Excerpt from The Geological Magazine, or Monthly Journal of Geology, 1919, Vol. 6: With Which Is Incorporated the Geologist, Nos; 655 to 666; Decade Vi As the initiator and secretary of the Carnegie Institution. Of Washington, and its direct administrative officer from 1902 to 1905, and as a member of its Executive Committee from 1902 to the present time (now chairman), he has assisted largely in the successful organization and development of the administrative and research work of that Institution. Since 1907, when he was chosen by the Board of Regents as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Walcott has directed research investigations in various. Parts of the world, and has personally studied large areas in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. The Smithsonian foundation was established by Act of Congress in 1846, under the terms of the will of James Smithson, an Englishman, who in bequeathed his fortune to the United States of America 5' to found, at Washington. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.