8th July, 1912.

Mr. J. H. Emerton, Secretary,
N.E. Federation of Natural History Societies.
194 Clarendon Street,
Boston, Mass.

My dear Sir:

I was very glad to get your letter offering the moral support of the Federation in the effort we hope to make to rejuvenate the Newport Natural History Society.

For several years past the Society has not been in a healthy condition. Some of us are now preparing plans to submit to the Society, which will be called upon to decide whether the members wish to revive the Society with new interests and activities or to end its existence. Until these matters are settled and the future policy decided, I can only answer unofficially your suggestion in regard to an afternoon meeting of the Federation here this Autumn.

The plan that you suggest of coming to Newport for the Saturday afternoon of the Autumn meeting seems to me excellent, and should be of real assistance in reviving the interest of the Newport people in their society. I shall bring the matter to the attention of the Society as soon as possible, and shall hope to be able to send an official invitation to the Federation to meet here at some convenient time during the Autumn meeting.

You spoke of the possibility of your being here yourself before long to collect spiders. If you do come, please let me know a day or so ahead if possible so that I may be sure to see you, and perhaps arrange a meeting of the Society. I am frequently called away on professional work, but if I should be so fortunate as to be here during your visit, I hope that I may be able to be of some assistance to you.

Very truly yours,

ERNEST HOWE.

New England Federation of Natural History Societies.

MEETING AT PROVIDENCE, R. I.,

SEPTEMBER 27, 28, 1912.

The fall meeting of the Federation will be at Providence, R. I., Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28, 1912, in connection with the Providence Franklin Society and the Rhode Island Field Naturalists' Club.

There will be the usual exhibition of specimens and illustrations in all branches of Natural History, to which members of all the federated societies are invited to contribute, at the rooms of the Franklin Society on North Main Street, not far from the railroad station. Packages sent by express should be in care of Angell & Cash, Taxidermists, 33 Westminster Street.

Friday evening there will be an open session at the rooms of the Franklin Society, with addresses by several members, a social meeting and refreshments.

Saturday morning, 9.30 to 12, there will be a meeting at the Roger Williams Park Museum (take Auburn electric cars on Westminster Street) for reports from the various societies, and business, followed by a short address on local geology by Prof. C. W. Brown. Lunch will be at the museum, and in the afternoon there will be an excursion of the Field Naturalists' Club, led by Prof. Brown, through the parks to see some of the geological features of the neighborhood.

J. H. EMERTON, Secretary,
194 Clarendon Street, Boston.

September 1, 1912.

REPORT OF MEETING AT
LAWRENCE AND ANDOVER, MASS.

September 29 and 30, 1911.

The Lawrence Society of Natural History and Archæology has a room in the Central Building, an office building on one of the principal business streets. This room was kept open in charge of a member during the meeting. The society has a small collection which is kept in good order at this room; the temporary exhibits of the meeting were in the basement of the Unitarian Church where the sessions of Friday evening and Saturday morning were also held. The exhibition included the following:

From the Lawrence Society of Natural History, 60 specimens of Ferns from the neighboring country collected by Mr. Raynal Dodge of Newburyport; 30 specimens of Asters and Goldenrods of Lawrence by Mrs. Schneider; minerals and fossils, 40 specimens from various collectors; fresh wild flowers, 25 species from Mr. R. H. Call and others.

Mrs. Robert W. Read, a set of mosses to illustrate A. J. Grout's book, "Mosses with a Hand Lens."

Miss Emily Fletcher, flowering plants found on waste from a woolen mill at Westford, Mass., 10 specimens.

Mr. F. H. Silsbee, 200 paintings of Fungi.

Andover Natural History Society, 100 specimens of Ferns, a collection by Miss Lucia Clark.

Dr. F. W. Russell, Winchendon, Mass., 25 species of New England Dragonflies, a travelling collection in Riker tablets.

J. H. Emerton, circulating collections of Spiders, Grasshoppers and Lepidoptera.

C. H. Knowlton, Boston, flowers from eastern Maine.

William S. Harris, Windham, N. H., Rocks showing faults, veins, and slips.

