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observations among the Swedish glaciers on account of their distance 

 and inaccessibility, but nevertheless the Swedish Geological Sur- 

 vey has published a collection of six essays by the leading Swedish 

 glacialists which give an excellent account of what is known of 

 these glaciers. 1 



1 Dr. Axel Hamberg has been elected an ordinary member of the Committee to 

 represent Sweden, succeeding Dr. F. W. Svenonius, who has retired and been elected 

 a corresponding member. Professor R. S. Tarr has also been elected a corresponding 

 member. Two corresponding members, Mr. W. S. Vaux, Jr., and Professor E. Hagen- 

 bach-Bischoff, have died since the 1906 meeting of the Committee. The following 

 officers were elected to serve until the next meeting of the International Congress of 

 Geologists: Honorary President, Prince Roland Bonaparte of Paris; Active Presi- 

 dent, M. Charles Rabot of Paris; Secretary, M. Ernest Muret of Lausanne. 



