PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES 



Scientific Association 



December 2, 1908. Modern Methods in Geophysical Research. 

 A. L. DAY. 



January 13, 1909. Genetic Science. J. M. BALDWIN. 



Electrical Operation of Steam Railways. J. B. WHITEHEAD. 



February 3, 1909. The Grafting of Epithelial and other 

 Tissues of the Body. W. S. HALSTED. 



Recent Views concerning the Aurora Borealis. J. A. ANDER- 

 SON. 



Philological Association 



December 18, 1908. Two hundred and fiftieth regular meeting. 



Professor GILDERSLEEVE in the chair. Attendance, 65. 

 A Retrospect of the Work of the Association. B. L. GILDER- 



SLEEVE. 



A Brief Review of the History of the Association. E. H. 

 SPIEKEB. 



January 15, 1909. Two hundred and fifty-first regular meeting. 

 Professor GILDERSLEEVE in the chair. Attendance, 30. 



Ancient Egyptian Temple Ceremonial. C. JOHNSTON. 



On the Origin of the Construction, "Er hat schreiben kon- 

 nen." W. KURRELMEYER. 



Historical and Political Science Association 



December 18, 1908. Parliaments in the 13th and 14th Cen- 

 turies. Professor E. P. CHEYNEY. 



Howe's Life and Letters of George Bancroft. C. P. GOULD. 



Lownhaupt's Investment Bonds: Their Issue and Place in 

 Finance. E. R. SPEDDEN. 



Cooke's The Commerce Clause of the Federal Constitution. 

 K. SINGEWALD. 



January 15, 1909. The Making of Economic Literature. Pro- 

 fessor S. N. PATTEN. 



Beer's Origins of the British Colonial System. E. R. TUENEE. 

 Daggett's Railroad Reorganization. F. T. STOCKTON. 

 Taylor's The Science of Jurisprudence. W. F. DODD. 



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