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that at the Boston and Philadelphia meetings, was very gool 
numbering about seven hundred and fifty members. The U 
States Geological Survey was better represented than at ay 
previous meeting. The excursions about the city covered 7 
wider range of interest than at any previous meeting; phy ist, 
social economists, biologists, and geologists being equally we 
provided for. In all respects the local committee, aided byt 
New York Academy of Sciences, succeeded in making the met 
ing enjoyable to all participants. 
Most of the members will agree with us, however, that somt 
comments on the treatment of the Association by the press 0 
New York are in order. It may be asserted that at no latt 
meeting has the work of the Association met with less app p 
tion from the newspapers of the locality where it has met thani 
New York. Some of the reports published were of the flippatt, 
jocular type, the wit in some instances apparently emanating 
from very callow reportorial brains. In no instance were fil 
reports given, but the fullest were always those of the least sci : 
tific communications, such as that of a Chinese gentleman, whi 
never should have been read at all. We had thought that 
reports of the Tribune would have redeemed the reputation n 
the press so far as possible, but even these depreciated P 
very good beginning, and terminated in an extraordinary” | 
in a farewell editorial on August the 18th. Had we 4 a 
column, we would reprint the first half of this editorial cat 
but we must be content with making some comments 0n 
it represents very correctly the attitude of the New York 
towards American science for many years past. 
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