302 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Six hundred and sixty-fifth Meeting. 



January 28, 1874. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a letter from Professor 

 Wohler, of Gottingen, acknowledging his election as Foreign 

 Honorar}'- Member of the Academy. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Professor George Gabriel Stokes, of Cambridge, to be a 

 Foreign Honorary Member in Class I., Section 3. 



Professor Francesco Brioschi, of Milan, to be a Foreign 

 Honorary Member in Class I., Section 1. 



Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone, of London, to 

 be a Foreign Honorary Member in Class HI., Section 3. 



Mr. Charles Darwin, of Beckenham, to be a Foreign Hon- 

 orary Member in Class II., Section 1. 



Professor George Lincoln Goodall, of Cambridge, to be a 

 Resident Fellow in Chiss II., Section 2. 



It was voted to authorize the additional expenditure of five 

 hundred dollars ($500) for the publications of the Academy. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam presented by title a paper on the 

 " Geology of Martha's Vineyard," by Professor N. S. 

 Shaler. 



Professor A. Gray presented a paper by Dr. W. G. Farlow, 

 entitled " An Asexual Growth from the Prothallus of Pteris 

 serrulata." 



Mr. F. W. Putnam exhibited a transfer of the hieroglyphics 

 on an Egyptian stone in the possession of the Peabody Acad- 

 emy of Science. 



Voted, to adjourn this meeting at its close to the second 

 Tuesday in February. 



Professor J. P. Cooke presented to the Academy a copy 

 of his work on the " New Chemistry." 



