8 Cincinnati Society of Natural Histoty. 



" Hudson's Bay and Its Territory.". .Mr. Wm. Huhkell Fisher. 



" Ants and their Habits." Prof. A. D. Morrill. 



" Science in Schools." Rev. Geo. M. Maxwell. 



" Clarification of Water." Prof. C. R. Stuntz. 



" Geology of Natural Gas." Prof. Edward Ortc^n. 



" Atmospheric Electricity." Mr. E. S. Comings. 



"Our World a Type of Other Planets.". Prof. Geo. W. Harper. 



"Astronomical Review." Prof. R. W. McFarland. 



"An Australian Fern-tree Forest." .... Rev. Raphael Benjamin. 



" Nebulae and Star Clusters." Mr. Wm. H. Knight. 



"Experiments in Electricity and Magnetism." 



Mr. Geo. F. Card. 



Such was the interest taken in these lectures that on most 

 occasions there was standing room only to be had. The lecture 

 room was not large enough to hold the audiences. On two occa- 

 sions, viz: "The Geology of Natural Gas" and "Experiments 

 in Electricity," there seemed to be so much interest manifested 

 that College Hall was secured, and on both nights the hall was 

 filled with an interested audience. The good which these evening 

 lectures has done the Society is not to be estimated, for while no 

 one can tell the indirect advantage, the direct good to the Society 

 has on many occasions been j)lainly manifested. 



The difficulty experienced in seating the audiences gathered 

 in our own lecture room has forced upon the attention of the 

 members a fact which has long been patent to a few, namely, the 

 necessity for a larger room. The present room is large enough 

 for a comfortable reading, reception and library room, but it is 

 totally inadecjuate for lectures of a popular scientific nature. 

 Were it three times as large there would be little difficulty in 

 filling it at our evening lectures; and although the matter was 

 spoken of at some meetings last year and nothing was done, it 

 behooves the members of the Society and of the new Executive 

 Board as our managers, to take immediate steps toward an 

 enlargement of our building. We have still some unoccujjied 

 ground, and it has been estimated that at a sum not to exceed 

 seven or eight thousand dollars an addition could be made to our 

 present quarters which would give room for the increase of our 

 museum, and give us a good sized lecture hall, room sufficient for 

 several years to come. There is already in the hands of the 

 Treasurer a nucleus for a building fund, and if some of the 

 wealthy men of our city would give but a fraction of what has 



