1879.1 351 



Another means of disseminating thought, as well as of developing the 

 mental and manual faculties simultaneously, would be the introduction of 

 type-setting in the public school as a weekly exercise, but as it is not the 

 purpose of this article to discuss here the means and methods of industrial 

 education, any further remarks on this head will be out of order. 



It is merely intended to call attention to the fact that there is need of a 

 more complete development of all the faculties used to convey or receive 

 impressions and to coordinate them into a closer and more efficient system 

 of instruction as a basis for the more intelligent expression of thought. 



Stated Meeting, June 20, 1879. 



Present, 5 members. 



Vice-President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



A photograph of Mr. J. F. Mansfield, was received for in- 

 sertion in the album. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Natural 

 History Societies at Wiirttemberg, April 1 (101, 102); Frei- 

 burg, Feb. 2 (101); the Societies at Harlem, Aug., 1877 (97, 

 98, 99); Lyons, Aug. 1,1878 (I to XV); Edinburgh, Oct. 31, 

 1878 (100, Cat. Ill); the Royal Academy, at Amsterdam, Oct. 

 22, 1877 (100, Cat. Ill); New Hampshire Historical Society, 

 June 16 (103); the Essex Institute (103); the IT. S. Military 

 Academy, at West Point (103); the New York Historical 

 Society (103); the American Ethnological Society (103), and 

 Astor Library (103); the Numismatic and Antiquarian So- 

 ciety (103), and Historical Society at Philadelphia (103) ; 

 the Wisconsin Historical Society (103); and various mem- 

 bers (103). 



Letters of envoy were received from the Royal Academy, 

 at Amsterdam, Feb. 7, 1879 ; Imperial Academy, at Vienna ; 

 Royal Academy, at Munich, April 10, 1879; Holland So- 

 ciety, Harlem, Dec, 1877 ; Government Surveyors, Victoria, 

 Feb. 12; Greenwich Observatory, June 20; Meteorological 

 Office ; and Mrs. Sarah S. Pickering, May 19, 1879. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Acade- 

 mies at Amsterdam, Bruxelles, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, and 