Worcester Natural History Society, Publications.

Friday, September 29, was rainy all day and there were few visitors to the exhibition. At the evening session there were some fifty persons. Mr. Ritchie told about the objects and work of the Federation, Mr. R. H. Barlow about the Lawrence Society, which was founded in 1866 and has now 90 members in Lawrence and the neighboring towns. Mr. O. P. Chase spoke for the Andover Society. Mr Franz Schneider, Jr., then gave an account of the purification of the Merrimac River water which is used in Lawrence, and of the sewage of Andover, which is discharged into the same river. The purification in both cases is brought about by bacteria which grow in the beds of sand through which the water is filtered.

At the meeting on Saturday morning there was an attendance of about fifty persons, all from eastern Massachusetts societies, but reports were received from societies in other states by persons who had visited them during the summer.

Saturday afternoon sixty persons met at the Andover Town Hall where the Natural History Society holds its meetings, and from there walked to the Indian Ridge, a glacial deposit of gravel a mile out from the village, under the lead of O. P. Chase, E. T. Brewster, and other Andover members. While this party was away several members of the Boston Mycological Club arrived and arranged a collection of mushrooms in the gymnasium of the Andover Guild; additions were brought in during the afternoon and when the visitors to Indian Ridge returned with their collections the exhibition numbered 100 species, 45 of which were from Andover. The best kinds were then prepared for cooking, and a supper, consisting in large part of mushrooms, was served by members and friends of the Andover Natural History Society.

During the afternoon twenty members visited the Archaeological Museum of Phillips Academy, where there is a large collection of relics and tools of the North American Indians.

The next meeting of the Federation will be the annual meeting in Boston in April, 1912.

Plans are now making for a summer meeting of several days or a week in the early part of July, 1912, at Mount Moosilauke, N. H. Accommodations will be engaged at hotels near the base from which excursions can be made to all parts of the mountain remaining over night when convenient at the small hotel near the summit. Detailed plans will be ready in the spring but the secretary would like to hear early from societies or individuals interested in the meeting.

J. H. EMERTON, Secretary,
194 Clarendon St., Boston.

MEETING AT
MOOSILAUKE INN, BREEZY POINT, N. H.

JULY 2-9, 1912.

The Federation will hold a meeting at Mount Moosilauke, N. H., beginning Tuesday, July 2. and continuing through Tuesday, July 9. All members of Federated Societies are entitled to attend and may come and go at any time during the meeting. Those planning to do so should register with the Secretary not later than Saturday, June 22. Registration blanks will be sent to any address on request. A fee of one dollar for the costs of the meeting will be requested of those who attend, payable on registry or on arrival at the meeting.

The headquarters of the party will be at Moosilauke Inn (Post Office, Breezy Point, N. H.; telephone in Inn) a special rate being given to Federation members by the hotel. Moosilauke Inn is five miles distant from the railway station, Warren, N. H., to be reached from Boston via Concord and Plymouth, and from New York, Connecticut and Vermont via Bellows Falls, Wells River and Woodsville.

Mount Moosilauke is an isolated mass to the west of the main ranges of the White Mountains, its height is 4800 feet, and there is a comfortable hotel on its summit, the Tiptop House. There is a carriage road from Breezy Point to the top and footpaths on other sides of the mountain. The plan will be to send parties to the Tiptop House, affording everyone an opportunity to pass a night there, and to hold meetings in both places.

Persons interested in geological observations should correspond with Professor George H. Perkins, Burlington, Vt., who is expected to attend the meeting. Botanists are referred to a list of the plants within thirty miles of Hanover by Professor Jessup of Dartmouth College, and an article in Rhodora, Vol. II, by W. W. Eggleston, on Moosilauke plants and should correspond with Mr. Harold Goddard Rugg, of Hanover, N. H., who is acquainted with the botany of the neighborhood. For birds, see Glover M. Allen's list of birds of New Hampshire, published by the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences.

