PREFACE. 



Continuing the policy of the Society in recent years, commenced 

 by our past Secretary, Professor F. W. Taylor, certain special subjects 

 are taken up and exhaustively treated in this volume. 



The Secretary feels that some explanation should be made regarding 

 the matter appearing in this report. Much of it had been arranged 

 for by the late lamented Secretary, D. U. Reed, whose untimely death 

 left the Society for some months previous to the winter meeting with- 

 out an active Secretary. During that time the executive board, and 

 members of the Society who were conversant with the details of the 

 proposed volume, completed the arrangements for the matter needed. 

 At the close of the winter meeting the newly elected Secretary took up 

 the work as best he could, and wishes to thank his friends for their 

 kindness in helping him, not forgetting his apprecilation of the excel- 

 lent planning which had been 'done previous to his coming into pos- 

 session of the office, and begs indulgence for any errors or omissions 

 which may have occurred in the work as the result of the change 

 in officers during the preparation of this report. 



