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a few papers, one a discTission by Dr. 

 Walter Hough of two great culture-plants 

 of America, the palm and the agave. Fur- 

 ther, the desirability of a uniform .phonetic 

 alphabet was discussed in a paper sent in 

 by Mr. Jules Geddes, and another by Mr. 

 J. N. B. Hewitt, which were discussed by 

 Father Morice. At the following business 

 meeting Vienna was chosen as the place 

 of meeting of the next congress, which is 

 to take place in 1908. After the business 

 meeting the congress was closed by the 

 president, Dr. Robert Bell, of Ottawa. 



The success of the meeting at Quebec, 

 and its peculiar character, were due partic- 

 ularly to the efforts of Monsignor J. C. K. 

 Laflamme and of Dr. D. E. Dionne, the 

 secretary-general. After the close of the 

 congress, a number of excursions were 

 made, which continued until Monday, the 

 seventeenth. 



A number of publications were presented 

 to the congress by various organizations. 

 The government of Quebec presented two 

 books on the geographical names of Que- 

 bec, one by Dr. Roy, the other by Dr. 

 Rouillard. The government of Mexico 

 presented a special publication on the ex- 

 cavations at Teotihuacan, and three other 

 contributions from the Department of the 

 Inspection and Preservation of Archeolog- 

 ical Monuments, all prepared by Mr. 

 Batres. The University of California 

 sent the important papers by Professors 

 Putnam and Merriam on cave explorations 

 in California. The government of Ontario 

 sent copies of its archeological report, 

 which contains a general summary of 

 Canadian ethnology, prepared by a number 

 of contributors. The University of Penn- 

 sylvania dedicated to the congress the first 

 part of the second volume of the Transac- 

 tions of the Department of Archeology, 

 containing articles on the decorative art of 

 Crete, by Edith H. Hall; notes on Xochi- 

 calco, by Miss Breton; notes on the West- 



ern Eskimo, by Dr. Gordon; and notes on 

 an engraved bone from Ohio, also by Dr. 

 Gordon, Mr. Charles P. Bowditch pre- 

 sented to the congress a paper relating to 

 his Maya studies. The American Anthro- 

 pological Association presented a useful 

 summary of anthropological activities in 

 the United States since the meeting of the 

 congress in New York in 1902. A special 

 number prepared by the publishers of 

 Globus unfortunately did not reach Quebec 

 in time. The Society of Americanists of 

 Paris presented a set of its publications 

 to the congress, and copies of the last num- 

 ber of its publications to all the members 

 of the congress. Mr. Teobert Maler sent 

 a valuable set of blue-prints of his plans 

 and drawings. 



THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY. 

 The thirteenth summer meeting and 

 fifth colloquium of the society were held 

 at Yale University, extending through the 

 week September 3-8. Monday and Tues- 

 day were devoted to the presentation of 

 the thirty-four papers on the program of 

 the regular meeting. President W. F. 

 Osgood and ex-President E. H. Moore oc- 

 cupied the chair. Forty-six members were 

 in attendance. The following new mem- 

 bers were elected : William , Beebe, Yale 

 University; J. B. Clarke, San Francisco 

 Polytechnic High School; E. C. Colpitts, 

 Cornell University; Brother Constantius, 

 St. Louis Christian Brothers College; G. 

 W. Droke, University of Arkansas; R. M. 

 Ginnings, State Normal School, Kirksville, 

 Mo.; Harriet E. Glazier, Western College 

 for Women; C. 0. Gunther, Stevens Insti- 

 tute; W, G. Hurwitz, University of Mis- 

 souri; G. 0. James, Washington Univer- 

 sity; B. F. Johnson, State Normal School, 

 Cape Girardeau, Mo.; E. B. Morrow, 

 Princeton University; G. B. Obear, Brown 

 University ; F. M. Pedersen, New York City 

 College ; G. A. Rose, Hardin College ; R. L. 



