370 VISCOUNT FERDINAND DE LESSEPS. 



Some Difficulties in Lasage-Thomson Gravitation Theory. Abstract Pro- 

 ceedings Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sc, Vol. XLI., 1892. 



A Mathematical Review of the Free-will Question. Phil. Review, Vol. I., 

 March, 1892. 



Review of Mathematical Recreations, by W. W. Rouse Ball. Bulletin 

 N. Y. Math. Soc, November 1, 1892. 



Estimates of Distance. Science, March 11, 1892. 



Oliver, Wait, and Jones. Text-books on Mathematics for Colleges. 

 Algebra, especially chapter on Imaginaries, etc. Trigonometry. 



Cornell University. Reports on Courses, Aims, and Methods of Mathe- 

 matical Teaching at Cornell University. 



Papers and Discussions at vai'ious Educational Meetings on Teaching, 

 ■with application to the study and teaching of Mathematics. 



The above sketch refers to matters which, being related to his 

 scientific career, present themselves more easily to our notice. 



But this was only a part of his life. Professor Oliver was inter- 

 ested in much outside of his special duties as teacher of mathematics. 

 His moral qualities were of a superior order. His personal relations 

 with his friends and colleagues were such as to gain for him their 

 respect and affection. 



But I feel that any attempt on my part to portray the social and 

 moral side of his life would be inadequate, and must refer for infor- 

 mation in this regard to the affectionate notices* of him written by 

 those who had enjoyed the privilege of intimate companionship with 

 him, and who regarded him as a man of exceptionally exalted 

 character. 



1895. G. Hat 



FOREIGN HONORARY MEMBERS. 



VISCOUNT FERDINAND DE LESSEPS. 



In the biographical notice that follows we do not expect to make an 

 adequate exhibit of the work and honors of a life so long and impetu- 

 ous as that of M. de Lesseps, but hope, by pi-esenting the salient 

 points in his career, to indicate what manner of man he was, from first 

 to last, without intruding mei'e opinion. 



Of his boyhood we know very little, except that he had every 

 advantage of refined social life and education. As he reached man- 

 hood he found himself down at the front where volunteers for the 



* See Christian Register, May 2, 1895; Cornell Daily Sun, April 3, 1895; 

 The New Unity, Chicago, August 1, 1895. 



