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2. American Association for the Advancement of Science. — 

 The thirty-eighth meeting of the American Association was held 

 in Toronto, in the University building, during the week com- 

 mencing with the 28th of August, under the presidency of Prof. 

 T. C. Mendenhall, Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey. 



The address of the retiring president, Major Powell, who was 

 absent, was delivered Wednesday evening by Prof. G. K. Gilbert 

 — the subject, the Evolution of Music. Opening addresses were 

 made to the sections on the afternoon of Wednesday by the 

 vice-presidents : Mr. R. S. Woodward, on the Mathematical 

 Theories of the Earth ; Prof. H. S. Carhart, on Theories of Elec- 

 trical Action ; W. L. Dudley, on Amalgams; Dr. C. A. White 

 on Mesozoic divisions of the Geological record as exhibited on 

 this Continent ; Prof. G. L. Good ale, on Protoplasm or Living- 

 Matter ; Col. G. Mallert, on the Israelite and Indian parallel 

 in planes of culture ; Col. Charles S. Hill, on the economic 

 and sociologic relations of the United States and Canada, pros- 

 pectively considered. Friday evening Prof. Gilbert gave a lec- 

 ture on the Geological History of the Niagara River. On 

 Monday evening a lecture was delivered by Prof. H. Carrington 

 Bolton on "four weeks in the Deserts of Sinai." 



Indianapolis was selected as the place for the next meeting, 

 and appointments of officers were made as follows : for President, 

 Prof. George L. Goodale, of Cambridge, Mass. For Vice-Pres- 

 idents, S. C. Chandler, of Cambridge, in the section of Mathe- 

 matics and Astronomy ; Cleveland Abbe, of Washington, in 

 that of Physics ; R. B. Warden, of Washington, in that of 

 Chemistry ; James E. Denton, of Hoboken, N. J., in that of 

 Mechanical Science and Engineering ; John C. Branner, of 

 Arkansas, in that of Geology and Geography ; C. S. Minot, of 

 Boston, in that of Biology ; Frank Baker, of Washington, in 

 that of Anthropology, and J. R. Dodge, of Washington, in that 

 of Economic Science and Statistics. For Permanent Secretary, 

 F. W. Putnam, of Cambridge, as heretofore ; General Secretary, 

 H. C. Bolton, of New York ; Secretary of the Council, James 

 Loudon, of Toronto. 



The citizens of Toronto made in many ways very liberal provi- 

 sions for the entertainment of the members of the Association. 

 On Saturday there was an excursion for the day to Niagara 

 Falls, and another to the Muskoka Lake region, over a hundred 

 miles north of Toronto. There was also a geological excursion, 

 starting Tuesday night, after the close of the meeting, to the 

 Huronian region. 



The following is a list of the papers read at the sessions: 



Section of Mathematics and Astronomy. 



G. W. Hough: The New Dearborn Observatory. 



E. S. Holden: Astronomical Observations made with the Great Telescope of 

 the Lick Observatory since June, 1888. 



C. H. Chandler : A Desideratum in the presentation of mathematical truth. 



