Mrs. Fisk, Chairman of the Poe Cottage Committee, asked 

 for sufficient money to equip the Cottage with objects com- 

 memorative of Poe. A bible and rocking chair used by Poe 

 were now in the custody of the Park Commissioner. 



Mr. Paltsits submitted a report concerning the program of 

 the Joseph Rodman Drake celebration on May 29. 



FEBRUARY 18, 1915 

 Meeting of the Society 



The meeting was held in the lecture hall of Christ Con- 

 gregational Church, Grand Concourse and 175th Street, under 

 the direction of the Committee on Industries and Applied 

 Sciences. 



Mr. William W. Brush, Deputy Chief Engineer of the 

 Water Department of New York City gave a very interesting 

 lecture on the Water Supply of New York City, graphically 

 describing the problems met and overcome, and illustrating it 

 with a great many lantern slides. 



MARCH 18, 1915 

 Meeting of the Council 



A letter was read from Mr. Wengel of 192 East 95th 

 Street, New York, offering to donate a framed enlargement 

 of a photograph of Poe Cottage to the Society. 



Dr. Murrill stated that rooms in the Lorillard Mansion 

 would soon be put in proper condition to receive the loan of 

 works of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 



MARCH 18, 191 5 



Meeting of the Society 



A most interesting and instructive lecture was given by 

 Professor James E. Peabody, head of the Department of 

 Biology in the Morris High School, in the lecture hall of the 

 Morrisania Branch of the New York Public Library, Mc- 