The Federation will meet at Moosilauke Inn on the evening of Tuesday, July 2, for general announcements, the usual roll-call and other items of interest. Similar in-door meetings will be held both at the Inn and the Tip-top House on other evenings for comparison of specimens and exchange of experiences. Trips will be arranged according to the wishes of the members which may range from easy rambles to the most difficult scrambling.

Moosilauke Inn is 1700 feet above sea level and the Tiptop House 4800, so that cool nights may be expected and warm clothing should be taken. A waterproof, tramping clothes and shoes should be carried and changes of clothing against a wetting. Members having rucksacks will find them convenient. Preventives of fly and mosquito bites should be taken.

Expenses. Moosilauke Inn has made a rate to this party of

<table><tr><td>For two in a room</td><td>$2.00 a day</td></tr><tr><td>For one in a room</td><td>2.50 a day</td></tr><tr><td>Tiptop House, no warrant of single rooms,</td><td>2.00 a day</td></tr><tr><td>Transportation, from Warren Station to Inn, each way, baggage free,</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>From the Inn to the summit, in parties, including return</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td>For those who walk a charge may be required for baggage, according to circumstances.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Federation fee, per person,</td><td>1.00</td></tr></table>

Secretaries of Federated Societies will kindly note to the Secretary of the Federation the number of circulars of this kind required for the members of their societies.

JOHN RITCHIE, JR., President.

J. H. EMERTON, Secretary,
194 Clarendon St., Boston, Mass.

May 1, 1912.

I intend to be present at the Mount Moosilauke Field
Meeting, will arrive at the Inn by .................... o'clock train
from ............................................................................ on

July ...., and will stay till ....................

My choice of roomate is ....................

Name ....................

Permanent address ....................

Member of these societies, ....................

Fill and return to MR. J. H. EMERTON, 194 Clarendon Street,
Boston, not later than June 22. State whether it is morning or
afternoon train, with the day and the date.

If an officer in a Society, state it.

# New England Federation of Natural History Societies.

## Report of the Annual Meeting of 1912.

The Annual Meeting of the Federation was held at the building of the Boston Society of Natural History on Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, 1912.

The following exhibition was open to members and the public both days:

- Mrs. E. B. Blackford, fifty water color paintings of mushrooms.

- Mr. George E. Morris, school illustrations of ferns and violets.

- Miss Emily F. Fletcher, Astragalus contortuplicatus, native in northern Asia, found in wool waste at Westford, Mass.

- Mrs. Walter R. Davis, 200 skins of native birds, which could be handled and closely examined by visitors.

- Mr. J. H. Emerton, water color paintings of four species of burrowing spiders with a color print of the same.

- Dr. F. W. Russell, Winchendon, Mass., collection of New England drag-on-flies.

- Miss Cora H. Clarke, galls, aphis, and mite galls on leaves in celluloid envelopes and photographs of galls.

- Grasses with enlarged drawings of flowers showing their method of opening and fertilization.

- Miss Alice Kendall, mosses mounted in jelly on mica slides.

- Miss M. E. Cherrington, species of sphagnum from Maine. Buds of trees and shrubs collected by school children.

- Mr. F. W. Rane, Mass. State Forester, three species of scale insects on trees; leopard moth burrows opened by woodpeckers; gipsy moth, brown tail, and other injurious insects with their parasites and enemies.

- Mr. J. H. Emerton, circulating collections of spiders, grasshoppers, lepidoptera.

- Worcester Natural History Society, publications of the Society, geology, plants and birds of the neighborhood of Worcester.

- Mr. D. L. Belding, Mass. Fish and Game Commission, photographs and diagrams illustrating a survey of the ponds of the state.

- Mrs. F. A. Abbott, Saco, Me., early flowers and buds.

- Mr. J. W. Chapman, entomologist of Boston public grounds, leopard moth in all stages; elm branches with leopard moth burrows.

