PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ACADEMY 



r 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



NEW S E R I E S. 

 Vol. IV. 



WHOLE SERIES. 

 Vol. XIL 



from may, 1876, to may, 1877. 

 SELECTED FROM THE RECORDS. 



BOSTON: 

 PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON. 



1877. 



