SKETCH OF HENRY CARRINGTON BOLTON. 695 



Dr. Bolton joined the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 

 City in 1867 and has been an active member for twenty-six years. 

 He was one of the committee (with the late Dr. John S. Newberry 

 and Prof. B. N. Martin) who accomplished in 1876 the change of 

 name to the New York Academy of Sciences by which it is now 

 known ; from 1876 to 1877 he held the office of corresponding sec- 

 retary; from 1887 to 1892, of recording secretary; from 1892 to 

 1893, vice-president; and in 1893 president. He has also been 

 prominent in the national society, the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, frequently serving on its council 

 and on committees, besides holding the office of Secretary of the 

 Chemical Section (1876), Secretary of the Council (1889), general 

 secretary (in 1878, 1879, and 1890), and vice-president (1882). Dr. 

 Bolton was one of the founders of the American Folk-lore Society 

 in 1887, and has been on the council of the society to date. He is 

 also president of the New York branch of the American Folk-lore 

 Society established in the spring of 1893. He has been a member 

 of the Executive Committee of the New York Section of the 

 American Chemical Society since its foundation. 



To all these societies Dr. Bolton has frequently contributed 

 papers ; including communications of literary and general char- 

 acter printed in journals, they number more than a hundred and 

 fifty. He has been influential^in shaping the policy of the Council 

 of the Scientific Alliance of New York City, and was made its 

 treasurer in 1893. 



Dr. Bolton is a member of many learned societies besides those 

 above named, the chief being as follows : German Chemical Soci- 

 ety of Berlin, Chemical Society of Paris, National Society of Nat- 

 ural and Mathematical Sciences of Cherbourg, American Society 

 of Naturalists, Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadel- 

 phia, American Metrological Society, Brooklyn Institute, corre- 

 sponding member of the Rochester Academy of Sciences, and 

 honorary member of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society of 

 Chapel Hill, N. C. 



He founded the 'Ology Club in Hartford and the Lunar Soci- 

 ety in New York, social clubs for scientific discussions and mutual 

 admiration. He is a member of the University Club of New 

 York and of the Cosmos Club of Washington. 



Dr. Bolton's private library, though numbering less than one 

 thousand volumes, is probably unique in the United States, being 

 devoted to the history of chemistry. It is rich in original works 

 on alchemy and early chemistry, besides containing a collection 

 of several hundred portraits of scientists of all countries and all 

 time. At the request of the Grolier Club of New York city, he 

 made an exhibit of a selection from his library in their club house 

 in January, 1891. 



