INSTITUTE NOTES. 



This Winter's Course of Lectures before the Institute pro- 

 mises to be a most interesting one. The programme for the 

 year is practically filled, and the lectures so far given have 

 been very successful. 



The library of the Institute has been receiving for some 

 time past, through the kindness of William R. Newbold, Jr., 

 copies of the Canal Record, a weekly paper published under 

 the authority of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Mr. New- 

 bold is employed in the construction department of the Canal 

 and frequently remembers the Institute in this and other ways. 



The donation of Russian peasant toys, presented to the 

 Institute by Miss Anne Knapp Whitney, of which note has 

 previously been made, has proven a most interesting addition 

 to the museum. These toys were collected by the late Jacob 

 B. Brown while travelling in Russia. They are of wood, 

 hand-carved and colored, and apparently represent peasants 

 occupied in their various crafts, with tools, etc. There is also 

 a model of a Russian wagon, with horses and all complete. 



In Volume II, Number 3, of the Proceedings, was pub- 

 lished, under the pen of Sanford Omensetter, a description of 

 the "Indian Rock," near Bishop's Mills, this county. It 

 has been reported that there is another rock of similar origin 

 in the neighborhood. If any of our readers have information 

 on this point they will confer a favor by communicating with 

 the Institute. 



The Publication Committee is greatly pleased with the 

 reception accorded to the Proceedings by the scientific 

 world. Its articles have been noted, abstracted or published 

 in full by other journals, all of which goes to show that it 

 fills its little niche in scientific literature quite creditabh^ 



The year 1907 has been most remarkable meteorological h'. 

 The late Spring, short Summer and early Winter which we 

 have experienced are worthy of record. 



