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two of which are allotted to the entomological section. Nine- 

 teen of these are already filled with insects. Our library 

 promises to become a great success. We are trying to secure 

 a room in the St. Antoine School for a museum and reading-- 

 room. We have had two very successful field-meetings, on 

 one of which prizes were offered for the best collection made 

 during the day. I expect to see the Montreal branch of the A. 

 A. take a leading position among the scientific institutions of 

 Canada. One of our most successful evenings was spent with 

 the microscope. W. D. SHAW. 



Mr. Shaw, who was one of the brightest and most 

 promising' young men in the Association, died at the 

 early age of nineteen, leaving a name beloved and hon- 

 ored wherever it was known. 



Greenup, Ky. 



The Public Library formed here under our auspices has 

 now a thousand volumes, and we are busy cataloguing them. 



MRS. GEORGE GIBBS. 



In some cases members take turns in giving lec- 

 tures. 



We have given a parlor concert. C. K. Linson gave us a 

 "chalk talk." At one side of the parlor we had a table with 

 some specimens on it, and after the entertainment we invited 

 our friends to inspect them. We have now money enough to 

 get a cabinet. We have decided to have a course of lectures- 

 one delivered by each member on his chosen branch. 



A. D. PHILLIPS, Brooklyn, E. D. 



A love for Nature often affects the whole character. 



But the best of all, and that for which I want sincerely to 

 thank the A. A. and its projector, is the result of the work in 

 one particular case. As a teacher, you know how difficult it 

 is to do just the best thing with a roguish, careless boy, smart, 

 but caring little for study and with little or no will to work. 

 Geology last year and chemistry this prepared him for an 

 elementary course in determinative mineralogy. This he has 

 undertaken, under the guise of association work, and to this 

 we largely attribute a most wonderful improvement in the 

 boy. Spare moments are spent in the laboratory instead of in 

 mischief; he has begged to return to Latin, which he had 

 dropped, and bids fair to stand at or near the head of his 

 class in that and other studies. Instead of lawless lounging at 

 recess, he is quiet and gentlemanly. A FRIEND. 



