I895-] 499 [General Meeting. 
thought, and progressed in those subjects upon which he had 
written in a masterly manner. 
So well did he know the needs of the advanced student and 
the worker and so successfully did he labor for their good, that, 
in our country, the mineralogist cannot work long without 
Dana's Minei-alogy, and the geologist must waste time if he 
does not have ready access to Dana's Manual of geology. 
The fourth edition of this Manual is the last published pro- 
duction of our distinguished friend. For months geologists 
have quietly asked. Is it probable that Professor Dana ^vdll sur- 
vive to see the completion of the new edition of his geology? 
The book was being entirely rewritten, and all knew that a 
compendium of American geology was in preparation. The 
gz'eat task has been accomplished, the book is finished, and 
as friends are exj^ressing their satisfaction and delight the 
l^ress announces that his life work is done and we shall see 
him no more. 
His first scientific paper was published in 1S35, and his last 
book in 1895. Sixty years successfully devoted to the dis- 
covery and dissemination of scientific truths have made his a 
rare and eminently worthy life. 
It was announced that the Council had elected Miss Grace E. 
Cooley, Mrs. WilUam Barton Rogers, Messrs. W. L. W. Field, 
Garry de N. Hough, W. D. Jackson, W. T. Porter, and B. L. 
Robinson, Corporate Members, and Messrs. W. T. T. Dyer, 
A. C. L. G. Gilnther, George Henslow, Robert McLachlan, John 
Murray, Alfred Newton, E. B. Poulton, P. L. Sclater, S. H. 
Vines, and Henry Woodward, Corresponding Members. 
The committee appointed to nominate ofiicers for 1895-96 
presented a report. 
Prof. Wiiham Libbey, Jr., gave an account of his experiences 
dm-ing two months in Greenland. 
The following paper was read : — • 
