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Publications. 



AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, new series, v. 1-7. New York, 1899-1902; 

 Lancaster, Pa., 1903-05. 8. q. 



Prices: in North America, $1.25 per number, $4 per annum; in other coun- 

 tries $1.25 per number, $4.50 per annum, v. 1-7 sold only in sets at 

 $3.50 per vol. in numbers. 



Old series, v. I-XI pub. under the auspices of Anthropological society of 

 Washington (q. v.}. 



MEMOIRS . . . v. I, pt. 2. Lancaster, Pa., 1906. 8. 



Contents: Tribes of the Columbia valley and the coast of Washington 

 and Oregon, by A. B. Lewis, v. r, pt. I, pub. under the title Memoirs 

 of the American anthropological and ethnological societies, by the Ameri- 

 can ethnological society, New York (q. v.}. 



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American Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Address. Permanent Secretary: L. O. Howard, Cosmos Club, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



History. First meeting in Philadelphia, Sept. 20, 1848, in pursuance of 

 a resolution adopted at Boston in Sept. 1847, by the Association of 

 American Geologists and Naturalists (founded 1840 as Association 

 of American Geologists ; " and naturalists " added 1843) to resolve itself 

 into the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; incor- 

 porated by act of the General Court of Massachusetts, March, 1874. 

 Consists of the following sections: A, Mathematics and Astronomy; 

 B, Physics ; C, Chemistry ; a D, Mechanical Science and Engineering ; 

 E, Geology and Geography ; F, Zoology ; G, Botany ; H, Anthropology 

 and Psychology ; I, Social and Economic Science ; K, Physiology and 

 Experimental Medicine ; L, Education. A botanical club and an ento- 

 mological club have been organized within the association, intended 

 to serve as a nucleus for the gathering of all persons interested in these 

 sciences present at the meetings of the association. The library of the 



Organization and development of the chemical section of the A. A. A. S. By 

 Marcus Benjamin. (In American Chemical Society. Twenty-fifth anniversary, 1901, 

 p. 86-98. Also separate.) 



