830 The American Geologist. Xovomiier, 1892 
(Jreenlaiul, demonstniU'd llu' existence of enormous glaciers in 
ail the nortliern fiords; 1 have completed surveys of Davis bay, 
Inglelield gulf and Whale sound, and (inally I have had excep- 
tional facilities for studying that most unicpie tril)e of about :i50 
persons, the arctic highlandors. " 
We shall await with great interest Mr. Pearys reports upon 
these obscure subjects. The Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Phila. , has the credit of giving support to this most successful 
expedition. 
The MiciiKiAN Minino School, at Houghton, Midi., has 
recently l)een endorsed and commended l)y a committee appointed 
by the Superintendent of Instruction, consisting of D. A. Ham- 
mond, Perry F. Powers and S. H Whitney. They made two 
visits of inspection, and report: "The Michigan Mining School, 
we may say in closing, has come to stay; because it has demon- 
strated its fitness to live. Whatever may have l)een its weakness 
in the past, it is now doing valuable work. It is well equipped, 
has an able faculty, and a demand upon it greater than it can now 
supply. We see no reason why it should not l)e a very valuable 
auxiliary in the future development of the mining resources of 
the state. 
Changes in the oei'art.-ment ok Geology at the Kansas 
State University. Prof. S. W. Williston, the former incum- 
bent of till' chair of geology, retains paleontology and vertebrate 
anatomy. Mineralogy and physical geology have been created a 
new chair to which Prof. Erasmus Haworth, late (^f Oskaloosa, 
Iowa, has been appointed as associate professor. 
Mr. J. F.WlUTE.VVES communicates to the CaiKKliau Record 0/ 
Science for October, a description of a new genus and species of 
phyllocarid Crustacea from the middle Cambrian of mount 
Stephen, B. C. Three genera of Phyllocarida are known from 
the Camlirian rocks of Europe and America. 'J"he new genus, 
AnniiKiliivdiiii. now descril)ed by Whiteaves, adds a fourth. 
Anomalocaris differs conspicuously from the other genera in the 
characteristics of the abdominal appendages and in the number 
and disposition of the caudal spines. The type specimen is 
named A. canndensin. 
Dr. Flowers recent little book, "The Horse,"' (New York, 
1). Appleton and Company,) though not primarily designed for 
specialists, will be found a very convenient aid to advanced stu- 
dents, not only in biology but in geology as well, since it presents 
a most excellent summary of the present state of scientific 
knowledge concerning an animal that figures prominently in both 
of these sciences. 
Dr. Otomar Novak who was contln'uing the researches of 
Barrande into the Silurian faunas of Bohemia while filling the 
chair of geology at the Universit}' of Prague, died on July 2!>th. 
He was only 42 vears of age. 