Friday evening there was a meeting of twenty persons at which Mr. C. H. Knowlton told about the systematic collecting of New England plants by the N. E. Botanical Club. Mr. D. L. Belding explained his exhibit and the work which it illustrated on the ponds of Massachusetts. Mr. Edson L. Ford told about the movement in Boston for a circulating collection and museum for children. During the evening refreshments were served by the Barton Science Club.

The annual business meeting was held on Saturday morning with twenty-five members present. After the annual reports of the secretary and treasurer,

reports were heard from the societies represented at the meeting. Mrs. F. A. Abbott, for the Maine societies, Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Emerton for the Vermont societies, meetings of which they had attended during the year. Mr. Madison spoke for the Rhode Island Societies, and invited the Federation to hold its next autumn meeting in Providence. Mrs. Schneider reported for the An- dover and Lawrence societies, Mr. Easton for Fall River, and Miss Mason for Taunton. For the Boston societies Mr. Cushman told about the New England botanical collection of the Boston Society of Natural History, and asked ex- changes with other societies.

The following officers were elected: President, John Ritchie, Jr.; Vice-Pres- idents, Arthur H. Norton, Portland, Me., and Norman S. Easton, Fall River, Mass.; Secretary, J. H. Emerton; Treasurer, Delia I. Griffin, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The following are members of the Council elected by the societies of their states; for Vermont, Miss Griffin and Mrs. Flynn; for Massachusetts, George W. Hagar, Mrs. F. Schneider; for Rhode Island, Clifton W. Loveland, Louis H. Meader.

At the meeting of the Council bills were approved for expenses of meetings and correspondence of the past year amounting to $35.00. It was decided to hold a summer meeting at Mt. Moosilauke, N. H., from July 2 to July 9, and an autumn meeting at Providence, R. I., September 27 and 28.

The following societies are now members of the Federation:

### Maine:

- Portland Society Natural History.

- Josselyn Botanical Society.

- Maine Ornithological Society.

### Vermont:

- Vermont Botanical Club.

- Vermont Bird Club.

### Rhode Island:

- Rhode Island Field Naturalists' Club.

- Providence Franklin Society.

- Newport Society Natural History.

### Massachusetts:

- Andover Natural History Society.

- Lawrence Society Natural History.

- Fall River Society Natural History.

- Taunton, Bristol County Academy of Science.

- Marlboro Society Natural History.

- Newton Society Natural History, Maynard Chapter.

- Springfield Botanical Society.

- Springfield Geological Society.

- Worcester Natural History Society.

### Boston:

- Appalachian Mountain Club.

- Barton Science Club.

- Boston Society Natural History.

- Boston Malacological Club.

Boston Scientific Society.

Boston Mycological Club.

Cambridge Entomological Club.

Home and Field Club.

New England Botanical Club.

Science Club.

The R. I. Field Naturalists' Club of Providence, and the Bristol County Academy of Science of Taunton carry on regular local outings in spring and fall to which visitors from other societies are invited. Programs can be had from the secretaries. The Boston Mycological Club holds informal meetings and exhibitions of mushrooms at noon on Mondays from July to October. The Vermont Botanical and Bird Clubs will hold a joint summer meeting for which the place and date are not yet decided. Inquire of the secretary, Prof. G. P. Burns, Burlington, Vt.

The Federation will hold a meeting at Mt. Moosilauke, N. H., July 2 to 9. A special circular about this meeting is ready and will be sent to any address. Secretaries of societies will be furnished as many copies as they can use.

The autumn meeting of the Federation will be at Providence, R. I., Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28. Secretaries are requested to notify members of their societies before meetings are given up for the summer. Circulars with details will be sent out about September 1.

# Appalachian Mountain Club
## NATURAL HISTORY NOTICES

Sept. 14 and 15, Saturday and Sunday, Sand dunes of Ipswich and Plum Island. Leave North Station for Ipswich at 8.45 a. m. and take lunch. Tickets will be provided. Carriages to the shore five miles and return in time for the 5.56 train to Boston. Those who stay over Sunday will take boats about 6 p. m. for Ipswich Bluffs, Plum Island and pass the night at A. L. Fowler's. Members leaving Boston by the 4.56 train will arrive at Ipswich in time for Plum Island. Return by 6 p. m. train from Ipswich, Sunday. Expenses, about $4.00.

