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  than 
  throe 
  thousand 
  francs 
  will 
  be 
  awarded 
  and 
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  prizes 
  for 
  

   the 
  remaining 
  sum. 
  

  

  (4.) 
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  work 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  first 
  prize 
  is 
  awarded 
  remains 
  the 
  

   property 
  of 
  the 
  Schnyder 
  von 
  Wartensee 
  Foundation, 
  which 
  has 
  

   to 
  arrange 
  with 
  the 
  author 
  regarding 
  its 
  publication. 
  

  

  (5.) 
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  in 
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  page 
  

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  be 
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   name 
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   within 
  the 
  time 
  named 
  in 
  paragraph 
  1. 
  An 
  das 
  Presidium 
  des 
  

   Conventes 
  der 
  Stadtbibliothek 
  in 
  Zurich 
  (concerning 
  prize-ques- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Schnyder 
  von 
  Wartensee 
  Foundation, 
  ior 
  the 
  vear 
  

   1897). 
  

  

  Zurich, 
  31st 
  December, 
  1894. 
  

  

  By 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  Library 
  of 
  Zurich. 
  The 
  Committee 
  for 
  

   the 
  Schnyder 
  von 
  Wartensee 
  Foundation. 
  

  

  2. 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Science. 
  — 
  

   A 
  circular 
  from 
  F. 
  W. 
  Putnam, 
  Permanent 
  Secretary, 
  dated 
  Jan. 
  

   30, 
  announces 
  that 
  at 
  a 
  special 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Council, 
  held 
  on 
  

   January 
  26th, 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  to 
  postpone 
  the 
  proposed 
  meeting 
  in 
  

   San 
  Francisco. 
  An 
  invitation 
  from 
  Springfield, 
  Mass., 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  

   meeting 
  of 
  1895 
  in 
  that 
  city, 
  was 
  accepted. 
  The 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  

   meeting 
  was 
  fixed 
  as 
  follows: 
  Council 
  meeting, 
  Wednesday, 
  

   August 
  28th, 
  at 
  noon 
  ; 
  General 
  Sessions, 
  Thursday, 
  August 
  29th, 
  

   at 
  10 
  a. 
  m. 
  Special 
  efforts 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  prepare 
  program 
  for 
  ,the 
  sections 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  

   meeting 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  members 
  are 
  requested 
  to 
  send 
  

   abstracts 
  of 
  their 
  papers, 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  possible, 
  to 
  the 
  Permanent 
  

   Secretary, 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  Secretaries 
  of 
  the 
  Sections. 
  

  

  3. 
  International 
  Zoological 
  Congress. 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  announced 
  that 
  

   the 
  third 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Zoological 
  Congress 
  will 
  

   be 
  held 
  at 
  Leyden 
  in 
  September, 
  1895. 
  The 
  first 
  meeting 
  took 
  

   place 
  at 
  Paris 
  in 
  1889, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  at 
  Moscow 
  in 
  1892. 
  The 
  

   arrangements 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  and 
  accommodation 
  of 
  the 
  Congress 
  

   at 
  Leyden 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Netherlands 
  Zoological 
  Society. 
  

   The 
  answers 
  to 
  invitations 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  and 
  to 
  cooperate 
  are 
  to 
  

   be 
  sent 
  to 
  Dr. 
  P. 
  P. 
  C. 
  Hoek, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  4. 
  A 
  Manual 
  of 
  the 
  Study 
  of 
  Documents 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  indi- 
  

   vidual 
  character 
  of 
  handwriting 
  and 
  to 
  detect 
  fraud 
  and 
  forgery 
  

   including 
  several 
  new 
  methods 
  of 
  research 
  by 
  Persifor 
  Frazer. 
  

   218 
  pp. 
  8vo. 
  Philadelphia, 
  1894 
  (J. 
  B. 
  Lippincott 
  Company). 
  — 
  

   The 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  volume 
  does 
  not 
  strictly 
  fall 
  within 
  the 
  range 
  

   of 
  pure 
  science, 
  but 
  Dr. 
  Frazer 
  has 
  treated 
  it 
  with 
  great 
  thorough- 
  

   ness 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  examina- 
  

   tion 
  he 
  has 
  employed, 
  as 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  composite 
  photography 
  

   to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  signatures; 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  colored 
  prisms 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   tinguish 
  inks 
  of 
  different 
  colors, 
  and 
  others. 
  

  

  5. 
  Smithsonian 
  Geographical 
  Tables 
  prepared 
  by 
  R. 
  S. 
  Wood- 
  

   ward. 
  Washington, 
  1894 
  (Smithsonian 
  Miscellaneous 
  Contribu- 
  

   tions, 
  No. 
  854). 
  — 
  This 
  volume 
  is 
  the 
  second 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  planned 
  

  

  