No. 13.— Memorial of Thomas Tracy JBouve. 
The General Meeting held December 2, was devoted to a com¬ 
memoration of the life and services of Thomas Tracy Bouve, who 
had died on June 3, 1896. 
The President, Prof. W. H. Niles, opened the proceedings with 
the following words : — 
“We have met this evening;; in accordance with a vote of the 
Society, that we may give expression to the high appreciation and 
friendly regard with which we cherish the memory of our late 
President, Thomas T. Bouv6. The length of time he was a member, 
the number of offices which he filled always with success, and still 
more his almost filial devotion to the best interests of the Society 
have woven his associations with us into a most noteworthy history. 
We are to recall the prominent characteristics of his labors at the 
different periods of his extended membership of more than sixty-two 
years. The Committee appointed to arrange for this meeting has felt 
it more suitable that a number should review the labors of our 
lamented friend, each representing the period of his life best known 
to himself.” 
ADDRESS OF DR. JAMES C. WHITE. 
Mr. President,— 
I recognize the deep obligation on my part to respond to the 
invitation, with which the officers of this Society have honored me, 
to appear here this evening and offer my feeble tribute to the 
memory of Mr. Bouv6. It is fitting that the two members who 
were, perhaps, most intimately associated with him as co-workers in 
the Society during an important and considerable period of its exis¬ 
tence, and to whom lie dedicated his admirable Memorial History of 
its first fifty years, should be asked to speak to you of the man and 
his incomparable services in its behalf. My own connection with 
the Society, since 1853, extends backwards only to within twenty 
years of the date of his admission to it, but Mr. Sprague, whose 
eloquent and heartfelt communication I shall read to you at his 
request, is six years my senior in membership and was his intimate 
personal friend for half a century. Those who in later years have 
