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poses : Sir Henry Primrose, K.C.B., C.S.I., 

 chairman; Sir William Crookes, F.R.S. ; Sir 

 W. H. Holland, M.P.; the Hon. J. Scott- 

 Montagu, M.P.; Mr. Lothian D. Nicholson; 

 Dr. W. Somerville; Dr. T. E. Thorpe, C.B., 

 F.E.S.; and Mr. Thomas Tyrer. 



Among those invited to lecture in the annual 

 course of public lectures on ' Contemporary 

 Educational Problems,' given by Teachers Col- 

 lege, Columbia University, are Dr. John H. 

 Finley, president of the College of the City of 

 New York; Mr. St. Clair McKelway; Pro- 

 fessor Liberty H. Bailey, dean of the College 

 of Agriculture, Cornell University; Dr. Henry 

 M. Leipziger, supervisor of lectures, New 

 York City; Professor Felix Adler; Dr. "Walter 

 H. Page, editor of the World's Wo7-h, and 

 Mr. Wallace H. Buttrick, executive secretary 

 of the General Educational Board. 



The autumn lectures of the New York Bo- 

 tanical Garden will be delivered in the lecture 

 hall of the museum building of the garden, 

 Bronx Park, on Saturday afternoons, at 4:30 

 o'clock, as follows : 



October 1, ' The Origin of Species as illustrated 

 by the Evening Primrose,' by Professor Hugo de 

 Vries. 



October 8, ' The Botanical Exploration of the 

 Bahamas,' by Dr. N. L. Britton. 



October 15, ' A Summer at the Desert Labora- 

 tory,' by Professor Francis E. Lloyd. 



October 22, ' Botanizing in the Austrian Tyrol,' 

 by Dr. W. A. Murrill. 



October 29, 'Life-History of a Fern,' by Pro- 

 fessor L. M. Underwood. 



November 5, ' Fossil Plants of the Vicinity of 

 New York/ by Dr. Arthur Hollick. 



November 12, ' The Effect of Wounding on 

 Plants,' by Professor H. M. Richards. 



November 19, 'Hybrids; Tlieir Nature and Be- 

 havior,' by Dr. D. T. MacDougal. 



A SERIES of nine lectures on science and 

 travel has been arranged by the Field Colum- 

 bian Museum at 3 o'clock on Saturday after- 

 noons during October and November. The 

 program is as follows: 



October 1, ' Wild Flowers of the Chicago Basin,' 

 Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, curator of botany. 



October 8, ' Japan — Land of Lacquer and Bam- 

 boo,' Dr. C. F. Millsbaugh, curator of botany. 



October 15, 'Variation of Birds,' Dr. N. Dear- 

 born, department of ornithology. 



October 22, 'Crystals,' Dr. 0. C. Farrington, 

 curator of geology. 



October 29, ' Wyandotte and Marengo caves,' Dr. 

 0. C. Farrington, curator of geology. 



November 5, ' A Naturalist in Africa — Field 

 Columbian Museum Expedition,' Professor D. G. 

 Elliot, F.R.S.E., curator of zoology. 



November 12, ' Cats and the Lands they Inhabit,' 

 Professor D. G. Elliot, F.E.S.E., curator of zoology. 



November 19, ' The Decorative Art of the North 

 American Indians ' — Part 1, Dr. G. A. Dorsey, 

 curator of anthropology. 



November 26, ' The Decorative Art of the North 

 American Indians ' — Part 2, Dr. G. A. Dorsey, 

 curator of anthropology. 



At a business meeting of the Elisha Mitchell 

 Society of the University of North Carolina, 

 held on September 12, the following oificers 

 were elected: 



President — Professor Wm. Cain. 



Vice-President — Professor J. E. Mills. 



Corresponding Secretary — President F. P. 

 Venable. 



Recording Secretary — Professor A. S. Wheeler. 



Editorial Committee— Professor W. C. Coker, 

 Professor J. E. Latta, Professor A. Henderson. 



Professor Nils Finssen, of Copenhagen, 

 known for his discovery of the light cure for 

 lupus, died on September 24. 



KL\RL Freiheer v. Erlangee, the African ex- 

 plorer, has died at the age of thirty-two years. 



In a recent address before the Eoyal Geo- 

 graphical Society of London, the president. 

 Sir Clements Markham, stated that the work 

 of the society had so greatly increased that 

 it would be necessary to move into a larger 

 building. A good sum had been offered for 

 the present house, but in addition to that sum 

 a far larger amount would be required to ob- 

 tain a freehold site and erect a suitable build- 

 ing. Several sites had been offered, but the 

 council did not feel justified in taking further 

 steps until most of the amount required 

 (about $600,000) had been subscribed. In the 

 meantime a special committee is considering 

 the question of increasing the accommoda- 

 tions. 



Cablegrams to the daily papers report an 

 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius more violent than 

 any since 1872. The upper station of the fu- 



