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under the disadvantage of very limited time and opportunities for 
preparation. No executive business of very general interest and 
radical importance was transacted, except, perhaps, the adoption of 
a rule prohibiting the publication elsewhere of papers read before 
the Society in advance of their appearance in the official proceed- 
ings; an experiment which is not likely to be successful, as its ope- 
ration, if persisted in, will, according to the experience of other or- 
ganizations, greatly limit the activity of the Society itself without 
materially increasing the importance attached to its printed pro- 
ceedings. Mr. J. D. Hyatt, of New York, was elected president, 
and the time and place of holding the next annual meeting were 
left to the selection of the executive committee. 
The American Association for the Advancement of Science 
met in Boston on the following Wednesday, August 25th, and 
continued in session for eight days. It is safe to say that no such 
and discussions on other subjects, and of enjoying the general 
privileges of a memorable week. Much field work was done by 
various members, on the seashore and elsewhere. A soirée was 
given at the usual rooms of meeting, during one evening, but no 
attempt was made to render it a popular exhibition. A. 
ervey, of Taunton, Massachusetts, was elected chairman for the 
next meeting, which will be held at Cincinnati. 
Probably no thoughtful person who attended both meetings this 
summer, the American Society of Microscopists at Detroit, and the 
subsection of microscopy, A. A. A. S., at Boston, failed to notice 
the nearly equal division of strength between the two conventions. 
he personal attendance at the meetings was about equal, though 
mainly of different individuals; the number of papers read was 
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