376 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



Special Meeting, April 1, 1898- — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Professor Angel o Heilprin, President of the Philadelphia Geographical 

 Clnb, gave an illustrated lecture, entitled "Across the Atlas Mountains 

 and into the Sahara." 



Special Reception, April 2, 1898. — A Special Reception in honor of Capt. 

 Charles D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., was held at the Arlington Hotel from 9 to 

 11 p. m. About 1,500 members and guests of the Society were present, 

 including the President of the United States, the Vice-President, members 

 of the Cabinet, Diplomatic Corps, and officers of the Army and Navy. 



Special Meeting, April 4, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Mr W J McGee gave an illustrated lecture on the Prairie States. 



Regular Meeting, April 8, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Mr F. H. Newell gave an illustrated lecture on Mount Rainier. 



Special Meeting, April 11, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Mr G. K. Gilbert gave an illustrated lecture on The Great Interior Basin 

 of the United States. 



Special Meeting, April 15, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Miss Annie S. Peck gave an illustrated lecture, entitled "A Visit to Mexico, 

 including Ascents of Popocatepetl and Orizaba." 



Special Meeting, April 18, 1898.— Mr W J McGee in the chair. Professor 

 Israel C. Russell, of the University of Michigan, gave an illustrated lec- 

 ture on The Great Lakes and Lake Region. 



Regular Meeting, April 22, 1898. — Mr W J McGee in the chair. Proposed 

 amendments to the by-laws were presented in writing and read by the 

 Secretary. Mr Gifford Pinchot gave an illustrated lecture on The Olympic 

 Forest Reserve. 



Special Meeting, April 25, 1898.— -Mr W J McGee in the chair. Professor 

 W. H. Brewer, of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, gave 

 an illustrated lecture on The Forest States, Park Reservations, and 

 Forestry Laws. 



Elections. — New members have been elected as follows : 



February 4, 1898.— Frank Boteler, C. W. H. Ellis, Mrs J. Kerr, Mrs N. 

 R. Mullin, Miss Sarah Fuller, Miss Caroline A. Yale. 



February 25.— -Col. Wm. S. Brackett, Mrs T. L. Cornell, Horace S. 

 Cummings, 0. P. Maxson, M. D., Frank Julian Price, W. H. Singleton, 

 G. F. C. Smillie. 



March 4- — Rafael Garcia y S. Tacio, James M. Hubbard, Paul M. Hub- 

 bard, Chief Eng'r Harrie Webster, U. S. N. 



March 25. — Professor 0. P. Morton. 



April 1. — A. A. Anderson. 



April 8. — Jas. E. Fitch, Laurence Sands. 



April 15. — Professor Pomeroy Ladue, Mrs Ellen Laird, Lieut. J. A. 

 Shipton, U. S. N., Grant Squires. 



To he completed in the September number. 



