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SCIENCE. 



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and especially in America, where the en- 

 terprise had its origin, to obtain full profit 

 from its work. If there be any difficulties 

 in the way we should be glad to know 

 of them. It would be of the greatest 

 service to us for us to be informed of any 

 bibliographical need which we can not fill. 

 The system is so elastic that past experience 

 warrants us in sajdng that no legitimate 

 demand that can be made on a bibliography 

 need remain unfilled. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 

 THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



The fifty-second annual meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, and the first of the Convocation 

 Week meetings, will be held in Washington, 

 D. C, December 37, 1902, to January 3, 1903. 

 The retiring president is Professor Asaph 

 Hall, U.S.N., and the president elect. Presi- 

 dent Ira Remsen, Johns Hopkins University. 

 The permanent secretary is Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C, and the 

 local secretary. Dr. Marcus Benjamin, Co- 

 lumbian University, Washington, D. C. 

 President Roosevelt is honorary president of 

 the local committee. The preliminary pro- 

 gram with information in regard to hotel 

 headquarters, railway rates, etc., will be found 

 in the issue of Science for November 21. 

 The following scientific societies will meet at 

 Washington in afiiliation with the Association : 



The American Anthropological Association will 

 hold its first regular meeting during Convocation 

 Week in affiliation with Section H of the A. A. 

 A. S. President, W J McGee; secretary George 

 A. Dorsey, Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111. 



The American Chemical Society will meet on 

 December 29 and 30. President, Ira Remsen; 

 secretary, A. C. Hale, 352A Hancock street, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



The American Folk-lore Society will meet in 

 affiliation with Section H of the A. A. A. S. 

 President, George A. Dorsey; vice-presidents, J. 

 Walter Fewkes, James Mooney; secretary, W. W. 

 Newell, Cambridge, Mass. 



The American Microscopical Society will hold 



ii meeting on January 1. President, E. A. Birge,- 

 Madison, Wis. ; secretary, H. B. Ward, University 

 of Nebraska, Lincoln Nebr. 



The American Morphological Society will meet 

 on December 30 and 31. President, H. C. Bumpus; 

 vice-president, G. H. Parker; secretary and treas- 

 urer, M. M. Metcalf, Woman's College, Baltimore,- 

 Md. 



The American Philosophical Association will' 

 meet on December 30 and 31 and January 1. 

 Secretary, H. N. Gardiner, Northampton, Mass.. 



The American Physical Society will meet in- 

 affiliation with Section B of the A. A. A. S. 

 President, Albert A. Michelson; secretary, Ernest 

 Merritt, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The American Physiological Society will meet 

 on December 30 and 31. President, R. H. Chit- 

 tenden ; secretary, F. S. Lee, Columbia University, 

 New York, N. Y. 



The American Psychological Association will' 

 meet on December 30 and 31 and January 1. 

 President, E. A. Sanford; secretary and treasurer,. 

 Livingston Farrand, Columbia University, New 

 York. N. Y. 



The American Society of Naturalists will meet 

 on December 30 and 31. President, J. McK. 

 Cattell; vice-presidents, C. D. Walcott, L. 0.. 

 Howard, D. P. Penhallow; secretary, R. G. Har- 

 rison, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md- 



The Association of American Anatomists will 

 meet on December 30 and 31. President, G. S. 

 Huntington; vice-president, D. S. Lamb; secre- 

 tary and treasurer, G. Carl Huber, University of 

 Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



The Association of Economic Entomologists wilt 

 meet on December 26 and 27. President, E. P.. 

 Pelt; secretary, A. L. Quaintance, College Park,. 

 Md. 



The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of 

 America will meet during Convocation Week, in- 

 afiiliation with Section A of the A. A. A. S. 

 President, Simon Neweomb; secretary, George C. 

 Comstoek, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 



The Botanical Society of America will meet on 

 December 31 and January 1. President, B. T. 

 Galloway; secretary, D. T. MacDougal, New York. 

 City. 



The Botanists of the Central and Western States- 

 will meet on December 30. Committee in charge 

 of the meeting, John M. Coulter, University of 

 Chicago; D. M. Mottier, University of Indiana, 

 Bloomington, Ind. ; Conway MacMillan, Univer- 

 sity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 



The Geological Society of America will meet on 

 December 29, 30 and 31. President, N. H. Win- 



