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of the North-West Coast. To the paper is appended a 

 vocabulary of about TOO words of the language of the tribes 

 referred to in its different dialects. 



Tbe meeting as a whole was a successful one, the attend- 

 ance being fairly large ; of the thirty papers in Section 

 IY — not counting those presented by special delegates — 

 one-half were by persons not members of the Society, a 

 number far in excess of former years. This is a tendency 

 which should be promptly discouraged.- While it may be 

 desirable to admit the papers of non-members on applica- 

 tion, and under suitable restrictions, their solicitation, or 

 their unlimited admission, is an indication which can be 

 viewed only with apprehension. Only an injurious influ- 

 ence can result, since the admission of such papers not only 

 places the regular members at a disadvantage, by consum- 

 ing time which would otherwise be devoted to discussion, 

 but it reduces the advantage of membership to its lowest 

 terms. The final result must be either an expansion of the 

 Society much beyond its present limits, or a sensible decrease 

 in membersbip. 



. Eeyiews and Book Notices. 

 The Ainos. 



Conspicuous among the exceedingly creditable memoirs 

 issued by the Imperial University of Japan, is a recently 

 issued number — the first from the College of Litera- 

 ture — by Prof. B. H. Chamberlain, on "The Language, 

 Mythology and Geographical Nomenclature of Japan, 

 Viewed in the Light of Aino Studies, including an 

 Ainu Grammar." Although not dealing with the Ainos 

 exhaustively, this memoir covers the ground indicated by 

 the title, very thoroughly and conscientiously, and it is by 

 far the most important recent contribution to our know- 

 ledge of these people, that has appeared. 



Prof. Chamberlain has been fortunate in securing the co- 

 operation of Mr. Batchelor. This gentleman was intimately 



