The morning times., 1896-02-18
WILL TALK ON MANY LANDS
National Geographical Society's
Long Course Of Lectures.
This Years List Includes Distin-
guished Speakers and an Inter
esting Array of Subjects.

The National Geographic Society has
issued its regular program for the season OF
1896.
Evening lectures viii be held at Metzerott
HaH, from 8 10 $40 O'Clock. as follows:
February Z, "A sojourn in Seri!and,"
by j. Gee, Of the Bureau OF American
Ethnology; February a, From the At
lantic TO the Pacific, on board the Albatross,
via the Straits Of Magellan aud the
Galapagos Islands," by Commal der q. l..
Tanner, L. s. N; February 81, Cali
forDia, her geography. sceuery, and re-
sources" by Senator George c. Perkins;
February %. a narrative of two years
travel in aud about South America" by
Mrs. Fannie B. ward; March 13, Pre-
historic lake dwcllcrs of Florida and
other lands by Frank Hamilton Cushing
Bureau OF American Ethnology; March
%, THE geographical history OF cur
rency," by James II. Eckeis, Comptroller
OF the Currency; April II, The geography,
scenery, ard resources OF Idaho" by SER
ator Fred j. Dubois: April "a, "Geogra-
ply as illustrated hy precious Stones" by
George F. Kunz of New York.
All these lectures viii be illustrated by
lantern slide cxhinItions. Thur;day, March
=, hesociety viii cniert ain he Venezuelan
COMMISSION AT the Arlington Hotel, and
Friday evening, May s. Pres danj Gardiner
The aftern Don lectures at Met2crott
Hall, beginning March 2 at 4 O'Clock VIII
describe the geographical and scenic
features of n tour oscr the Canadian Pacific
Railway and the inland waters of the
Pacific from Puget Sound 10 Alaska;
also excursions 10 he heart of tie Ca
madam Rockies, TO Mount ST. Elias. the
interior of Alaska and the Aleutian islands.
The dates of these lectures will be
March 2, o. 16, ~ and 80 and April 6
and 13. The leGturers will be Prof.
| Charles +. Fay, Tufts College; James
| Fletcher of Ottawa, Canada; Lieut.. = T.
Niblack, u. s. N; Pref. Harry Fielding
| Reid, Johns Hopkins University; DR.. VII
| liam Hall, Smithsonian Institution and
| Prof. J. c. Russell, University of Mich
| igan.
Technical meetings will be held at Cosmos
| Hall. commencing at & O'Clock March s
| and 20; April 3. and May / and 10. AT
the last technical meeting annual reports
| will be presented, members eectta and
| board OF managers chosen.
! The members elected at the meeting
| February / i were Herbert Forsyth, Ed.
| ward NJ. Kind>ll, Thomas l.. Watson, Lieut..
". Lacey Kenlcy. U. S. A., Mrs. W. II.
| Kerr and John W. Savilie, correspondents
| and John NJ. COmstock, DR.. +. Z. Dewey,
| Capt. D. ID .GailIard, US A: Ma ior General
| Nelson 4. Miles, L. s. A.; X. A Pearson
| w. S. Post, W. Il. Robinson, William A
| Taylor, Col. W b. Thompson, Hon. Andrew
| D. White, DIR. j. o. Adams, w II. Baldwin
| jr., Miss Amy NJ. Bradley, Levi J Bryant
Mrs. NJ. l.. Byington, Mrs. j. A. Campbell
| Col. II. w. Closson, u. s. A; j. \ skley
| Cooper, Brig. Gen W T Craighll, u S. a ;.
| CIaas Denekas, l.. y. Fraiiey, u. S. " =
| Chief Justice Mclvilc w. Fuller, Col. d
| s. Gordon, L. $. A.; DR.. Ida j. Heiberger
+. j. HeiherGcr, James q. Jester, T. a
| Lambert, James b. Lamhie, Noble ID
| Larner, Daniel w. Lord, William g. Lown
| Samuel Maddox, Charles Addison Mann
| jr, Edward j. MoQuaGe, Senator John L
| Mitchell, W. Henderson Noses, Owen Owen
j. B. Pioda, A. S. Perham, August Peter
son, DR.. Charles Y. Petty, Robert A
Phillips, Rev. Philip NJ. Prescott, ] N
Ricman, Thomas W. Smith, Capt j. a
Snyder, u. 5. A: W. f. Speir, Pearc,
Thompson, Capt. X. Vance, u. S. a.; W
| H. vecrhoff, DR.. John +. Walsh, John Sid
ney webb, Oscar W. White a1ld Ernest vii
kinson.