328 The Aniaican Geologist. November, iwm^ 
Dr. George H. AsHLEV. of the Indiana geological survey, 
has been appointed professor of natural history at the college 
of Charleston, in South Carolina. 
Dr. E. C. E. Lord has been appointed assistant in min- 
eralogy and petrography at Harvard University, in place of 
Dr. A. S. Eakle. lately instructor there. 
Prof. G. F. Wright, who with his son Fred B. Wright is 
on a tour round the world, may be expected to return to 
Oberlin, according to the program outlined at the start, not- 
withstanding delay in China and Manchuria by reason of the 
recent Boxer uprising. 
Dr. a. W. Grabau has been appointed instructor in geol- 
ogy at Tufts Colkge, Somerville. Mass. This is in addition, 
to the position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. 
Y,, the two institutions having their geological courses in dif- 
ferent halves of the school year. 
Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natur- 
al History, vol. iv, part 3 has been ready for distribution since 
August last, but for some reason had not been sent to the 
members up to Nov. ist. It consists of Prof W. O. Crosby's 
paper on the Blue hills portion of the Boston basin, one bv 
Dr. Grabau on lake Bouve, and one by the same author on the 
paleontology of the Cambrian terranes of the Boston basin. 
A PLEASANT PLAN OF VISITS was inaugurated on Oct. 26 
and 27, when a party of Yale University geological students 
and Dr. Gregory went to Cambridge. Friday afternoon was 
spent in an excvirsion to the Neponset river valley and the 
Blue hills of Milton, and the evening in an informal social 
gathering, with the instructors and advanced students of the 
division of geology of Harvard University. On Saturday an 
all-day trip was taken to the north shore, from Beach bluff to 
Marbiehead, under the guidance of Prof. Wolff, to see the 
points of special petrographic and dynamic interest. A re- 
turn visit to New Haven is planned for the middle of Novem- 
ber. 
The George Huntington Williams Memorial Lec- 
tures on the Principles of Geolog)-. It is proposed to begin 
the publication of these lectures at at an early date. Two vol- 
umes are in preparation and it is anticipated that others will 
be published later. Vol. I is entitled "The Founders ot Geol- 
ogy," by Sir Archibald Geikie, and Vol. II contains lectures 
by Prof. W.CBrogger on the principles of a genetic classifica- 
tion of the igneous rocks and on the late geological history of 
Scandinavia as shown by changes of level and climate since 
the close of the Glacial epoch. It is proposed to limit the 
edition of these volumes as nearly as possible to the number 
of subscriptions received. Subscriptions ($2.00 per volume) 
should be sent to The Geological Department, Johns Hopkins 
Universitv. Baltimore. Md.. 
