6Q THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



Frank R. Kimball, on the "Climatology of the United 

 States."^ 



Frank Hamilton Cushing, a familiär talk on "Zufii 

 Folk-lore, or Myths and Stories of the Zimis." 



jB, F, McDaniel, a lecture, "The First Steps in Geol- 



Edwin C. JBolles, on the "Microscope and its Applica- 

 tion." 



John Ritcliie, of Boston, a lecture with experiments 

 and illustrations, on "The New Process of Wool-scouring 

 lately invented by Charles Toppan."^ 



F, W. Putnam, on "Some Problems in American Ar- 

 chjBology and their partial Solution." 



E. 8. Morse, a paper on "Ancient and Modern Meth- 

 ods of Arrow Release."* 



J. 8. Kingsley, a ftimiliar talk on "The Modern Methods 

 of the Study of Natural History." 



Howard Ayers, of Ann Ar])or, Mich., on "The Cara- 

 pax and Sternum of Decapod Crustacea."^ 



Stephen P. Hathaway , jr . , of Marblehead, "The Second 

 Congregational Church in Marblehead."^ 



George A. Perkins, "The Family of John Perkins of 

 Ipswich, part ii."^ 



James A, Emmerton, "Salem Baptisms."^ 



John H, Gould, of Topsfield, "Topsfield in the Revolu- 

 tion."^ 



FiELD Meetings. These have been held during the 

 season, as follows : First, on Thursday, tJuly 9, 1885, at 

 Nantasket Beach in Boston Harbor. At 2.30 o'clock the 

 afternoon Session was held in the large parlors of "Hotel 

 Nantasket." The President in his opening remarks alhided 

 briefly to several raeetings that had been held on the sea- 



2 See Bulletin of E. I., xviii, 15. sSee Bulletin, xriii, 1. *See Bulletin xvii, 145. 

 6Sce Bulletin xvii, 49. « See Hist. Coli., xxii, 81. ^ See Hist. Coli., xxil, 103. 

 8 See Hiöt. Coli., xxii, 177. '' See Hist. CoU., xxii, 297 . 



