THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



Frank R. Kimball, on the "Climatology of the United 

 States." 2 



Frank Hamilton Cushing, a familiar talk on "Zufii 

 Folk-lore, or Myths and Stories of the Zunis." 



B. F. McDaniel, a lecture, "The First Steps in Geol- 

 ogy." 



Edwin G. Bolles, on the "Microscope and its Applica- 

 tion." 



John Ritchie, of Boston, a lecture with experiments 

 and illustrations, on "The New Process of Wool-scouring 

 lately invented by Charles Toppan." 3 



F. W. Putnam, on "Some Problems in American Ar- 

 chaeology and their partial solution." 



E. 8. Morse, a paper on "Ancient and Modern Meth- 

 ods of Arrow Release." 4 



J. S. Kingsley, a familiar talk on "The Modern Methods 

 of the Study of Natural History." 



Howard Ayers, of Ann Arbor, Mich., on "The Cara- 

 pax and Sternum of Decapod Crustacea." 5 



Stephen P. Hathaway , jr ., of Marblehead, "The Second 

 Congregational Church in Marblehead." 6 



George A. Perkins, "The Family of John Perkins of 

 Ipswich, part n." 7 



James A. Emmerton, "Salem Baptisms." 8 



John H. Gould, of Topsfield, "Topsfield in the Revolu- 

 tion." 9 



FIELD MEETINGS. These have been held during the 

 season, as follows : First, on Thursday, July 9, 1885, at 

 Nantasket Beach in Boston Harbor. At 2.30 o'clock the 

 afternoon session was held in the large parlors of "Hotel 

 Nantasket." The President in his opening remarks alluded 

 briefly to several meetings that had been held on the sea- 



4 See Bulletin of E. I., xvin, 15. "See Bulletin, xvm, 1. See Bulletin XVII, 145. 

 *See Bulletin xvn, 49. See Hist. Coll., xxn, 81. T See Hist. Coll., xxn, 103. 

 8 See Hist. Coll., xxn, 177. ' See Hisc. Coll., xxn, 297 . 



