ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND 



Al^FII^IATED SOCIETIES 



Saturday, November 5. The Philosophical Society, at the Cosmos Club, at 

 8.15 p.m. Program: 

 H. A Marmer: The great tides in the Bay of Fundy, and their causes. 

 F. L. M0HI.ER and P. D. KooTE: Characteristic soft X-rays. 

 Tuesday, November 8. The Institute of Electrical Ehgineers. 



Wednesday, November 9. The Geological Society, at the Cosmos Club, 

 at 8 p.m. Program: 



O. E. Meinzer: An outline of hydrology. 



F. E. MaTTues: Gilbert's theory of the mechanics of e.xfoliation. 

 Thursday, November 10. The Chemical Society. Program: 



Annual reports and election of officers. 



Five-minute informal communications. 

 Saturday, November 12. Joint meeting of the Academy, the Botanical 

 Society, and the Biological Society at the Cosmos Club, at 8 p.m. Program : 



Arthur de Jaczewski: The development of mycology and pathology tn Russia. 



Nicholas I. Vavilov: Russian work in genetics and plant breeding. 



Vernon Kellogg : The interrelations of Russian and A merican scientists. 

 Wednesday, November IG. The Society of Engineers. 



Thursday, November 17. The Academy, at the Cosmos Club, at 8. 15 p.m. 



Program: 

 H. D. Curtis: The Sun, our nearest star. 

 Saturday, November 19. The Philosophical Society, at the Cosmos Club, at 



8.15 p.m. 



PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED SINCE THE PRECEDING ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL^ 



Tuesday, October 25. The Anthropological So cie^ky, at the National Museum, at 4.45 

 p.m. Program: Frances Densmore: Some recent developments in the stiidy of Ameri- 

 can Indian music. 



Saturday, October 29. The Biological Society, at the Cosmos Club, at 8 p.m. Pro- 

 gram: R. S. Bassler: Sex characters in fossils. W. E. Safford: The dahlia, its 

 origin and development. * 



1 Received too late for publication before the dale of the meeting. 



ADVERTISEMENT 



The Academy has on hand a miscellaneous stock of separates of papers 

 from the Proceedings (1898-1911). By authority of the Board of Managers, 

 these papers are offered for sale for a limited period at the reduced prices 

 indicated below. (Publication of these classified lists was begun on March i 

 and is concluded in this number of the Journai^.) 



BIOLOGY, GENERAL 



Cook, O. F. The vital fabric of descent. 23 pp $0 . 10 



Cook, O. F. Aspects of kinetic evolution. 207 pp .40 



Cook, O. F. Origin and evolution of angiosperms through apospory. 20 pp .05 



Cook, O. F. Mendelisra and other methods of descent. 52 pp 0.15 



Davenport, Charles B. Heredity and Mendel's Law. 19 pp . 10 



Greene, Edward L. Linnaean memorial address. 34 pp . 10 



Greene, Edw.a.rd L. Linnaeus as an evolutionist. 10 pp .05 



The set of 7 biological papers .75 



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