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— Professor C. E. Hamlin, assistant in charge of the Mollusca 
of the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy at Cambridge, died 
January 3d. He formerly held the chair of natural history at 
Waterville College, Maine. 
— N. Joly, a well-known French zodlogist, died October 17, 
at Toulouse. 
— Mr. S. H. Scudder has retired from the editorial manage- 
ment of Sczence, which is now edited by Mr, N. D. C. Hodges. 
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PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
Society or NATURALISTS Eastern U. S., Dec. 29-30.—This 
active society numbers 130 working naturalists and geologists, 
and was organized for the discussion of methods of investigation 
and instruction, laboratory technique and museum administration, 
and other topics of interest to investigators and teachers of natu- 
ral science. Membership is restricted to those who have done 
original work. The meeting was held at Boston, and was cer- 
tainly not inferior in interest to those previously held. 
The society chose as officers for the following year: President, 
G. K. Gilbert, of Washington; vice-presidents, Professor E. D. 
Cope and Dr. Harrison Allen, of Philadelphia, and Professor 
George L. Goodale, of Cambridge; secretary, S. F. Clarke, of 
Williams College; treasurer, Charles A. Ashburner, of Philadel- 
phia; executive committee, Professor R. Ramsay Wright, of 
Toronto, Dr. C. S. Minot, of Boston. 
Gilbert, G. K. O 
‘lorse, E. S. On s. 
Bowditch, H. P. Demonstration of vaso-motor experiments. 
Bowditch, H. P. Exhibition of model of t 
pening address. 
museum cases 
, Preparations, x 
Dwight, Thomas. Modern anatomical methods. 
Mixter, S.J. Exhibition of injections. 
se ivation of micro-organisms, x é 
nati M. Methods of observing thunderstorms and discussing the results. 
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Demonstration of reaction time a us. 
Wiiere J. W. A simplified demonstration of the reaction of saliva. 
ight, R. R. Improvement on rocking microtome. 
a R. R. Photography as an aid to natural history illustration. HS» 
wees . = unnington’s method of making colored diagrams, with modifications. 
» B. G. Exhibition of preparations illustrating certain branch and class 
= ora 
‘iver, Chas. A, Apparatus for 
All ee J. H. A new method of 
iisi boratory instruction in m 
k 'gs'ey, J. S. Some photographic processes of illustration. 
yatt, A. Museology. - 
Crosby, W, Q Arrangement of mineralogical collections of B. S. N. H. 
