152 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Wau-Bun. The "Early Day" of the Northwest. By Mrs. J. H. Kinzie 



of Chicago. New ed. with an introduction and notes by R. G. 



Thwaites. Chicago, 1901. 8. 

 French bookbinders of the iSth century. By Otave Uzanne. Chicago, 



1904. 

 The Caxton club scrap-book; early English verses, 1250-1650, chosen 



and collocated by J. V. Cheney. Chicago, 1904. 8. 

 William Caxton, by E. G. Duff. Chicago, 1905. 4. 

 The Caxton club officers, committees, constitution and by-laws, annual 



reports, list of members. Chicago, 1895 to date. 16. 



Published annually (2 issues in 1895, none in 1896). 



List of publications with full bibliographical information in each year- 

 book. 



Catalogues of exhibitions, 1895 to date. 



Distribution. Publications issued in limited editions and sold to members 

 only. Yearbooks and catalogues of exhibitions distributed free to members. 



Chicago Academy of Sciences. 



Address. Lincoln Park, Chicago, 111. 



History. Founded in 1856 as the Chicago Academy of Natural Sciences ; 

 organization completed Jan., 1857; incorporated in 1859 under present 

 name; reincorporated in 1865 by special act. The Academy's building, 

 containing its library and museum, was totally destroyed in the great 

 fire of 1871. A new library and natural history collections have been 

 gathered together since then and are located in the present building, 

 the Matthew Laflin Memorial, which was opened in 1894. In 1892, the 

 society inaugurated a natural history survey of Chicago and its vicinity, 

 still in progress. 



Rcf. : Historical sketch of the Academy, by W. K. Higley. (Special publication, 

 no. i, 1902.) 



Object. Promotion and diffusion of scientific knowledge, by the reading and publi- 

 cation of original papers, by the maintenance of a library and a museum, and by 

 other means calculated to arouse interest and stimulate scientific investigation. 



Meetings. Monthly, 4th Tuesday ; annual meeting, 2d Tuesday of Jan. ; annual 

 field meeting in July. Monthly section meetings. Popular lectures on Friday 

 evenings during fall, winter and spring. 



Membership. 225 active (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $5) ; 8 life ($100) ; 78 fel- 

 lows ($500) ; 2 patrons ($1,000 or more) ; 30 corresponding; 2 honorary. 



Publications. 



Proceedings . . . v. i, p. 1-48, 1865/66. Chicago, 1866. I no. 8. o. p. 

 Transactions . . . v. I-II, art. i. Chicago, 1867/69-1870. 4. o. />. 

 No more published. 



