THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



Tuesday, February lo. — Dr. Augusta J. Chapin, "Naples 



and Pompeii." 



Saturday, February 14. — Prof. E. R. von Nardroff, 



" Electricity in Motion : Its Inductive Effects." 



Tuesday, February 17. — William Freeland, "Spain." 

 Saturday, February 21. — Prof. E. R. von Nardroff, 



"Cathode Rays, X Rays, Radium Rays." 



Tuesday, February 24. — R.S.Dawson, " La Belle France." 

 Saturday, February 28. — Prof. E. R. von Nardroff, 



"Electromagnetic Waves: Their Properties and Uses." 



MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



The New York Academy of Sciences will hold its regular meet- 

 ings on Monday evenings throughout February, according to the 

 following schedule. The meetings are held in the small Assembly 

 Hall of the Museum and the public is invited to attend. 



February 2. — Business meeting and section of Astronomy, 

 Physics and Chemistry. 



February 9. — Section of Biology. 



February 16. — Section of Geology and Mineralogy. 



February 23. — Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 



The meetings of the New York Entomological Society will be 

 held in the Assembly Hall on February 3 and 17, and those of the 

 Linnasan Society of New York in the same hall on February 10 

 and 24. 



The regular meeting of the New York Mineralogical Club will 

 be held in conjunction with the Section of Geology and Miner- 

 alogy of the New York Academy of Sciences, Monday evening, 

 February 16. 



On Saturday afternoon, January 24, at three o'clock, Prof. 

 John B. Smith, of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 New Bi-unswick, N. J., gave an illustrated lecture on "Mosquitoes, 

 their Life History and Habits." The lecture was arranged for 

 in cooperation with the New York Entomological Society. 