Sept. 21, Saturday, Indian Ridge. Andover, with the Andover Natural History Society, leader, Prof. Barton. Leave Boston for Andover at 10.55 and take lunch.

Sept 27 and 28, Friday and Saturday. Meeting of the N. E. Federation of Natural History Societies at Providence, R. I. Meeting Saturday morning at the Roger Williams Park Museum. Train leaving Boston at 9.00 will arrive in time. Saturday afternoon, walk through the Providence Parks with the R. I. Field Naturalists' Club, led by Prof. C. W. Brown. Train from Boston at 10.40. Fare to Providence, 90 cents. Time about one hour. For further details inquire of J. H. Emerton.

Oct 5 and 6, Saturday and Sunday, Geological excursion to Hoosac Mountain and Greylock with Prof. Geo. H. Barton. Leave Boston Saturday morning, ride over Hoosac Mountain Saturday afternoon. Ride or walk up Greylock Sunday morning and return to Boston Sunday evening, expenses $8.00, or join the Club meeting at Williamstown. For train, time and other details write to Prof. Barton, 234 Berkely St., Boston.

Oct. 12, Saturday afternoon, Blue Hills, Rattlesnake Crag and the neighboring swamps. Leave South Station for West Quincy 1.20. Return from W. Quincy at 5.13.

Newport Historical Society
Incorporated 1854

DANIEL B. FEARING, PRESIDENT
RODERICK TERRY, VICE-PRESIDENT
ROBERT S. FRANKLIN, RECORDING SECRETARY

GEORGE H. RICHARDSON, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
WILLIAM S. SHERMAN, TREASURER
EDITH MAY TILLEY, LIBRARIAN
EDWIN P. ROBINSON, CURATOR OF COINS AND MEDALS

Newport, R. I., December 11, 1912.

My dear Mr. Howe:-

Do you think you can see your members before next Tuesday, when we have a meeting? I want to bring the matter up, as the rats, etc., are getting beyond me. We have caught six small rats, but no large ones yet. I think we can appoint a committee, to confer with a committee from your Society. I feel I must bring up the matter next Tuesday, as our building is really endangered by the leaks and rats.

Yours sincerely,

Newport, R. I.

December 26, 1912.

There will be a meeting of the Natural History Society at eight o'clock at the Museum on Thursday evening, January 2, 1913.,/and it is hoped that there may be a full attendance of members as several matters of importance are to be brought before the Society.

For a number of years little or nothing has been done by the Society, and it is imperative that some immediate action be taken. If the Society is to continue its existence, definite plans should be formulated and means taken to carry them out, otherwise its affairs should be wound up and its collections and library disposed of.

Will you not make a special effort to attend the meeting?

Newport, R. I.

January 2, 1913.

Ernest Howe Esq.,

Prest. Newport Natural History Society.

Dear Mr. Howe:-

As Treasurer of the Natural History Society, I beg
to report that the subscriptions to the Society are due practically
by all members from May 1907 to May 1912.

There are, roughly speaking, 40 members at $3 each - $120
for 5 years - 600

The liabilities are,

Due Treasurer, $155.24
Unpaid a/cs. 67.73
222.96

If all collections could be made, this would
leave a credit of $ 377.04

I would suggest that the members would agree to
pay say, 2 years subscription to cover all dues from May 1907 to
May 1912, then we would be enabled to liquidate all outstanding liabili-
ties, and start fresh on any new plans which may be approved.

I enclose the Bank Book of the W. Watts Sherman Prize Fund which
shows a balance at credit of $56.99.

