1S98.] MINUTES. 1T7 



Dr. Frazer offered tlie following resolutions, in regard to 

 the death of Dr. Pepper : 



Resolved, That a Committee of five members be appointed by 

 the President to arrange for a memorial meeting in reference to the 

 death of Dr. William Pepper, with authority to confer with the 

 Committee appointed by the Trustees of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, and the representatives of other institutions and societies 

 with which he was connected. 



Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of Dr. Wil- 

 Ham Pepper, a Vice-President of this Society, the office which he 

 filled remain vacant until the annual election on January 6 next. 



Adopted. 



Dr. Frazer, Dr. DaCosta, Mr, Edmunds, General Wistar 

 and Dr. Tyson were subsequently appointed members of this 

 Committee. 



On motion the President was requested to appoint a mem- 

 ber to prepare a biographical notice of the late Prof. Henry 

 Trimble. Prof. Sadtler was subsequently so appointed. 



Dr. Caspar Eene Gregory made a communication on ' ' Greek 

 Manuscripts in Europe, in the East, and in America." 



Dr. Daniel G. Brinton read a paper on ' ' The Linguistic 

 Cartography of the Chaco Eegion." 



Prof. Smyth read a paper on " The Apollonius Saga and 

 Shakespeare's Pericles Prince of Tj^re." 



A paper was presented by Dr. G. A. Miller and read by 

 title, " On the Quaternion Group." 



Pending nominations J^os. 1432, 1464, 1469, and new 

 nominations Nos. 1470 to 1472 were read. 



Dr. Morris, as Curator, offered a correction of the printed 

 record of the meeting of April 1, 1898, Proceedings, p. 83, 

 as follows : In the sentence in which " Dr. Hays asked ' Is 

 this [a framed copy presented at that time] the facsimile 

 copy which Dr. Morris took out of the Librarian's desk last 

 autumn, etc.?'" " Dr. Morris rephed that it was." Dr. 

 Morris claimed that this should read: ". . . . which had 

 been taken out of the old desk used by Mr. Philhps," which was 

 the form in which the question was put, and replied to m 



