74 The Amcncan Geologist. January, is9s 
two pieces of iron are now in the mining and geological mu- 
seum of New South Wales. 
Rev. Dr. Samuel Haughton, formerly professor of geology 
in Trinity College, Dublin, died on Oct. 31. 
Hon. Gardiner Greene Hubbard, pres. of the National 
Geographic Society, died at his home near Washington on 
Dec. II, aged 75 years. 
The Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences held 
meetings in celebration of its twenty-fifth anniversary on 
Dec. 28, 29 and 30. 
Mr. Waldemar Lindgren, of the U. S. Geological Survey, 
is to deliver a course of lectures on mining and metallurgy 
at Stanford University. 
Mr. Edgar R. Cummins, of Cornell University, who grad- 
uated from Union College last June with honors in geology, 
has been appointed instructor in geology in the University of 
Indiana. (.SViV;/6-^.) 
Institute of France, Cuvier Prize. — At the session 
of the Academic des Sciences held at Paris, Dec. 13, 1897, the 
Cuvier prize of 1,500 francs was awarded to professor O. C. 
Marsh, of Yale University. This prize "is awarded every 
three years for the most remarkable work either on the ani- 
mal kingdom or on geology." 
Rev. Peter Bellinger Krodie, an English geologist, 
died on Nov. ist. He early manifested an interest in geolo- 
gy, which was fostered at Cambridge, where he studied un- 
der Sedgwick. Mr. Brodie was elected a fellow of the Geo- 
logical Society of London in 1834 and in 1887 that society 
conferred upon him the Murchison medal. The November 
number of the Geological Magazine contains a sketch- (with 
portrait) of Mr. Brodie, written shortly before his death. 
The Iowa Academy of Sciences held its twelfth annual 
meeting at Des Moines on December 27 and 28. The follow- 
ing geological papers were presented: 
Is the loess of aqueous origin? B. Shimek. 
The degradation of the loess. J. E. Todd. 
Sketch of the hydrographic history of South Dakota. J. E. Todd. 
Carboniferous formation of the Ozark region. C. R. Keyes. 
Geographic development of the Crimea. C. R. Keyes. 
Some geological features of the Cap au Gres region. C. R. Keyes. 
Some anomalous valleys and paradoxical divides in Delaware county,, 
Iowa. Samuel Calvin. 
Interglacial deposits of northwestern Iowa. Samuel Calvin. 
The buried soil between the Iowa loess and the Illinois till sheet. 
Frank Leverett. 
Aftonian deposits of southwestern Iowa. H. F. Bain. 
Preglacial peat beds. J. A. Udden. 
The drift section and the glacial striae in the vicinity of Lamoni. T. 
J. Fitzpatrick. 
