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ican Society of Microscopists will be entertained as guests of the 

 Elmira Society, so that no expense will be incurred by you and 

 others visiting us, save your car fare. We have secured Park 

 church, with its large lecture rooms, parlors, library, etc., in which to 

 hold the sessions of the Society. It is in the centre of the city, 

 shaded by the park and convenient of access by street cars. Presi- 

 dent Blackham's address will be given in the large auditorium, prob- 

 ably (Ml the evening of the finst day. On the last day, to-wit, Aug. 

 i8th, an excursion to Watkin's Glen, with dinner at the Mountain 

 House, and a ride up Seneca Lake, will be tendered the American 

 Society by the local one. 



President Blackham and Prof. Kellicott both assure me of the 

 certainty of the presentation of a large number of papers on original 

 rpicroscopical investigation. Dr. Holbrook, of New York, who for 

 three years has been silently but industriously searching for the 

 nerves of the liver, will show us what he has found. Mr. Walmsley, 

 'of Philadelphia, will teach us microphotography, by means of a 

 simple apparatus. Dr. Carl Seller has promised to give illustrations 

 in section cutting. Prof. H. L. Smith, Prof. Tuttle, Prof. Kellicott, 

 Dr. Geo. E. Fell, Dr. Blackham, Prof. Albert McCalla and many 

 others have promised papers upon as many themes. 



We are determined to make the Elmira meeting a prominent 

 success in every particular. Come see us. You will not regret it, 

 I am sure. Meanwhile, I am 



Yours Truly, 



Thau. S. Up de Graff. 



LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BLACKHAM. 



Dunkirk. N. Y., June 15, 1882. 

 Prof. Stowell: 



In reply to your request for information as to the doings in 

 Elmira in August next, I can only reply in a somewhat general way. 

 The following papers are expected, but as some of the titles have 

 not yet been officially filed, there may be some changes in the list; 

 but here is the list: 



Memoir of the late Chas. A. Spencer— Prof. H. S. Smith, Gen- 

 eva, N. Y. 



Microscopic Organizations in Niagara River — Henry Mills, 

 Esq., Buffalo, N. Y. 



