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[April 19, 



by Prof. E. P. Cheyney, of Philadelphia, which was discussed by 

 Prof. Hewett and Prof. Cheyney. 



" Early French Members of The American Philosophical So- 

 ciety," by Dr. J. G. Rosengarten, which was discussed by Prof. 

 Smyth. 



'' The Influence of Imperceptible Shadows on the Judgment of 

 Distance," by Prof. Edward B. Titchener. 



*' The Narrative of the ' Walking on the Sea,' " by Prof. Wil- 

 liam A. Lamberton, which was discussed by Prof. Hewett and 

 Prof. Lamberton. 



April ip. Morning Session. 

 President Smith in the Chair. 



The following papers were read : 



" Provisional Report of the Investigation of Foreign and Do- 

 mestic Stage Micrometers," by Prof. Marshall D. Ewell. 



** Chauvin (Chauvinisme-Calvin, Cauvin) : Truth and Fiction in 

 the Story of its Origin," by Prof. A. Marshall Elliott, which 

 was discussed by Professors E. S. Morse, Jastrow and Hewett. 



" Charts Illustrating the Taxonomic Relations of the Mono- 

 cotyledonous and Dicotyledonous Plant Families," by Prof. John 

 W. Harshberger, which was discussed by Prof. E. S. Morse, and 

 Prof. Kraemer. 



'' Some Experiments with Plant Nutriments," by Prof. Henry 

 Kraemer, which was discussed by Prof. Houston. 



" Elizabethan and Jacobian College Dramas," by Prof. Felix 



E. SCHELLING. 



" The Bacteriology of Flax Retting," by George T. Moore, 

 Ph.D. 



'' Note as to the Measurement of the Action of Water upon Zinc 

 and Lead," by Prof. William Pitt Mason, which was discussed 

 by Prof. Elihu Thomson, Prof. E. J. Houston, Prof. Kraemer, Dr. 

 Hulett, Mr. Willcox, Dr. Holland and Dr. Mason. 



" New Results in Electro-Analysis," by Dr. Edgar F. Smith. 



" The Liver as the Seat of the Soul," by Prof. Morris Jas- 

 trow, Jr. 



