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On the Blind, and Institutions for the Blind in Europe. A Letter 

 to the President of the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania 

 Institution for the Blind : by Robley Dunglison, M. D., Chairman 

 of the Committee of Instruction. Philadelphia, 1854. 8vo. — 

 From the Avthor. 

 The Florist and Horticultural Journal. Vol. III. Nos. 6-9. Phila- 

 delphia, 1854. 8vo. — From H. C. Hanson, Editor. 



Dr. Charles D. Meigs, pursuant to appointment at a former 

 meeting, read an obituary^ notice of the late Dr. Daniel Drake, 

 of Cincinnati, a deceased member of the Society. 



Prof. Frazer announced the decease of Professor Henry- 

 Reed, a member of this Society, aged 46, who perished by the 

 loss of the steamer Arctic, on the 27th September last, on his 

 return to this country from a visit to Europe. Prof Frazer, 

 in connection with this announcement, spoke of the estimable 

 character and of the eminent literary and professorial merits 

 of the deceased. 



On motion of Dr. Harris, Prof. Frazer was requested to 

 prepare an obituary^ notice of Professor Reed. 



Mr. Franklin Peale announced the death of Jacob G. Mor- 

 ris, a member of this Society, aged 54, who was among the 

 passengers lost with the Arctic steamer on the 27th September 

 last. 



On motion of Prof Frazer, Dr. Caspar Morris w^as appointed 

 to prepare an obituary notice of Mr. Morris. 



On motion of Dr. Dunglison, Prof Budge, of Bonn, the 

 editor of " Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der 

 Preussischen Rheinland und Westphalens,'' was directed to be 

 entered on the list of correspondents. 



Mr. Trego was appointed a member of the Committee on 

 the Hall of the Society, in the place of Mr. Justice, resigned. 



The librarian was authorized to lend to Prof Alexander, of 

 Baltimore, a vocabulary or spelling-book of the Delaware In- 

 dian language, by the Rev. Dr. Zcisberger. 



On motion of Prof Frazer, the invitation from the New 

 York Historical Society to attend the celebration of their semi- 

 centennial anniversary was accepted, and the President was 

 appointed to represent this Society in person, or by the nomi- 

 nation of a representative. 



