Evening star., 1896-11-28
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
An Attractive Array of Lectures for the
Winter.
some Noted Takers Extens,r
Travels in Foreign
Lands,

Inc National Geographic Society has
completed Its program of lectures for the
winter season.
Ahe evening lectures will be held In tho
flrst Congregational Church The technt-
eai meetings are to be held in Cosmos CIuh
iiaii' io-o II street. on alternate FRIDAYS
from TO 10 pm. These lectures will give
the latest results of specialists In the va.
rious scientific bureaus, with opportunity
tor dlsct ssion. The afternoon lectures
'l|ehten course) will consist Of nine lee
lures beginning Tuesday, March Q. and on
eisnt succeeding Mondays. from 90 Ia
o.'o pm. Ihey Will be held in the neu
Columbia Theater, to accommodate .h.
"a aaFse audiences that attend this course
Inc topic will be The Effects of Ceorranhfc
mnt.Ienment e, VIZ % In Developing the Civilization
VI me F." orid. as illustrated in certain tyni-
cal countries. Beginning with nrehist toric NJ
man, the lectures will follow the advance
oi clVlilzation along the shores of the
tsneui,terranean, sntl, and finally to its grandest
oeNeiopment in America. The speakers are
authorities In their special suhiects MO-,
o1- them being personally familiar with the
regions described. and the lectures will he
W,eas, rnels Illustrated: Prof Davidson. Prof.
wheeler. Rev. DR.. Mackay-Smith prof
Grosvenor and Prof GOODYEAR have act,
OF thenl either recently dwelt in or ,r.,.
eied over the countries and .pIaces that
ehey VIII describe. and will use new and
illustration NJ
an the lectures, by lantern slides or other
wise; viii be made a special feature.
following are some of the lectures to he
dellvered: " oe
"A winter Voyage Through the Straits
OF MAGELLAN. With Visits to Rio Janeiro
and VALPARAISO by Admiral r. W..Meade
United States navy; Matka: a Story of the
MIST Islands Qecture in National Museum.
Inc ktiology and Geographic Distribution
OF o infectious Diseases, by Geo. NJ Stern
berg, NJ. D., Ii. D., surgeon general
IN oni'eo states army: Picturesque New Zeal
ana, by Mr. Sidney Dickinson, M. A., F. r.
U. s.; The Geography of a Battle, by Hen
ry E. Alvord; The Forests and Deserts of
arizona, by DR.. B. E. Fernow: The De
Selopment Of the United States Postal
service, Tho by Postmaster General Wilson
the Ancient Sea Dwellers and Key Build
ers OF Florida, by Mr.. Frank Hamilton
cushing; Prehistoric Man the Product of
geographic Environment, by Gardiner G.
huopards president of the National Geo
graphic Society, regent of the Smithsonian
institutions; Mountaineering in the Tyrol
and Switzerland, Including an Ascent of
the Matterhorn, by Miss Annie s. Peck
"A; "A, NJ. OF providence. R. l.: Syria. by Prof
Thomas ]. Shahan, LII. D., of the Catholic
University of America: Tyre and Sidon. by
Prof. Thomas Davidson, NJ. A., Of Aberdeen
University. Scotland: Modern Methods of
transportation: Their Geographic Effects
Upon Commerce. Population and Industrial
Development by Martin A. Knapp of the
interstate commerce commisson; Greece,
by Prof. Benjamin Ide Wheeler of Cornell:
Rome. by Rev DR.. Alex. Mackay-Smith of
Washington; The Effects of Geographic
Environment on Animal Life, by Dr. c.
Hart Merriam; Constantinople, by Prof.
Edwin A. Grosvenor of Amherst; Venice
and Genoa, by Prof. VIM. H. Goodyear of
the BROOKLYN Institute of Arts and
Sciences; The Earth as Seen From the
Moon. by T. c. Mendenhall, Phi D., IL. d. ::
Scenery and Camp Life in the Canadian n
Rockies, by Mr.. Walter Dwight Wilcox of
Washington.