cynical, but his own 
honesty of purpose was such that he could not believe long- 
that many others were unlike himself. 
The experiment of managing the geological survey of one 
state while living in another had been made by geologists 
more than once, but always with uncertain success: and Dr. 
Newberry's experiment, as he sometimes said, did not break 
the record. Yet he remained at the head of the organization 
from 1869 to 1884 and secured the publication of four volumes 
on the geology and two volumes on the palaeontology of tin- 
state, which were noteworthy contributions to American sci- 
ence. The remaining two volumes of the second survey re- 
ports were published by Ins faithful friend. Edward Orton, 
who had succeeded him as director of the survey. From the 
date of his resignation as state geologist of Ohio until he was 
stricken down in 1890, he was incessant in labors, his publi- 
cations increasing in number and importance each year. 
Dr. Newberry's work as a palaeontologist constitutes by far 
the most enduring part of his contributions to knowledge, but 
his work in stratigraphical geology is of great importance. In 
many senses he was a pioneer, a fact not always remembered 
by critics, who forget that revision is easy in comparison with 
the original labor of construction. That so much of hi- strat- 
Lgraphic work in Ohio and in tin- far west has stood th< S< 
vere tests of review by others and has remained an accepted 
