442 PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
Entomology, published by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 
is end for its list of works for January, 1866, with the prices 
att . We intend hereafter to publish in the NATURALIST an ex- 
r list of the most important works on Insects. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
PSRS 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. — The 
Sixteenth Annual Meeting was held at Burlington, Vermont, comment- 
ing on aoigh August 21, and continuing until Monday night, 
August 26 
In ps Sir 1847, the ‘‘ Association of American Geologists and 
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Advancement of Science. * ‘The new organization held its first meet- 
are the holding of annual and iiien meetings, to promote inter- 
the country, and to give impulse, system, facility, and wider usefulness 
to the labors of scientific men. 
About seventy-five members from various parts of the country were 
in attendance during the five days’ session at Burlington, and many 
interesting papers were read and freely discussed during the meeting. 
ral meeting for business, and then the members adjourned to SECTION 
A, — Mathematics and Physics ; or to Section B, — Natural History and 
oe as their tastes inclined. 
riday evening, the President, Professcr J. S. NEWBERRY, of 
Columbia ce New York, gave an address on Modern Scientific In- 
vestigation—its Methods and Tendencies. His address applied to the 
whole range ae the sciences. It was comprehensive, profound, and ably 
written, and gave great sanletation to the members present. - This ad- 
dress will be p 
URALIST- 
On Saturday, after a se session in the morning, the Association 
and their friends accepted the invitation of the Champlain Trans sg 
tation Company, and made an excursion to the Au Sable Chasm, in 
Sete ee New York, a singular and very beautiful chasm in 
rocks, through which the Au Rahe River makes its way 
to the Lake. 
