Report of the Preside?it. 



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Thanksgiving Day, November 29. — Volcanoes Edmund Otis Hovey 



Christmas Day, December 25. — Iceland — Its Scenery and Inhabitants, 



Louis P. Gratacap 



Lectures for Children. 

 A spring course of lectures was 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: 



January 8. — The Development of New York City Louis P. Gratacap 



10. — The Work of Water Edmund Otis Hovey 



12. — Travels Through Western Europe and British Isles, 



Roy W. Miner 

 15. — The Physical Divisions of the United States, 



Edmund Otis Hovey 



17. — Our South American Neighbors George H. Sherwood 



19. — In the Nile Country Roy W. Miner 



March 12 and April 2. — Japan and Her Neighbors. ...George H. Sherwood 

 14 and April 4. — Travels in the West Indies. . . . Frank M. Chapman 

 16 and April 20. — Animals of North America — Their Habits and 



Uses Roy W. Miner 



19 and April 23. — Life in California and the Great Southwest, 



George H. Pepper 

 21 and April 25. — The Region of the Great Lakes, 



Edmund Otis Hovey 

 23 and April 27. — American Trees and Their Products, 



George H. Sherwood 



26 and April 30. — " Hiawatha's" People Harlan I. Smith 



28 and May 2. — Historic Scenes in the Colonies, 



Roy W. Miner 

 30 and May 4. — Mediterranean Countries — Ancient and Modern, 



Roy W. Miner 



New York Academy of Sciences. 

 In Cooperation with the Museum. 



Members of the Museum were invited to attend the follow- 

 ing lectures delivered under the auspices of the New York 

 Academy of Sciences: 



February 19. — The Total Eclipse of the Sun of August, 1905, 



S. Alfred Mitchell 



Henry Fairfield Osborn 

 December 5. — The Yellowstone National Park Charles Truax 



* In the absence of Professor Osborn, this lecture was delivered by Mr. 

 Frederic A. Lucas. 



