Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-13
GRAND RAPIDS NICHE URsDAY MORNING. july la 1898

Huhlishisx.s b. ". Morris n. csn a
London. we're read By Ds 81 Sfxiax. q
L>ondoa. and otherA
A collection Il notes and opinions on
the general subject - authorx riybtx
contributed BY vari0us nesabers II the
British socsety q sutkor< we're pre-
senesd By Mr.. bsssns nnl DR.. Spsixs. in
their capacity - delegates q Tie soc3ssy
~ this convention.
fpssidene bopn~y. q the wosld's lais
congree< suxiiiary. opened the procssd
ings q tho oongross u lihrsriana Moi
villr Z. Dewey. president a the Amsri.
can Library snsociatson. delivered an
sdslpss on libraries and hbrarisna He
Vas followed by Frcdsrick n. Brundon.
librarian u the st Louis public library.
9TH paper sntitisd -rks Llhrassan -
Adfninisfrator.
Prof Hsruann ostho6 a the Univsr.
sity q lisidslhsrg called the pl4ilolaeists
70 order. snd Pruf. Rie'hard Garb q ths
University a Konigsberg. Germany,
opened the program BY reading schol-
srly paper On The Connection Hetussn
Indian and Greek Philosophy" When
Prof. Gsrbs had conc1uded, Prof Bssil
L. GildesaleeSs IL Johns HoTkins uni
veFsity discussed the knotty problems il
Greek syntax Following fhis was :
general discusslon a genealogical in
vcstigation. Tho Relation of Phiioioey
70 History" was the subject of Maurics
bloomfisld of Johns Hopkins unives-
sity. Prof. Paul Shorry u the Uni yer.
sity Of Chicago discusssd Tho ethical
and psychoiogicai implications of the
style of ThucydidasLs
AZ this evening's spsiou several
papers OF interest were read. among
which werc the following: The Ian
guage At the Law by II. L. Baker a
Detroit; Attraction In f.nglish."
Charles 4. q. Scott Philxaeiphia; The
Hebrew Nance ia the Bible Prof. ".
q. Sprouli. Univcrsity Of Cincinnati.
Dr. Hormuzd Ras<sm, eminent oriental.
ist- furnished an interesting paper on
'Assyrian and Babylonian Archae-
ology."
AT tonight's session of the librarians
paper by Prof. A. H. Sayre of Oxford
university Was read on .'Assyrizn and
Babyionian Libraries" by Dr. c. Win
slow of Boston. Dr. Max q. Richter of
Berlin also read paper on the -Archae-
ology Of Cyprus"
The congress of history met In hall &
President James h. Angell Of the Uni
versity OK Michigan presided. and intro
dneed AS the hrst speaker the Hon.
James Phinney Baxter of Portland.
Maine. who discussed. at some length.
The Present Status of Pre- Columbian
Discovery Primes Henry. the Navi.
gator. was the title ~ paper read by
Prof. Edward &. Bourne OF Adelbert
college. Cleveland. The Economic
Conditions of Spain in the Sixteenth
Century was treated by DIR. Bernard
Moses OF the University Of California,
and Prof. Lucy NJ Salmon Of vassar
college read paper On The Union OF
Utrecht"
The program tonight inclnded The
Intellectual Development of the Cana.
dian People,, by Dr. j. q. Bourinot.
Clerk of the Canadian house cf com
mons; English Popular Uprising 81
the Middle Ages DR.. George kriehn of
Johns Hopkins university; The Social
Compact aud Mr.. Jeffcrson's Adoption
OF it, Prof. George p. Fisher Of Yale;
The Relation of History To Politics."
Prof. Jesse Macy II Iowa college; lead
Mining IN Illinois and Wisconsln.- r q.
'l'hwaites. secretary Of the Wisconsin
Historical society; Tho Significance of
sItc q tonttr I'm n oftftcou tttHtDfy, fyuf.
r. q. Turner Of the University of Wis
consin.
In hal! - the Folk Lore congress
heard three papers DIR. c. r. Eastman
of ST. Paul read the first paper on The
Sioux MYTHOLOGY" Trout Bassetf fol /
lowed. reading manuscript on The 4
Symbolism of the Vase in Mythology.-
written 10y DIR. Stanislas Prato of Italy.
" Buried Alive" written by the Rev III. /
i. Felber of Axov. Denmark. was read !
by Miss Mary r. Owen Of St. Joseph.
Missouri.
This evenings session of the Folk /
Lore congress was held in the hall of |
Those who took part in |
he exercises are: Lieut. II. l. Scott IT
Fort Tyler, Kansas. the Hon. John l
Abcrcromby. Edinburgh. Scotland: Miss
Mary A. Owen. st. Joseph; Dr. A.Ernst.
from Venezuela: Miss
,oncordia Lofring. Sweden: Prof. Y. I.
sheepoh OF bulgaria. and L. j. Vance Of
New York