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learn whether others who have specialized 

 less in geography would care to take asso- 

 ciate membership. In any ease the meet- 

 ings of the association will be open to all 

 interested persons, and a special welcome 

 will be given to those whose further work 

 would naturally lead them into the asso- 

 ciation. 



The program of the meeting in Phila- 

 delphia included the following papers, all 

 of which were presented by the authors, 

 except where stated as read by title. 



Bailey Willis: 'Some Physical Aspects of 

 China.' 



F. E. Clements : ' Tlie Interaction of Phy.siog- 

 raphy and Plant Successions in the Rocky Moun- 

 tains.' Read by title. 



E. Huntington : ' The Seistan Depression in 

 Eastern Persia.' 



L. Stejneger: 'The Distribution of the Dis- 

 eoglossoid Toads, in the Light of Ancient Land 

 Connections.' 



A. P. Brigham : ' The Development of the 

 Great Roads across the Appalachians.' 



R. W. PuMPELLY (by invitation): 'Physio- 

 graphy of the Northern Pamer.' 



R. S. Tarr: 'Some Instances of Moderate 

 Glacial Erosion.' 



D. W. Johnson : ' The Distribution of Fresh- 

 water Faunas as Evidence of Drainage Modifica- 

 tions.' 



H. C. CowLES: ' The Relation of Physiographic 

 Ecology to Geography.' 



R. A. Daly : ' The General Accordance of 

 Summit Levels in a High Mountain Region: the 

 Pact and its Significance.' 



I. Bowman (by invitation) : ' Partly Sub- 

 merged Islands in Lake Erie.' Read by title. 



Cyrus C. Adams : ' The Improvement of 

 American Maps.' Read by title. 



R. E. Dodge : 'The Journal of Geography and 

 its Purpose." Read by title. 



F. E. Matthes : ' The Study of River Flow.' 



L. G. Westgate (by invitation): 'The Geo- 

 graphic Features of the Twin Lakes District, Colo- 

 rado.' 



N. H. Darton : ' Geologic Expression in Con- 

 tour Maps.' Read by title. 



H. F. Reid: 'The Forms of Glacier Ends.' 

 Read by title. 



F. P. Gulliver: ' Muskeget a Complex Tom- 

 bolo.' Eead by title. 



\V. LiBBEY: 'The Physical Characters of the 

 Jordan Valley.' Read by title. 



W. M. Davis: 'A Chapter in the Geography 

 of Pennsylvania.' Eead by title. 



G. K. Gilbert : ' Moulin Sculpture.' 



G. W. Littlehales : ' A New and Abridged 

 Method of Finding the Locus of Geographical 

 Position, and Simultaneously therewith the True 

 Bearing.' Read by title. 



In addition to the above, Professor W. I\I. 

 Davis, in assuming the presidency of the 

 association, presented a brief address on 

 'The Opportunity of the Association of 

 American Geographers ' ; this paper will be 

 printed in the Bulletin of the American 

 Geographical Society. Most of the papers 

 were accompanied by lantern illustrations, 

 •and it should be stated that most of the 

 authors were present, whose papers were 

 read by title, the papers being withheld 

 from presentation for lack of time. 



Extracts were i-ead from a letter sent 

 by Professor E. de Martonne, announcing 

 that an international association of Etiro- 

 pean geographers would probably be 

 formed next spring. It was voted to send 

 to Professor de Martonne the best wishes 

 of the American Geographers for the form- 

 ation of the European association. 



Following is a list of the original mem- 

 bers of the Association of American Geog- 

 raphers: C. Abbe, Jr., Washington; Ch. C. 

 Adams, Ann Arbor; Cy. C. Adams, New 

 York; 0. P. Austin, Washington: R. L. 

 Barrett, Chicago ; A. P. Brigham, Hamil- 

 ton, N. Y. ; A. H. Brooks, Washington; 

 H. G. Bryant, Philadelphia ; M. R. Camp- 

 bell, Washington; H. C. Cowles, Chicago; 

 J. F. Crowell, Washington; R. A. Daly, 

 Ottawa, Can. ; N. H. Darton, Washington ; 

 W. M. Davis, Cambridge; R. E. Dodge, 

 New York; C. R. Dryer, Terre Haute; N. 

 M. Feimeman, Madison, Wis. ; H. Gannett, 

 Washington; M. K. Genthe, Hartford; G. 

 K. Gilbert, Washington ; J. P. Goode, Chi- 

 cago ; H. E. Gregory, New Haven ; F. P. 

 Gulliver, Southboro, Mass.; C. W. Hall, 



