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February 2 — "Austria Hungary." 

 By Edwin A. Grosvenor, EL. D., Pro- 

 fessor of International Law in Amherst 

 College, author of "Constantinople," 

 " Contemporary History," etc. 



February 16 — "Africa from Sea to 

 Center." By Mr Herbert L. Bridg- 

 man. Illustrated. 



Africa in transition today challenges 

 the attention of the world. Few intel- 

 ligent Americans know to what extent 

 its possibilities have been developed 

 since Livingston's day, a development 

 that in rapidity promises to exceed that 

 of North America. 



February 23 — " The Personal Wash- 

 ington." By Mr W. W. Ellsworth, of 

 the Century Company. Illustrated. 



This is not a lecture in the ordinary 

 sense of the word, but* it is an exhibi- 

 tion, through the medium of the stere- 

 opticon, of the greatest collection of 

 prints, manuscripts, and letters refer- 

 ring to the personal side of Washington, 

 ever brought together. 



March 2 — " Our Immigrants : Where 

 They Come from, What They Are, and 

 What They Do After They Get Here." 

 By Hon. F. P. Sargent, U. S. Commis- 

 sioner General of Immigration. Illus- 

 trated. 



March \6 — "Oriental Markets and 

 Market Places." By Hon. O. P. Austin, 

 Chief U. S. Bureau of Statistics. Il- 

 lustrated. 



March 30— It is hoped that official 

 business will permit the Secretary of 

 the Navy, Honorable Charles J. Bona- 

 parte, to address the Society on "The 

 American Navy." 



April \Z — " The Regeneration of Ko- 

 rea by Japan." By Mr George Kennan. 

 Illustrated. 



SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 



The meetings of this course will be 

 held at the new home of the Society, 

 Hubbard Memorial Hall, Sixteenth and 

 M streets, on Friday evenings, of the 

 following dates. 



November M — " Morocco. " By Mr 

 Ion Perdicaris. 



November 25 (Saturday)—' ' The Pan- 

 ama Canal." By Mr Bunau-Varilla. 



December \ — " The Development of 

 the Mineral Resources of Alaska, with 

 particular reference to the Fairbanks 

 and Nome Regions. " By Mr Alfred H. 

 Brooks, Chief of the Alaskan Division, 

 U. S. Geological Survey. 



December J5 — " Surveying our Coasts 

 and Harbors." By Hon. O. H. Titt- 

 mann, Superintendant U. S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey. 



December 29 — "Problems for Geo- 

 graphical Research." By Gen. A. W. 

 Greely, U. S. A. 



" The Binding Power of Road Mate- 

 rial." By Mr, A. S. Cushman. 



January 12 — Annual meeting. Re- 

 ports and elections. " Progress in the 

 Reclamation of the West." By Mr F. 

 H. Newell, Chief Engineer Reclamation 

 Service. 



January 26 — " The Carnegie Institu- 

 tion. ' ' By President R. S. Woodward. 



February 9 — "The Introduction of 

 Foreign Plants. " By Mr David G. Fair- 

 child, Agricultural Explorer, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



February 24 (Saturday) — "Hunting 

 with the Camera." By Hon; George 

 Shiras, Member of Congress from 3rd 

 District, Pennsylvania. 



March 9—" The United States Bu- 

 reau of the Census. ' ' By Hon S. N. D. 

 North, Director. 



March 23—" The Death Valley." By 

 Mr Robert H. Chapman, U. S. Geolog- 

 ical Survey. 



April 6— "The Total Eclipse of the 

 Sun, July, 1905, as Observed in Spain." 

 By Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester, 

 U. S. N., Superintendent U. S. Naval 

 Observatory. 



April 20— "The Protection of the 

 United States Against Invasion by 

 Disease. " By Dr Walter Wyman, Sur- 

 geon-General Marine Hospital Service. 



