10 The Americayi Geologist. January, 1900 
5. The Hawaiian Islands on the reseau trianguiaire. Letter to W. 
F. Brigham. Written, April 1876, printed 1877, Boston. 
6. The volcanic problem from the point of view of Hawaiian vol- 
canoes, Honolulu, 1884. 
7. Vestiges of the molten globe. Part II. Honolulu, 1887. 
8. Notice of Prof. J. D. Dana's "Characteristics of Volcanoes." 
Honolulu, i8go. 
THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF KANSAS. 
Charles Newton Gould, Uuiversity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nob. 
A. Introduction. 
B. The Belvidere-Clark County Region. 
I. The Bolvidere Locality. 
a. Description and History. 
b. The Cheyenne Sandstone. 
1. Stratigraphy. 
t. Fossils. 
c. The Kiowa Shales. 
1. Stratigraphy. 
Z. Fossils. 
d. The Medicine Beds and Dakota Sandstone. 
1. Stratigraphy. 
2. Fossils. 
IL The Clark County Locality 
a. Description and History. 
b. The Kiowa Shales. 
1. Stratigraphy. 
2. Fossils. 
c. The Medicine Beds and Dakota Sandstone. 
1. Stratigraphy. 
2. Fossils. 
C. The Mentor-Marquette Region. 
I. The Mentor Beds. 
a. History and Description, 
b. Stratigraphy. 
c. Fossils. 
II. The Marquette Locality. 
a. History and Description. 
b. Stratigraphy. 
c. Fossils. 
III. The Dakota Sandstone. 
a. History and Description. 
b. Stratigraphy. 
c. Fossils. 
D. Conclusion. 
A. Introduction. 
The Cretaceous rocks of Kansas consist of the following 
well known groups: Comanche, Dakota, Benton, Niobrara, 
and Ft. Pierre. Of these the Comanche is usually considered 
