OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: MAY 27, 1862. 



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from 1817. A whole age, a whole scientific world, has been borne 

 with Biot to the tomb. Even the venerable Academic Fran9aise is 

 tottering to the grave. Tliat old institution is dying by mere impossi- 

 bilite de vivre. The other classes of the Institute have more sap, and 

 can last much longer." 



The accessions to the ranks of the Academy since the last report 

 consist of 11 Resident and 4 Associate Fellows, and of 4 Foreign 

 Honorary Members. Four of the newly chosen Resident Fellows 

 are assigned to the first Class, two to the second Class, and five to 

 the third Class. 



Two of the Associates are of the first, one of the second, and one 

 of the third Class. 



Of the Foreign Honorary Members recently chosen, Sir William 

 Fairbairn fills the vacancy left by the death of Robert Stephenson in 

 Class I. Section 4. Captain Duperrey, in Class II. Section 1, supplies 

 the place of the late Professor Tiedemann of the third Section. Pro- 

 fessor Bekker takes the place of Professor Thiersch in Class III. 

 Section 2 ; and Professor Trendelenburg, in the first Section, that of 

 Bunsen. 



The following schedule indicates the numbers of the actual members 

 of the Academy, and their distribution in the Classes and Sections : — 



49 



48 



58 



155 



Associate Fellows. 



84 



