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Lenten Course, February 27, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Prof. 

 Albert Bnshnell. Hart, of Harvard University, gave an illustrated lecture 

 on The Louisiana Purchase. 



Special Meeting, March 3, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Capt. 

 Edwin F. Glenn, U. S. A., gave an illustrated lecture on his Experiences 

 on a Military Exploring Expedition into Alaska. 



Lenten Course, March 8, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Prof. JoTin 

 Bach McMaster, of the University of Pennsylvania, gave an illustrated 

 lecture on Texas and the Mexican Accessions. 



Regular Meeting, March 10, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Messrs 

 Robert T. Hill and H. M. Wilson gave an illustrated lecture on A Recent 

 Trip to Puerto Rico. 



Lenten Course, March 14, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Mr J. 

 Stanley-Brown gave an illustrated lecture on The Alaskan Purchase. 



Special Meeting, March 17, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Mr Snow- 

 den Ward, of England, gave an illustrated lecture on The Land of Dickens. 



Lenten Course, March 21, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Mr Edwin 

 Morgan gave an illustrated lecture on The Annexation of Hawaii. 



Annual Reception, March 22, 1899. — The Annual Reception of the So- 

 ciety was held at the Arlington Hotel, from 8 to 10 o'clock p. m. Prof. 

 Willis L. Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau, explained the workings 

 of meteorological instruments, and Prof. Charles E. Tripler, of New York, 

 gave a demonstration of the properties of liquid air. 



Regular Meeting, March 24, 1899. — Vice-President W J McGee in the 

 chair. Mr Henry Gannett, Geographer of the U. S. Geological Surve)\ 

 gave an illustrated lecture on Redwood. 



Lenten Course, March 28, 1899.— Mr F. H. Newell in the chair. Prof. 

 W J McGee gave an illustrated lecture on The Effect of National Growth 

 on National Character. 



Special Meeting, March 31, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Com- 

 mander Harrie Webster, U. S. N., gave an illustrated lecture on China, 

 the Flowery Kingdom ; the Country and its People. 



Regular Meeting, April 7, 1899. — Vice-President W J McGee in the chair. 

 Mr F. H. Newell, Chief Hydrographer of the U. S. Geological Survey, 

 gave an illustrated lecture on The Annexation of the West. 



Special Meeting, April 14, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Hon. 

 F. H. Wines gave an illustrated lecture on How the Census is Taken. 



Regular Meeting, April 21, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Dr Mitcliel 

 Carroll, of Johns Hopkins University, gave an illustrated lecture on The 

 Acropolis of Athens. 



Special Meeting, April 28, 1899. — Vice-President W J McGee in the chair. 

 Dr Alexander Graham Bell, President of the Society, gave an illustrated 

 lecture on Japan, under the auspices of the affiliated scientific societies of 

 Washington. 



