UNITED STATES 259 



Object. Perpetuation of the French language in Louisiana; fostering of scientific, 

 literary and artistic works and formation of a mutual benefit association. 



Meetings. Monthly^ 2d Friday, at French Union Hall, North Rampart Street, near 

 Dumaine Street. 



Membership. 46. 



Publications. 



COMPTES-RENDUS . . . t. i- [32]. Nouvelle-Orleans, 1876/77-1906. 

 fol. & 8. 



1876-1901, bi-m. ; 1902-06, q. 



Numbered irregularly in 10 series: [i ser.], t. 1-6, 1876-82; 2 ser., t. 1-3, 

 1882-84; 3 ser., t. i-6, 1885-89; 4 sen, t. 1-4, 1890-93; 5 ser., t 1-3, 1894- 

 96; 6 ser., t. 1-3, 1897-99; 7 ser., t. I, 1900; 8 ser., t. i, 1901; 9 ser., t. 

 1-3, 1902-04; 10 ser., t. 1-2, 1905-06. ist series fol.; others, 8. 

 Various groups of consecutive volumes paged continuously. 

 Prices: $i per annum; single nos., 25c. 



Distribution. Exchange for publications of literary and scientific societies and 

 literary magazines. On sale by the printer: Eug. Antoine, 434 rue de Chartres. 



Prizes. Gold medal offered annually for the best essay written in the 

 French language, in Louisiana, on a given subject. Gold medals also 

 offered annually to pupils of various schools for proficiency in the study 

 of the French language. 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 



American Ethnological Society. 



Address. Central Park W., corner 77th Street, New York City, N. Y. 

 Secretary: Livingston Farrand, Columbia University. 



History. Organized in 1842; reorganized in 1871 as the Anthropological 

 Institute of New York, returning, however, shortly to the original 

 name ; revived in 1899 after a period of inactivity extending over many 

 years, joined by the Anthropological Club (informally organized in 

 New York in 1897), and reconstituted in Jan., 1900. 



Ref.: Journal of the Anthropological institute of New York, v. I, no. i, p. 



14-20. American anthropologist n. s., v. 2, p. 785 ff. 

 Object. Inquiries into the origin, progress and characteristics of the various races 



of man. 



Meetings. Monthly, Oct. to May, at times and places determined by the Execu- 

 tive Council. Three of the meetings are public. 



Membership. 90 (annual dues for members, $10, for fellows, $5; life composi- 

 tion, $100). 



Publications. 



Transactions . . . v. 1-3, pt. i. New York, London, 1845-53. 8. 



No more published. The last part is rare, most of the copies having been 

 destroyed by fire at the printer's. 



