Edward Claypole, The Scientist —Comstock. 13 
Member, American Microscopical Society (President 1897.) 
Member, Davenport Academy of Sciences, Davenport, Iowa. 
Member, Natural History Society of Cincinnati, O. 
Member, Trinity Historical Society, Dallas, Texas. 
Member, Torrey Botanical Club, New York, N. Y. 
Member, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. 
Member, Entomological Society of Ontario, Canada. 
Member of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, O. 
Member of the Montreal Horticultural Society. 
Member of American Society for Psychical Research. 
Member of Local Societies in Ohio, Pennsylvania and elsewhere. 
Honorary Member of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 
Los Angeles. 
He contributed valuable papers to nearly all these organ- 
izations. At the American meeting of the International Con- 
gress of Geologists his linguistic attainments were prominently 
displayed, he being the only home member who delivered his 
address in French, the regulation tongue for the proceecings 
of the Congress. 
Among the journals which were enriched many times by 
articles from his pen were: 
American Naturalist. 
Geological Magazine, London. 
Quarterly Journal of Geology, London. 
Canadian Naturalist. 
Journal of American Society for Pineal Research. 
Canadian Entomologist. 
Popular Science Monthly. 
American Geologist. 
As one of the editors of the reports GEoLoGist, which 
position he ably filled from the inception of that journa!, in 
1888, until his death, he had often to write in no uncertain 
terms regarding the controversies of men eminent in scientific 
work. In such articles there was no indirection nor round- 
about diplomacy. Nor did he ever lower his dignity or put 
forth one word of censure without the. most careful delibera- 
tion. An article from his pen published in the Popular Science 
Monthly, April, 1893, entitled “Professor G. F. Wright and 
his Critics,” is a most interesting example and will bear close 
scrutiny. He begins by stating the difficulty in the way of 
solving, all at once, the mooted points concerning the antiquity 
of man and the history of the glacial period. Then he refers 
to professor Wright’s book and quietly outlines the work done 
