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There are other interests, and some interests vsltj and alternate 

 from year to year. As I have said, I regard the society itself as 

 the best judge of their merits, and I would much prefer that it 

 should be the distributing medium. It would be fortunate, for ex- 

 ample, if any one interest should be so preferred by the Carnegie 

 Trustees that the judgment of the Council should not approve of 

 the conditions. In my opinion, the Council should appoint a com- 

 mittee to look over the field and report, and should then present 

 its views to your Committee for mutual discussion, the conclusion 

 being in the form of a recommendation by your Committee to the 

 Carnegie Trustees. 



The above is a general expression of my personal views. I have 

 endeavored to be brief, and possibly I should have recited some 

 matters more at length ; but as you are a member of the Committee 

 of Publication and familiar with the affairs of the society, the above 

 \vill probably suffice to suggest the details which I have omitted. 

 Sincerely yours, 



F. N. Coi,E. 



