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cording Secretary; Theo. S. Case, Corre- 

 sponding Secretary; Dr. S. D, Bowker, Treas- 

 urer ; S. J. Hare, Librarian and Curator ; Dr. 

 T. J. Eaton, Member of the Executive Com- 

 mittee. A very considerable increase in the 

 library and museum was reported and the 

 prospect for rapid advancement in the future 

 is very good. 



Mr. J. R. Mead, of Wichita, Kan., writes 

 as follows: "I value the Review highly, 

 read it carefully, and wish it long life. The 

 articles relating to the early explorations of 

 the Missouri Valley, its various tribes, and 

 Lhe discoveries of remains of extinct people, 

 are very interesting to me." 



Prof. Alexander Winchell, of the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan, says of the Review : 

 " I was unexpectedly gratified to find it 

 filled with matter of so substantial char- 

 acter. * * The Review and your 

 Academy of Science have my sympathy, and 

 both deserve the encouragement and support 

 of the population amongst whom they exist. 

 '•■• * * Mr. Wortman's article on 

 the Origin and Development of the Existing 

 Horses, is one of high scientific merit, and 

 might well have been written by Professor 

 Cope himself. It is a resume which might 

 advantageously receive the attention of the 

 professionally scientific and implies an ad- 

 vanced intelligence of the readers of the 

 Review." 



We call especial attention to all western 

 readers of the Review to the article upon 

 " Tornado Studies for 1882 " on page 76. 

 It has been carefully prepared by Mr. Fin- 

 ley, of the U. S. Signal Corps, in the hope 

 and belief that the resulting replies when 

 thoroughly arranged and digested, will en- 

 able him to understand the laws governing 

 such storms and to formulate rules by the 

 observance of which some of the most serious 

 effects may be avoided. It is a matter of 

 vital importance to as all, and no one should 

 fail to aid him in every possible way. 



The annual meeting of the Kansas Phar- 

 maceutil Association will be held at Topeka, 



June 7th, 1882, at 2 p. m. The programme 

 will be the reading of answers to queries, 

 and papers on Pharmacy and its branches, 

 the election of officers for the ensuing year, 

 framing a law to regulate the practice of 

 Pharmacy, and such action as may be deem- 

 ed necessary for the protection of the drug 

 trade under the prohibitory law. 



Drs. Heath & Fetterman recently put 

 on exhibition at Wyandotte, Kansas, for the 

 benefit of a benevolent association, a large 

 portion of their South American curiosities, 

 consisting of minerals, fossils, Indian cloth- 

 ing, arms, etc., insects, birds and fishes, 

 numbering nearly two hundred rare speci- 

 mens. It was a rare treat to appreciative 

 visitors. 



The Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science will be held at Montreal, Canada, 

 commencing at 10 o'clock A. M., on Wed- 

 nesday the 23rd day of August, 1882; under 

 the presidency of J. W. Dawson, LL. D., F. 

 R. S., principal of McGill University, Mont- 

 real. Special invitations have been sent by 

 the Local Committee to distinguished scien- 

 tists abroad and it is believed that several 

 will be present. The headquarters of the 

 Association will be at McGill University, 

 where members will register as soon as possi- 

 ble after arrival. The hotel headquarters 

 will be at the Windsor. The offices of the 

 Local Committee and of the permanent Sec- 

 retary will be at the University. The Gen- 

 eral Sessions and the meetings of the Sections 

 and Committees will all be held in the Uni- 

 versity buildings. The particular rooms will 

 be designated on the programme for Wed- 

 nesday. Members expecting to attend the 

 meeting are particularly requested to notify 

 the Local Secretaries, S. C. Stevenson and 

 Frank W. Hicks, the earliest moment possi- 

 ble. The address of the Permanent Secre- 

 tary, Prof. F. W. Putnam, will be Salem, 

 Mass., until August 17th; after that time 

 and until the meeting has adjourned, his ad- 

 dress will be Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Can- 

 ada. 



