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i^amilton Qssoctation 



FOR SESSION OF 1897-98. 



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CONTENTS. 



Officers for 1897-93 3 



Officers since 1857 4 



Report of Council 8 



The Scriptures of the Sky 9 



The Field of History 29 



Chaucer : His Times, Life, and 



Work -17 



Natural History Notes 72 



Geological Notes 89 



The Lost Atlantis 101 



Biological Report 117 



Donations Received 119 



Treasurer's Report 120 



Honorary Members 121 



Report of Corresponding Sec- 

 retary 122 



List of Exchanges 123 



AUTHORS OP PAPBBS ARE ALONE RESPOKSIBLE FOR STATEMENTS 

 MADE AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED THEREIN. 



PBINTBD FOB THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION BY THE 

 g-pECTATOB PBINTINQ COMPANY. 



1898. 



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