PROCEEDINGS FOR 1900 XXV 
SESSION II. (May 30th.) 
The Royal Society reassembled at noon for the purpose of transact- 
ing general business, the President in the chair. 
Dr. Stewart reported the following recommendations from the 
Second Section : 
1. That the Reverend Frederick George Scott, of Quebec, author of 
“My Lattice Window,” and other poems of high merit, be elected a 
fellow, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir James Edgar. 
2. That Mr. J. 8S. Willison, of the Toronto Globe, be elected a fellow 
on the grounds of his contributions to economic science, his efforts to 
elevate journalism to a high level, and the aid he has given to the devel- 
opment of letters and science in the Dominion. 
3. That Rule VI. be suspended with respect to the election of these 
two eminent gentlemen. 
The Rev. Frederick George Scott and Mr. Willison were elected 
fellows, on the motion of Mr. W. Wilfred Campbell, seconded by Mr. D. 
Campbell Scott. 
Mr. W. Wilfred Campbell reported the following recommendation 
under Rule 8 of the Society : 
“The undersigned, Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, have 
the honour to recommend Thomas Wentworth Higginson, LL.D. (of 
Harvard), of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a corresponding member of 
the said Society on account of his valuable contributions to literature on 
America, and his practical interest in the work of this body.” 
(Signed), Jno. Gro. BOURINOT, 
W. WILFRED CAMPBELL, 
GEORGE STEWART. 
30th May, 1900. 
The foregoing recommendation was adopted, on motion of Mr. W. 
Wilfred Campbell, seconded by Sir John Bourinot. 
On motion of Mr. T. C. Keefer, seconded by Dr. Fréchette, a resolu- 
tion of sympathy on the sudden death of the Reverend Theodore H. 
Rand, the eminent educationalist and littérateur, was passed, and ordered 
to be communicated to his family, through the President of Macmaster 
University. 
The Society then adjourned until noon on the following day. 
THIRD SESSION. (May 31st.) 
The Royal Society reassembled at noon for the purpose of com- 
pleting business, the President in the chair. 
