association is on deposit in the library of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. The following societies are affiliated with the association, and usually meet in conjunction with it: American Alpine Club, American Anthropological Association, American Chemical Society, American Fern Society, American Folk-lore Society, American Microscopical Society, American Philosophical Association, American Physical Society, American Physiological Society, American Psychological Association, American Society of Naturalists, American Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists, American Society of Zoologists, Association of American Anatomists, Association of American Geographers, Association of Economic Entomologists, Association of Plant and Animal Breeders, Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, Botanical Society of America, Entomological Society of America, Geological Society of America, Sigma Xi Honorary Scientific Society, Society of American Bacteriologists, Society for Horticultural Science, Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, Sullivant Moss Chapter, Wild Flower Preservation Society of America. Object.-By periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science in different parts of America, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness. Meetings. Annually at such time and place as may be determined by vote of the general committee. The recent practice has been to hold the meetings during the last week in December (convocation week); some of the sections meet in the summer also. Membership.-1,351 fellows and 2,963 members (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $3; life composition, $50); 17 incorporated scientific bodies holding membership; 2 patrons ($1,000); associates for a single meeting ($3); 3 honorary life members; 3 honorary fellows. A list of members is published in each volume of the Proceedings, giving full names and addresses. Publications. (a) The papers and proceedings of the Association of American geologists and naturalists were published in the American journal of science for the corresponding years. In addition, the following publications were issued: Reports of the first, second, and third meetings of the Association of American geologists and naturalists, at Philadelphia in 1840 and 1841, and at Boston in 1842, embracing its proceedings and transactions. Boston, 1843. IV. 8°. Lettered: Transactions of the American association of geologists and naturalists. 1840-1842. Addresses by E. Hitchcock and H. D. Rogers pub. 1841, 1844 contain also Abstracts of the proceedings 1840-41 and 1844. Abstract of proceedings at sixth annual meeting, 1845. New Haven, 1845. 8°. (b) PROCEEDINGS of the American association for the advancement of science, 1st-55th meeting [v. I-LV], Sept. 1848-Dec. 1905/Jan. 1906. Philadelphia [etc.], 1849-1906. 8°. Place of publication varies greatly. List of Proceedings, with places and dates of meetings and dates of publication, on cover of v. 55. Include reports of the Committee on indexing chemical literature which contain lists of bibliographies published during each year or in preparation. Also separate. An edition of the Proceedings of the Cleveland meeting, 1853 (seventh meeting), printed by the local committee, was not officially adopted, and an attempt was made to suppress it. (See p. 281-288 of the authorized edition pub. 1856.) Prices: $1.50 per volume for the last five years ($1 to members); earlier volumes (to members only), 50c, each. Bound in cloth, 50c. per vol. extra. Memoirs of the American association for the advancement of science. I. Salem, Mass., 1875. I v. fol. No more published. Contents: Fossil butterflies, by S. H. Scudder. Since 1901 SCIENCE, published weekly by the Macmillan Co., New York, Research funds.-The income from the permanent invested fund of the association (derived from life memberships, patrons' fees, and the surplus of the working fund turned over annually to the Treasurer) is used under the direction of the council in providing grants for research. Applications for such grants are made to the council and the funds are apportioned each year at the annual meeting. Amount of fund (1903): $12,000. American Association of Museums. Address.-Secretary: George A. Dorsey, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Ill. History. Organized at New York in May 1906. To include museums of North and South America. Meetings.-Not definitely stated as yet. The 2d meeting is to be held in the spring or early summer of 1907, at Pittsburg at the call of the Council. Membership.-Classed as active (persons actively engaged in the work of museums; annual dues, $2; life composition, $30); sustaining (museums contributing not less than $10 annually); associate; honorary (limited to 15); patrons. Publications. The association intends to issue a journal in the interest of museums. American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists. Address.-Secretary: Harold C. Ernst, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. History.-Founded in 1900. Object.-Advancement of the knowledge of disease. Meetings. Annual meeting at such time and place as the council shall determine; other meetings as called. Membership.