I shall be glad to act as Treasurer, and carry out any plan for
the settlement of the Society's affairs, if it is desired for me
to do so, otherwise I shall be obliged if you will kindly accept my
resignation as Treasurer, at this meeting, Yours truly,

["Present liabilities      $222.96\n                        _________\n$222.96", "Annual running expenses.\nRent                      10.00\nInsurance                 12.00\nLight & Heat             25.00\nAdvertizing              30.00\nRepairs                  25.00\n                        _________\n102.00\n\nTotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A. O'D. TAYLOR, REAL ESTATE AGENT.

(Money placed for investors on first Mortgages on Real Estate only, in Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth and Jamestown.)

NEW YORK AGENT
WORTHINGTON WHITEHOUSE
REAL ESTATE,
6 AND 8 EAST 46TH STREET

122 BELLEVUE AVENUE
NEWPORT, R. I.

AGENT FOR
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY OF U. S. AND
THE FIREMANS FUND INSURANCE
COMPANY.

Newport, R. I. ... January 23, 1913.

To Ernest Howe Esq.,
President of the
Newport Natural History Society.

My Dear Mr. Howe:—

I have just read your appeal to the public, in
this evening's issue of the "Daily News." and I regret that an en-
gagement in Providence, will prevent me being with you when you
hold your meeting to-morrow afternoon.

The question of reviving the moribund Natural History Society
is one which should receive but one answer—and that is most cer-
tainly it should be done and at once.

The restorative to be given seems to me to be your own excell-
ent suggestion of separating the place of meetings of the Society
from the rooms where the collections are now piled, and holding
these meetings in some other suitable room or hall. Reserve the
present room entirely for the collections, and arrange that the
public shall have the advantage and benefit of viewing these coll-
ections every Sunday, or at least two Sundays in every month.
Under the present arrangement the collections are of no practical
use to the general public, being unavailable for inspection.

An advertised lecture, on some Natural History subject, held
in the Rogers High School, or in some other suitable hall, would be
better attended than in the Touro Street rooms, which, of necessity,

2.

(in trying to combine the two objects, a lecture Hall, and a Natural History Collection), look cluttered and uninviting, if not depressing.

The assistance you require is not only financial, but practical applied scientific care of the collections, which should be volunteered by your members. That such volunteer assistance can be had, I think there is little doubt, and I trust you will get it at to-morrow's meeting.

Not being scientific, I cannot offer such service, but I shall be glad to subscribe two year's back fees to the Society, and continue a member of it, to help the financial side of the question.

With the new energy, which you, personally, will infuse into the Society, I feel sure that it only requires the start to assure the permanent life and growth of the Newport Natural History Society, which should assuredly be aided by the entire community.

The abandonment of the Society would be a loss to the growing youth, and should not be considered if any remedy can be found.

Yours very truly,

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
77TH STREET AND CENTRAL PARK WEST
NEW YORK CITY

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IS DEPENDENT IN LARGE MEASURE ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS FRIENDS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF NEW COLLECTIONS, FOR CARRYING ON EXPLORATIONS, FOR PUBLISHING THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THESE EXPLORATIONS, AND FOR THE EXTENSION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. MEMBERSHIP RECEIPTS ARE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THESE PURPOSES.

THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND MEMBERS OF THE MUSEUM WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WORK. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE MUSEUM IS DOING A USEFUL SERVICE TO SCIENCE AND TO EDUCATION, THE TRUSTEES INVITE YOU TO LEND YOUR SUPPORT BY BECOMING A MEMBER.

HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN

PRESIDENT

MEMBERS OF THE MUSEUM
ENJOY THE FOLLOWING
PRIVILEGES

An Annual Pass admitting to the Members' Room

Complimentary tickets admitting to the
Members' Room for distribution to
their friends

Services of the Instructor for guidance
through the Museum

Two course tickets to Spring Lectures

Two course tickets to Fall Lectures

Current numbers of all Guide Leaflets on
request

Complimentary copies of the Museum
Journal

The dues for the Newport Natural History Society have not been collected for five years. It was voted at the last meeting of the Society, January 24, 1913, that the dues for the current year only be collected, but that members be asked to pay all or a part of their back dues if they felt inclined to do so.

