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lal vigour was scarcely touched by age and his many attached friends 

 had expected a long continuation of his useful life. He had comple- 

 ted a History of Canada from 1840 to 1865 — from the Union to Con- 

 federation. Those who have seen it believe that it will take a high 

 place in Canadian letters. 



Dr. MacCabe's death removes from among us one who had dur- 

 ing many years been the host of the Eoyal Society within this build- 

 ing. The society is indebted to him for the facilities for holding its 

 meetings which it has long enjoyed; and for countless courtesies 1<o 

 individual members extending over many years. He was among the 

 foremost of the leaders of education in the province of Ontario. Both 

 in Canada as well as in his native Ireland, his life was devoted to teach- 

 ing. He was trained in the Xormal School of Dublin and from thence 

 he went to the Catholic University. On coming to Nova Scotia in 1869 

 he was appointed to the Xormal School at Truro and on the opening of 

 the present Xormal School at Ottawa he was appointed as principal. He 

 was an active participant in many educational and literary associations 

 in the city and by the older members of the Royal Society his hospit- 

 able annual welcome will long be remembered. 



7. Corresponding Members. 



Under Xo. 8 of the regulations the number of the corresponding 

 members of the society is fixed at a maximum of sixteen. The names 

 of Professor Henry F. Osborn of Columbia University and Professor 

 "W. F. Ganong, of Smith University, Xorthamptoo, have been submit- 

 ted and the council would recommend their election. 



Professor Osborn is a graduate of Princeton University, Xew 

 Jersey, where he received the degree of Sc.D. Later he studied abroad 

 at Oxford University and at Heidelberg, returning to occupy the Chair 

 of Zoology at Princeton. For some years, he has been Da Costa Pro" 

 fessor of Zoology at Columbia University, Xew York, and curator of the 

 Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology of the American Museum of 

 Xatural History, Xew York, and at present is also chairman of the Xew 

 York Zoological Society. 



Professor W. F. G-anong is a Canadian, born of Loyalist stock at St. 

 John, X.B. He graduated at the University of Xew Brunswick as B.A. 

 in 1884. Went as student to Harvard University in 1885 and gradua- 

 ted there as A.B. in 1887. He was appointed, first as assistant, and» 

 then as instructor in botany. In 1893-4 he studied in Munich and 

 graduated as Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1894. The same 

 year he was appointed Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanic 



