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Vol. XVn. NEW YORK, January 9, 1891. No. 414. 



CONTENTS : 



The Outlook fob Applied Ento- 

 mology 15 



The Cork Industry in Spain 20 



Notes and News SI 



The American Historical Asso- 

 ciation 22 



The American Economic Associa- 

 tion 23 



Educational Progress in Japan.. 

 Danger from Heavy Seas 



25 



Letters to the Editor. 

 Copper Implements 



W. M. Beauchamp 25 

 Harmotome from a Canadian 



Locality. W. F. Fet-i-ier 27 



Among the Publishers 27 



THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 



The American Historical Association held its seventh an- 

 nual meeting in Washington City, Dec. 39-31. Distinguished 

 historians from all sections of the country were present. 

 Among those in attendance, besides those presenting papers, 

 were Professor G. Stanley Hall, president Clark University ; 

 Edward Eggleston, historian and novelist; Mrs. Martha 

 Lamb, editor of the Magazine of American History; Judge 

 Charles A. Peabody of New York; Senator George F. Hoar; 

 Professors Monroe Smith and W. A. Dunning of Columbia 

 College; Hon. George B. Loring; Paul L. Ford of Brook- 

 lyn; Professor H. B. Adams, Johns Hopkins University, 

 and secretary of the association : Dr. Robert H Landon of 

 New York; Professor J. F. Jameson of Brown University; 

 William B. Weeden of Providence, R.I, ; Professor Barnes 

 of Indiana University; Professor George E. Howard of the 

 University of Nebraska; John A. King, president of the 

 New York Historical Society; Jeffry R. Brackett, Ph.D., 

 of Baltimore; G. Brown Goode, assistant secretary Smith- 

 sonian Institution; Professor D. R. Dewey, Institute of 

 Technology, Boston ; Professor John M Vincent, Johns Hop- 

 kins University; and President W. W. Welling, Columbian 

 University. 



The inaugural address of Hon. John Jay, president of the 

 association, was read by Hon. William Wirt Henry, Mr. 

 Jay being unable to attend owing to an accident sustained 

 some time since. Mr. Jay, in his paper, congratulated the 

 association upon its prosperous condition, and spoke of the 

 recognition by Congress of its national importance by its in- 

 corporation, and, in connection with the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, the generous privileges accorded to the association in 

 regard to its collections, exchanges, and distributions of cir- 

 culars. 



The two other papers of the first session were in the field 

 of Canadian history, — the one by Dr. J. G. Bourinot, clerk 

 of the Canadian House of Commons, on " Canada and the 

 United States from Historical Points of View ; " the other by 

 Benjamin Rand, Ph.D., on " The New England Settlements 

 in Acadia." The papers of the second session lay in the 

 general field of European history, and were as follows: 

 " The Fate of Dietrich Flade," by Professor G. L. Burr, 

 Cornell University; "'The Theory of the Village Commu- 

 nity," by Dr. C. M. Andrews, Bryn Mawr; "A Plea for 

 Reform in the Study of English Municipal History," by Dr. 

 Charles Gross; " Mirabeau's Speech of May 20, 1790," by F. 

 M. Fling; " The Formation of the French Constitution," by 

 Professor Adolphe Cohn, Harvard University; "Earl Fol- 

 len and the Liberal Student Movement in Germany, from 

 1815 to 1819," by Professor Kuno Francke, Harvard Univer- 

 sity; and "Bismarck as the Typical German," by William 

 G. Taylor. 



American constitutional history was the topic considered 

 at the third session. The following papers were presented: 

 " How the Written Ballot came into the United States," by 

 Douglas Campbell; "A Virginia Bill of Attainder: the 

 Case of Josiah Philips," by Professor William P. Trent, 

 University of the South ; " Amendments to the Constitution 

 of the United States," by H. V. Ames, Harvard; "Presi- 

 dential Protests," by E. C. Mason, Harvard; "Responsible 

 Government in Canada," by Dr. J. G. Bourinot; "Bills of 

 Bights in State Constitutions," by Gen. R. D. Mussey, ^ 

 Washington, D.C. 



The fourth session was devoted to American economic 

 history. Five papers were presented, as follows: "The 

 Historical Development of the Budget in the United States," 

 by Dr. E. D. Adams; "The Yazoo Land Companies," by 

 Dr. Charles H. Haskins, Utiiversity of Wisconsin; "State 

 Activities and Politics," by W. F. Willoughby, United 

 States Department of Labor; "Slavery in New York," by 

 E. V. Morgan; "Slavery in the District of Columbia," by 

 Mary Tremaiu, paper read by Professor G. E. Howard. 



The papers presented at the fifth session were "Raleigh's 

 Settlements on Roanoke Island," by Stephen B. Weeks, 

 Ph.D.; "Political Ideas of the Puritans," by Professor H. 

 L Osgood, Columbia College; " Co-opei-ation among the State 

 Historical Associations," by Gen. C. W. Darling, Utica, N.Y. ; 

 " The Organization of Historical Material," by W. H. Mace; 

 "Is History a Science ?" by Professor R. H. Dabuey, Uni- 

 versity of Virginia; and "Importance of Geography to the 

 Reader and Student of History," by President D. C. Oilman, 

 Johns Hopkins University. 



The papers read at the sixth and closing session were, 

 "The Teaching of History," by Professor Edward Chan- 

 ning, Harvard University; "The Philosophical Aspects 

 of History," by Dr. W. T. Harris, United States commis- 

 sioner of education; " Webster's 7th of March Speech," by 

 James Sehouler; "The Border Land between the Archaeolo- 

 gist and the Historian," by Professor O. T. Masou, United 



