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members in attendance were more numerous than at any previous 
meeting, rising to about 1300. Of these about 300 were mem- — 
bers of the British Association, which adjourned at Montreal a 
day before the American Association convened. About 30 — 
papers were read, and their average of excellence was compara 
tively high. Some of the best were read by our foreign guests. 
A few excellent papers were read by ladies, notably in the chemi- 
cal, biological and anthropological sections. The address of the — 
retiring president, Professor C. A. Young, treated of the great 
problems of celestial physics, and will prove both informing and 
stimulating to a wide circle of readers. The arrangements made 
by the local committee were admirable. The only drawback to 
the complete success of the meeting was the sickness of the 
distinguished president, Professor Lesley, which prevented him 
from taking part in many of the meetings. The postponement 
of the Congress of Geologists which was to have been held this 
year in Berlin, prevented immediate action on the question of at 
international scientific association. The committee having the 
subject in charge was continued and enlarged. Committees 00 
the investigation of parasitic plant diseases, on the nomenclature | 
of the brain, on methods of presenting statistics, and on ferments, 
were appointed. Propositions to meet, at some future time, 1 
Toronto, Canada, and London, England, were brought forward 
for future consideration. The convention adjourned to meet next 
year at Bar Harbor, Me., or at Ann Arbor, Mich., as a aa : 
tive. In spite of the high temperature which prevailed, heat : 
much of the time above 90° F., the meeting was an rE a 
one, and the citizens of Philadelphia will reap some peia | 
benefit from its occurrence among them. : 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
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Forges’ Seconp Rerort oF THE Noxious INSECTS OF rele | 
—This excellent report is like Mr. Forbes’ first om i 
original matter with full references to the work of a illustt 
sors, so far as it is useful to his readers, and with gor 
tions, some of them borrowed, while the table of coe 
index are full and detailed. The arrangement and style § to 
simple and to the point. The report is mainly devo ; 
1 Thi, . ‘ous and sence 
te ete eet et ance ber 
pringfield, ll., April, 1884. 8vo, pp. 205, XXIII, 15 plates. 
