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by means of lectures, and photographic and other exhibitions ; the interchange 



of experiences of travel and observation ; the accumulation of works on geography, 



or photographs of scenery, industries and people. 

 Meetings. Monthly, 2d Fridays, Oct. to May at Fullerton Memorial Hall in the 



Art Institute. 

 Membership. Active (entrance fee, $i) including regular (annual dues, $2) and 



student (annual dues, $i) ; 8 life ($50) ; 3 honorary. 



Publications. 



BULLETIN no. 1-3. Chicago, [1899] -1906. 8. 



Contents: no. i. The geography of Chicago and its environs, by R. D. 

 Salisbury and W. C. Alden. no. 2. The plant societies of Chicago and 

 vicinity, by H. C. Cowles. no. 3. Lantern illustrations for the teaching 

 of meteorology, by H. J. Cox, J. P. Goode, and others. 



Prices: no. i, 35c. ; no. 2, 5oc. ; no. 3, 75c. 

 Distribution. On sale by the Society. 



University of Chicago. 



Address. Chicago, 111. President: Harry Pratt Judson. 

 History. Founded by John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890 (suc- 

 ceeding an earlier university of the same name, which was opened in 

 1857 and closed in 1886) ; opened for instruction in Oct. 1892. 



Ref.: An historical sketch by F. W. Shepardson. (In The decennial 

 publications, ist series, v. I. p. 495-574.) 



Publications. 



The DECENNIAL PUBLICATIONS, ist series, v. T-X. Chicago, 1903- 



04. 4. 



Contents: v. i. The president's report; administration . . . [1891/92- 

 1901/02] 1904. v. 2. The report of the president; publications of the 

 members of the university. 1904. v. 3-10. Investigations representing the 

 departments: v. 3. pt. I. Systematic theology, church history, practical 

 theology, pt. 2. Philosophy, education. 1903. v. 4. Political economy, 

 political science, history, sociology and anthropology. 1903. v. 5. Semitic 

 languages and literatures, Biblical and patristic Greek. 1904. v. 6. 

 Greek, Latin, comparative philology, classical archaeology, 1904. v. 7. 

 Romance languages and literatures, Germanic languages and literatures, 

 English. 1903. v. 8. Astronomy and astrophysics. 1903. v. 9. Physics, 

 chemistry, geology, mathematics. 1904. v. 10. Zoology, anatomy, phys- 

 iology, neurology, botany, pathology, bacteriology. 1903. 



Each paper also issued separately in advance of the complete volume. 



- 2d series, v. MX, XI-XII, XIV-XVIII. Chicago, 1902-07. 8. 



Contents: v. i. The life and repentaunce of Marie Magdalene, by Lewis 

 Wager. Ed. by F. I. Carpenter. 1902; new and rev. ed., 1904. v. 2. 

 The second bank of the United States, by R. C. H. Catterall. 1902. 

 v. 3. Light waves and their uses, by A. A. Michelson. (Lowell lectures, 

 1899.) 1903. v. 4. Assyrian and Babylonian letters belonging to the 

 Kouyunjik collections of the British museum, by R. F. Harper, pt. VIII. 



