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things ; the imaginative significance of the universe, but 

 dwell in the superficies. That it is the province of all 

 art to discover and give. In measure of the revelation 

 of it is it great. 



ANNUAL MEETING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1874. 



ACCORDING to the notification, the meeting was held at 

 3 P.M. The PRESIDENT in the chair. Records read. ' 



The annual reports of the officers and of the curators 

 were read and accepted, and from them the accompanying 



RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR 



has been compiled. The placing before large and inter- 

 ested assemblages a series of superior entertainments, 

 consisting of instructive lectures and essays, brilliant 

 concerts and exhibitions of flowers, fruit and vegetables, 

 of a high order, has been attended with eminent success. 

 In other directions a like degree of vigor and zeal has 

 been noticeable : thus the library and museum have been 

 largely increased, by purchase, donations, and by ex- 

 change ; the field, evening and other meetings have been 

 well attended and at these meetings many valuable com- 

 munications were presented and referred to the appro- 

 priate committee for publication. 



MEMBERS. Changes occur in the list of our associates, 

 by the addition of new names, and the withdrawal of 

 some by resignation, removal from the county or vicinity, 

 or by death. In this connection, notices of six of the 

 resident members who have deceased within the year are 

 inserted. 