-Limited to persons presenting evidences of acceptable and creditable research in pathology or bacteriology (annual dues, $10). Publications. Members receive the JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, Boston, Mass., edited by Harold C. Ernst and partly supported by the association. American Bar Association. Address.-Secretary: John Hinkley, 215 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. History. Formed at Saratoga Springs in August, 1878. Object.-To advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the Union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar. Meetings. Annual meeting of 3 days, usually during the last week in August. At Saratoga Springs until 1888; since then at various cities, alternating customarily with Saratoga Springs. The following sections and auxiliary bodies meet in conjunction with the association: Section of legal education and admissions to the Bar; Section of patent, trademark, and copyright law; Association of American Law Schools; Conference of Commissioners on uniform State laws; Conference of State boards of Bar examiners. Membership.-About 2,000 (annual dues, $5). In addition to the individual members, any State Bar Association may send 3 delegates to the meeting, and any local Bar Association in States where there is no State association may send 2 delegates. Publications. REPORT of the [1st]-28th annual meeting, [1878]-1905. Philadelphia, 1878-1905. 8°. Report for 1878 has title: American Bar Association. Call for a conference; proceedings of conference; first meeting of the association, officers, members, etc. Appendix to each recent volume contains reports of the sections and auxiliary societies, summary of proceedings of State Bar associations and list of Bar associations in the U. S., with names and addresses of their officers. Price: $1 per vol. "Office of publication: 688 Boylston street, Boston, Mass. Issued at irregular intervals, 1901 to date. Price: $4 per vol.; $4.50 to foreign countries. Continuation of Journal of the Boston society of medical sciences, v. 1-5. Boston, Mass., 1896-1900. Also reprints of committee reports, proceedings of auxiliary societies, addresses, and papers. Distribution.-Bar libraries and general libraries in which the reports will be used are furnished, when practicable, with sets of Reports without expense other than express charges. American Ceramic Society. Address.-Secretary: Edward Orton, Jr., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. History.-Founded 1899; incorporated in 1905. Object.-To promote the arts and sciences connected with ceramics by means of meetings and the publication of professional literature. Meetings. Annual meeting, 1st Monday in Feb., at such place as the Board of trustees may decide. Other meetings as called. Membership.-Members (40 resident and I foreign) must be competent to fill responsible positions in ceramics and have suitable qualifications (entrance fee, $10; annual dues, not to exceed $5). Associates (173 resident and 22 foreign) include persons interested in ceramics and the allied arts (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, not to exceed $4). Publications. TRANSACTIONS 06. 8°. . . v. I-VIII, 1899-1906. Columbus, Ohio, 1900 Prices: To non-members, $4 per vol.; to members, one copy of each back vol. is supplied at prices varying from 50c. to $2. Manual of ceramic calculations. Columbus, Ohio, 1900. 8°. Reprint from Transactions, v. 2. Price: $1. The collected writings of Hermann August Seger . . . prepared from Published jointly by the society and the Chemical publishing company. A bibliography of clays and the ceramic art, by J. C. Branner. Colum- Price: $2. An earlier edition was published in 1896 as Bulletin of the Distribution. Apply to Stanley G. Burt, c/o Rookwood Pottery Co., Cincinnati, American Chemical Society. Address.-Secretary and Editor: William A. Noyes, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. History.-Founded in Apr. 1876; incorporated in 1877; reorganized 1891/92 in the direction of securing more general cooperation. Ref.: History of the American chemical society, by Albert C. Hale. (In its Twenty-fifth anniversary. Easton, Pa., 1902.) Object.-Advancement of chemistry and promotion of chemical research. Meetings. Two each year at different places in America designated by the council, one of them during the winter holiday week (usually at time and place of the meeting of the A. A. A. S., in conjunction with Section C.) Section meetings usually monthly. Membership. About 2,400 active (annual dues, $5; life composition, $100); 15 honorary. Directory published annually. Publications. Proceedings... v. I-II, 1876-78. New York, 1878-79. 8°. v. I complete in 5 nos., v. 2 in 4 nos. v. I, no. 1-4 (i. e. pt. 1) also issued together as v. 1, 1877. v. I, no. 5 (separately paged and forming pt. 2) issued in advance of no. 4. Continued in: JOURNAL. . . v. I-XXVII, [1879]-1905. New York, 1879-92; Easton, Pa., 1893-1905. 8°. m. The Proceedings, which are separately paged in v. 17-27, include reports of the meetings of the sections. v. 19-27 contain, with separate t.-p. and Founded Jan. 31, 1884. Monthly meetings, 2d Thursdays. Address: Cosmos club, Washington, D. C. Publ.; Bulletin . . . no. 1-9, Jan. 1884-May 1895. Washington, 1886-95. 8°. |