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The American Geologist, Prospectus for 1889. 
The editors of The American Geologist announce the contin¬ 
uance of the periodical during the year 1889, under the same 
general plan as in the past. The leading purpose is to give ex¬ 
pression to American thought on geological themes,, and to 
offer a medium of ready communication for educational, bio¬ 
graphical and bibliographical information, and geological news. 
They hope the working geologists of the country will con¬ 
tinue to favor it with their interest and co-operation, and will 
bear in mind the fact that no other journal on the continent 
devotes its entire means and energies to an adequate representa¬ 
tion of the science which brings all other sciences under contri¬ 
bution. The editors hope The Geologist will become generally 
recognized as the organ of geological opinion and interests in 
America; and that briefer memoirs and items, especially those 
not designed for final publication, may be directed to its pages 
for presentation to the public. 
It is the editors’ intention, also, to continue and improve the 
treatment of geological themes connected with education. 
They have not yet been able to accomplish all which has been 
in intention from the beginning; but the purpose is to embrace 
under educational topics the discussion of questions relating to 
the place of Geology in Education; the exhibition of methods 
and devices for the presentation of geologic facts and doctrines, 
and the description and illustration of the scientific resources of 
leading Universities—especially those of the West, as being 
least known. In respect to geological biography, it is intended 
to offer brief memoirs accompanied by portraits, commemora¬ 
tive of deceased geologists who have done worthy service for 
science. In geological bibliography the editors still hope to sup¬ 
ply information somewhat full and complete, together with crit¬ 
ical notices and reviews of the most noteworthy publications. 
The Geologist appeals for support to the intelligence of Amer¬ 
ica; especially to those able to devote some time to geological 
reading; to those interested in the teaching of Geology and in 
the advancement of geological instruction in the schools. The 
editors hope the list of subscribers may be largely recruited with 
the beginning of the second year; and they beg each old sub¬ 
scriber to constitute himself an agent for the procurement of 
a new name. 
With three hundred working geologists in the country, as 
there are, and many thousand intelligent readers of geological 
literature, the editors confidently anticipate a noble support for 
the only literary representative of geological learning and inter¬ 
ests in the journalism of America. 
The subscription price will be $3.50 per yearin America,and $3.75 in foreign coun¬ 
tries of the Postal Union. The general European agent is Mr. W. P. Collins, 157 
Great Portland st, London W., England. Correspondence may be addressed to any 
of the editors, or to 
October 23, 1888. THE GEOLOGIST, 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
