120 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 
PEOPLE’S COURSE. 
Given in codperation with the City Department of Education. 
Tuesday evenings at 8 o’clock. Doors open at 7:30. 
A course of lectures illustrated with stereopticon views. 
November 5.— Proressor CHARLES L. Brisrou, ‘‘The Bermudas.” 
November 12.— Epwin E. Stosson, Pu. D., ‘The Panama Canal.” 
November 19.— Proressor Henry H. Russy, “‘The Delta of the Orinoco.” 
November 26.— Miss Carouina H. Hurporro, “Typical Life in Chili.” 
Saturday evenings at 8 o’clock. Doors open at 7:30. 
A course of three lectures by PRoressor SAMUEL C. SCHMUCKER. 
November 2.— ‘‘Little Brothers of the Air (Birds).” 
November 9.— ‘‘Modern Mound Builders (Ants).” 
November 16.— “‘My Foster Children (Animals as Pets).”’ 
November 23.— J. Russett Smirx, Px. D., “The Story of a Steel Rail.’” 
The first of a course of four lectures on “Commercial 
Geography” illustrated by stereopticon views. 
November 30.— “The Story of a Ton of Coal.” 
Children are not admitted to these lectures, except on presentation of a 
Museum Member’s Card. 
MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Meetings of the New York Academy of Sciences and its Affiliated Societies. 
will be held at the Museum during the current month as follows: 
On Mondays at 8:15 P. M. The New York Academy of Sciences: 
November 4.— Business meeting and Section of Geology and 
Mineralogy. 
November 11.— Section of Biology. 
November 18.— Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry. 
November 25.— Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 
On Tuesday evenings as announced: 
The Linnean Society, The New York Entomological Society and 
The Torrey Botanical Club. 
On Friday evenings as announced: 
The New York Microscopical Society. 
Full programmes of the meetings of the several organizations are pub- 
lished in the weekly Bulletin of the Academy and sent to the members of the 
societies. On making request of the Director of the Museum, our Members. 
will be provided with this Bulletin as issued. ‘The meetings are public. 
