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forenoon was devoted to the reading and discussion of papers. At 

 the evening session the address of welcome was delivered, in the 

 absence of Governor Foraker, by Mayor Bmck, who happily and 

 gracefully extended the city's greetings to the visiting microscopists. 

 Besides the President's Address, which will appear in full in our next 

 issue, an enjoyable musical programme had been arranged by the 

 ladies of Columbus. 



The second and subsequent days of the session saw the ranks 

 of the visitors somewhat depleted by the sudden indisposition 

 caused by the drinking-water of Columbus. In spite of these obsta- 

 cles, the programme for the morning session in Wirthwein's Hall was 

 carried out, and the following valuable series of papers read: First, 

 The Form and Size of the Red Blood Corpuscles of the Larva of the 

 Lamprey Eel of Cayuga Lake, N. Y., Professor Simon H. Gage, Cor- 

 nell University; second, Method of Preparing Limpid and Colorless 

 Copal Solution, Dr. F. L. James, St. Louis, Mo. ; third, Partial List of 

 the Rotifera of Thiawasser River at Corunna, Mich., Professor D. S. 

 Kellicott, BulTalo, N. Y.; fourth, Dry Mounts, W. H. Seaman, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. ; fifth. Development and Reproduction in the Sun Ani- 

 malcule, I. M. Steadman, Cornell University; sixth. The Bacillus of 

 Leprosy, Dr. C. Q. Jackson, Pittsburg, Pa. ; seventh. Cellular Struc- 

 tures of the Black Pepper Berry, Dr. Thomas Taylor, Washington, 

 D. C. ; eighth, Examination of Legal Documents with the Microscope, 

 Dr. G. E. Fell, Buffalo, N. Y. 



In the afternoon the Ohio State University was visited, and the 

 meeting convened in the physical laboratory. The programme con- 

 sisted of the following papers and demonstrations: First, Photomi- 

 crography with High Power and Lamp Light, with Exhibit of Photo 

 Lantern Slides with Electric Light, Dr. H. J. Detmers; second. Projec- 

 tion of Colored Photographs of Crystals of Butter and other Animal 

 Fats, Dr. Thomas Taylor, Washington, D. C. Besides this food for 

 mental assimilation, the ever-thoughtful ladies of the local commit- 

 tee, knowing the feebly nutrient qualities of scientific disquisitions, 

 furnished other delicacies appealing more directly to the physical 

 qualifications of the scientific throng. 



Thursday morning's session was largely given up to the routine 

 business of the Society, the appointing of a nominating committee, 

 etc., time being found, however, for several papers. 



In the afternoon the working session took place. Owing to 

 some lack of co-operation on the part of the local committee and a 

 misunderstanding of the requirements of the session, this, one of the 



