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LECTURE COURSES OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. 



The program of the lectures for each month and all other announcements 

 by the Society will be published regularly in the National Geographic 

 Magazine. 



The Popular Course, delivered in the First Congregational Church, 

 Tenth and G Streets N. W., 



on Friday evenings at S o'clock. 

 A})ril 6. — Monchuria 

 April 20. — Cuba .... 



April 27. — The Missions of Califoriiia 



Mr Sergey Friede, C. E. 



Mr George Kennan. 



Mr J. Stani,ey-Brown. 



The Technical Course, delivered in the Assembly Hall of Columbian 

 University, Fifteenth and H Streets N. W., 



ou Friday evenings at 8.15 o'clock. 



April 13. — The Roman Forum 



Professor Mitchell Carroi.i.> 



Columbian University. 



THE LENTEN COURSE. 



The subject of this course is The Growth of Nations, as illustrated by the geo- 

 graphic and .social development of leading European nations. This course of six 

 lectures has been projected vvilh the view of bringing out the elements of national 

 power, and emphasizing the importance of individual character and of natural con- 

 ditions in shaping national growth. The course is complementary to that of last season 

 on "The Growth of the United States." The lectures are delivered in 



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4.20 to 5.30 p. m., on Tuesilay afternoons. 



April 3.— England Dr Edwin D. Mead,, 



Editor of the New England Magazine. 



Profe.ssor Edwin A. Grcsvenor, 



Amherst College. 



ESPECIALLY VALUABLE IN 1900. 



April lo. — Russia 



"THE MOVEMENTS OF OUR POPULATION," 



By HENRY GANNETT, Geographer of the U. S, Geological Survey, 



IN THE 

 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, Vol. V, No. 2. 



In this article ^Ir. Gannett shows the nninerical increase of the population of the 

 United States, its geographic distiil)ation over tlie cDuntry, and its composition as regards 

 sex, race, and nativity, not only at present hut in past times. Nineteen charts illustrate 

 the text, showing the i)roportion of (Termans, French, British, Canadians, etc., to our 

 total population, the centers of population during each decade since 1700, the {proportions 

 of url)an and rural population since 1700, and other infoi'nuition va]ual)le in this year of 

 the twelfth census of the United States. 



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