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"The project would include the build- 

 ing of another special ship on the same 

 general lines and in the light of the ex- 

 perience gained in building and using the 

 Roosevelt, and the utilization of the 

 methods and equipment evolved during 

 my past seventeen years of Arctic work. 

 It would not contemplate my personal 

 association with the expedition in the 

 field. 



"While it is too early now to make any 

 definite statement, it is hoped that the 

 Peary Arctic Club may lend its encour- 

 agement to the work. 



"This project, I am happy to state, has 

 the approval of President Roosevelt. 



"At a subsequent session of the com- 

 mission it is hoped to offer a more de- 

 tailed presentation of the matter for such 

 action or suggestions as the commission 

 may see fit." 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. 



THE annual banquet of the National 

 Geographic Society will be held on 

 Tuesday evening, December 15, at 7.30 

 o'clock, in the large banquet hall of the 

 New Willard Hotel, Washington. 



The dinner this year will be in honor 

 of the United States Navy, and the guests 

 of honor will include the Vice-President 

 and Mrs Fairbanks, the Chief Justice 

 of the United States, Mr Melville W. 

 Fuller ; the Secretary of the Navy and 

 Mrs Newberry, the Attorney General, 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, Admiral 

 Robley D. Evans and Mrs Evans. The 

 Society will also have as its guests dis- 

 tinguished representatives of foreign 

 countries and of official circles. At the 

 conclusion of the dinner there will be 

 brief toasts by the Vice-President, by 

 Mr Newberry, Admiral Evans, Miss 

 Mabel Boardman, Secretary of the Red 

 •Cross, and Mr William E. Curtis. The 

 event promises to be even more enjoy- 

 able than the banquets of 1906 and 1907. 



The subscription is $5.00 for each 

 plate. Members have the privilege of 

 bringing guests with them at the same 

 price per plate. 



December 11 — "The Redemption of Ireland," 

 by Mr William E. Curtis. No longer does the 



Irishman in Ireland live on potatoes and peat. 

 Illustrated. 



December 18 — -"Present Conditions in Tur- 

 key," by Dr Howard S. Bliss, President Syrian 

 Protestant College, Beirut. 



January 4 — "The Sierra Nevada," by Dr 

 Grove Karl Gilbert. Illustrated. 



January 8 — "A Digger's Work in Palestine," 

 by Dr Frederick J. Bliss, author of "A Mound 

 of Many Cities," "Excavations in Palestine," 

 etc. Dr Bliss has been conducting important 

 excavations in Palestine for 20 years. In one 

 mound he found eight cities buried one under 

 another. Illustrated. 



January 15 — "The Non-Christian Tribes of 

 the Philippine Islands," by Dr Frederick 

 Starr, of the University of Chicago. 



January 22 — "The Panama Canal and the 

 Spanish Main," by Mrs Harriet Chalmers 

 Adams, author of "Wonderful Sights in An- 

 dean Highlands," "Land of the Incas," etc., in 

 the National Geographic Magazine. How 

 40,000 men are making the dirt fly at Panama; 

 how they are cared for; their mess halls and 

 amusements. With an excursion to,the Span- 

 ish Main. Illustrated with lantern slides and 

 moving pictures. 



January 29 — "Abraham Lincoln — Boy and 

 Man," bv Mr W. W. Ellsworth, of the Century 

 Co. The year 1909 is the centenary of Lin- 

 coln's birth. 



February 5 — Major General A. W. Greely, 

 U. S. Army, will address the National Geo- 

 graphic Society. The subject of this lecture 

 will be announced later. Illustrated. 



February, 12- — "The Bird Islands of Our At- 

 lantic Coa-st,";by Mr Frank M. Chapman, of 

 the American Museum of Natural History. Il- 

 lustrated with lantern slides and moving pic- 

 tur3s of the pelicans and fish hawks. 



February 19 — "Java — The Garden of the 

 East," by Mr Henry G. Bryant. Mr Bryant, 

 like the majority of travelers, describes this 

 island as "the most beautiful and fascinating 

 region in the world." Illustrated with lantern 

 slides and moving pictures. 



February 26 — "Aerial Locomotion," by Mr 

 Wilbur Wright or Mr Orville Wright. 



March 12 — "The Hunting Fields of Central 

 Africa," by Mr Gardiner F. Williams, author 

 of "The Diamond Mines of South Africa," and 

 for 20 years general manager of the De Beers 

 diamond mines at Kimberley. Illustrated with 

 lantern slides and moving pictures. 



March 19 — "Ruwenzori, the Snow Crowned 

 Mountain of the Equator," by Prof. Edwin A. 

 Fay, of the Tufts College, President American 

 Alpine Club. 



March 25 — "Brittany — The Land of the 

 Sardine," by Dr Hugh M. Smith, Deputy Com- 

 missioner of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



April 2 — "Homes for Millions — Reclaiming 

 the Desert," by Mr C. J. Blanchard, of the 

 U. S. Reclamation Service. Illustrated with 

 lantern slides and moving pictures. 



