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which he gave the results of his study of Shall and Will in 

 Living English Usage. Dr. Price's investigations were con- 

 fined to works that have appeared since 1850, in order to get 

 the results of present usage. He chose as typical writings (i) 

 a file of the London Spectator irom August, 1897, to January, 

 1898; (2) The Poems of Stephen Philips; (3) The Essay of 

 Henley on Robert Burns ; (4) The Poems of Matthew Arnold ; 

 (5) The Idyls of Tennyson that have appeared since 1850. He 

 presented only that part of his paper which dealt with the first 

 person; the second and third persons are reserved to be printed. 

 His results showed that shall^ should are the normal usage in the 

 first person ; / zuill and / would in best usage are regularly con- 

 fined to the idea of volition. The distinction seems to be quite 

 sharph' made in the best writers ; and the number of occur- 

 rences is equally balanced. Several of those present took part 

 in the discussion that followed. 



The second paper of the evening was by Professor L. 'A. 

 McLouth, and was entitled, Notes on E. Joseph's Kuren- 

 BURG Theory. Dr. McLouth emphasized the strong points in 

 Joseph's monograph, but criticised the tendency which the 

 writer showed at times, it seemed, somewhat arbitrarily to re- 

 construct the text on the basis of a preconceived theory. Dr. 

 McLouth favored rather a more conservative method. 



Shortly after ten o'clock the meeting adjourned. 



A. V. Williams Jackson, 



Sccrctaiy. 



STATED MEETING. 



June 6, 1898. 



Academy met at 64 Madison avenue,Vice-President Britton in 

 the chair. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approv^ed. 



The changes in the by-laws which were to be brought up for 

 adoption at this meeting were laid over until October, a legal 

 quorum not being present. 



