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The society is publishing a tercentenary issue of El ingenioso hidalgo 

 Don Quixote de la Mancha, compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes 

 Saavedra, in seven volumes. 



v. I, a facsimile reproduction of the 1st Madrid edition of the 1st part 

 (1605) ; v. 2, a facsimile reproduction of the 1st edition of the 2d part 

 (Madrid, 1615) ; v. 3, a facsimile reproduction of the 4th Madrid edition 

 (1605) ; to be followed by a critical text, in 4 vols., of the ist and 2d parts, 

 prepared by R. Foulche-Delbosc, with an introduction by J. Fitzmaurice- 

 Kelly. 



Prices: Three impressions, sold only in full sets: 1st impression, on Arnold 

 hand-made paper, vellum, uncut, 100 numbered copies, $20 per vol. ; 2d 

 impression, on Italian hand-made paper, cloth, uncut, 200 numbered copies, 

 $10 per vol. ; 3d impression, on a superior quality of machine-made paper, 

 unbound, 500 copies, $5 per vol. 



The Huntington reprints, made by the founder of the society at various 

 times previous to its organization, are now the property of the society, 

 which proposes, at intervals, to continue their publication. 



A series of facsimile reproductions of early maps, which will illustrate 

 the gradual expansion of knowledge concerning the geography of the 

 New World, is in course of publication under the joint auspices of the 

 American geographical society and the Hispanic society of America. 



The first of these, a map of the world drawn by Jodocus Hondius not later 

 than 1611, is ready for distribution (18 loose sheets in portfolio, with brief 

 descriptive text and key-map. Price: $24). It is proposed to issue, 

 subject to change, such important maps as the Canerio, Juan de la Cosa, 

 Sebastian Cabot, Paris Portuguese, Oleveriana, Catalan map of 1457, with 

 others of the isth, i6th and I7th centuries. 



See also Catalogue of publications (New York, 1907. 8) which has 

 been sent to the principal public and university libraries, American 

 and foreign. 



Distribution. All of the above publications are on sale by the Secretary; prices 

 given in Catalogue. Revue Hispanique exchanged by its editor, R. Foulche- 

 Delbosc, Boulevard Malesherbes 156, Paris ; also on sale by Librairie C. 

 Klincksieck, n rue de Lille, Paris. 



Illinois State Academy of Science. 



Address. Secretary: A. R. Crook, Illinois State Museum of Natural 



History, Springfield, 111. 



History. Organized Dec. 7, 1907 at Springfield, 111. 

 Ref.: Science, n. s., v. 27, p. 186-188, Jan. 31. 1908. 



An address delivered at the organization meeting by S. A. Forbes on the 

 "History of the former State natural history societies of Illinois" is 

 printed in Science, n. s., v. 26, p. 892-898, Dec. 27, 1907. 



