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Thanksgiving Day, November 30. — Antwerp, Brussels and Waterloo, 



Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 

 Christmas Day, December 25. — Northern Mexico : Its Deserts, Plateaus 



and Canyons Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey 



Columbia University Lectures.' 

 In Cooperation with the Museum. 



A course of six lectures by Professor Ffenry Fairfield 

 Osborn was given in cooperation with Columbia University, as 

 follows: 



February 1. — The Horse as an Animal Mechanism. 



6. — The Horse in Relation to the Idea of Evolution. 



8. — The Fossil History of the Horse, especially in North America. 

 13. — The Fossil History of the Horse, continued. 

 15 — Existing Races of Horses, Asses and Zebras. 

 20. — Probable Origin of the Domesticated Breeds of Horses. 



Lectures for Children. 



A spring and a fall course of lectures were given for pupils 

 of the public schools and for the children of Members on 

 Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons at four o'clock, as 

 follows: 



March 6,*April 3* and May 8. — Russia and Japan, 



Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey 

 8, April 5 and May 10. — The Capitals of Europe, 



Dr. Ralph W. Tower 

 10, April 7 and May 12. — The Industries 'of the United States, 



George H. Sherwood 

 13, April 10 and May 15.* — The American Indian. Harlan I. Smith 

 15, April 12 and May 17. — In Polar Regions. .George H. Pepper 

 17, April 14 and May 19. — Spanish America. George H. Sherwood 

 20,*April 24* and May 22. — The Physical Divisions of the 



United States Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey 



22, April 26 and May 24. — Egypt and Her Neighbors, 



Dr. William Morton Wheeler 

 24, April 28 and May 26. — Our Island Possessions, 



George H. Sherwood 

 27, and May 1 and 29. — Methoas of Transportation, Past 



and Present Harlan I. Smith 



*On account of Dr. Hovey's absence from the City, the lectures on March 6 and April 3 were 

 given by Mr. George H. Sherwood, and those on March 20 and April 24 by Mr. Barnum 

 Brown. Mr. George H. Pepper delivered the lecture on May 15, owing to the illness of 

 Mr. Harlan I. Smith. 