The indebtedness of the Society is about $225.00, and it will be under further expense for repairs to the building in the near future. The dues for the present year alone will be insufficient to meet this indebtedness, so that all members who feel that they can do so are asked to pay as large a proportion of their back dues as possible.

The annual dues for regular members are three dollars, and for clergymen and teachers one dollar; they may be sent to the temporary treasurer, Mr Joseph G. Parmenter, 166 Bellevue Avenue.

Newport, R. I.

February 3, 1913.

NEWPORT NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

The Newport Natural History Society was founded in 1883
with the object of promoting the study of natural science among
the residents and visitors of Newport. For nearly twenty years
it flourished. The membership was never large but regular
meetings were held, nine volumes of "Proceedings" were published,
and a building was erected to house its collections. For the
last ten years interest in the society has waned, its museum has
been neglected, and at present it is serving no useful purpose
in the community.

Tentative plans for the reorganization of the society on
different lines have been suggested. It is believed that the
custom of holding regular monthly meetings in the museum should
be abandoned, as the attendance at such meetings has dwindled
in the past few years indicating a general lack of interest in
lectures on scientific subjects. If no lectures were held in the
museum building, the space now occupied by empty chairs
could be devoted to the proper exhibition of the society's
collections that at present are not shown to advantage.

It is proposed, therefore, to rearrange the collections of
mammals, birds and minerals for exhibition purposes, and to
provide ready means of access to the herbarium and scientific
reports and pamphlets, and to open the museum to the public
at least one day a week.

It is proposed also to hold, from time to time, special
exhibitions of an educational character and of general interest
to the community, such as mounted specimens of insect pests
showing their life history and methods of extermination, etc.

In other words, the society plans to make the museum of
educational value to the citizens of Newport in ways that should
appeal not only to the younger element but to men and women as
well.

Although the running expenses are not likely to be heavy,
it has been estimated that an income of at least $300, will
be needed to carry out such a plan in a proper manner. In
considering any plan of reorganization the question of income
must be met at the outset. The museum must depend entirely
upon the dues of members of the Natural History Society for its
revenue, but the society would have practically no other expense.
With a membership of 150, yearly dues at $2 would supply the
necessary income (the present dues are $3), while with a larger
membership the dues might be still further reduced. It is
unlikely that membership would carry with it any special provilage
other than that of supporting the museum for the benefit of the
community.

The undersigned have been appointed members of a committee to secure a serious expression of opinion from as many Newporters as possible as to the desirability and expediency of reorganizing the society along the general lines suggested in this letter.

The committee would greatly appreciate a reply from you on the enclosed card. The return of the card implies no obligation whatever, and unless a sufficient number of favorable replies are received to warrant the society in taking up this new work, the matter will be allowed to drop.

The Newport Natural History Society was founded in 1883 with the object of promoting the study of natural science among the residents and visitors of Newport. For nearly twenty years it flourished. The membership was never large, but regular meetings were held, nine volumes of "Proceedings" were published, and a building was erected to house its collections. For the last ten years, due in part to the death of a number of its enthusiastic supporters, interest in the society has waned, its museum has been neglected, and at present it is serving no useful purpose in the community.

Tentative plans for the reorganization of the society on different lines have been suggested. It is believed that the custom of holding regular monthly meetings in the museum should be abandoned, and the space now occupied by empty chairs could be devoted to the proper exhibition of the society's collections that at present are not shown to advantage.

It is proposed, therefore, to rearrange the collections of mammals, birds and minerals for exhibition purposes, to provide ready means of access to the herbarium and scientific reports and pamphlets, and to open the museum to the public at least one day a week.

It is proposed also to hold, from time to time, special lectures and exhibitions of an educational character and of general interest to the community, and, in the summer months, occasional field meetings.

Although the running expenses are not likely to be heavy, it has been estimated that an income of at least $300 will be needed to carry out such a plan in a proper manner. In considering any plan of reorganization the question of income must be met at the outset. The museum must depend entirely upon the dues of members of the Natural History Society for its revenue, but the society would have practically no other expense. With a membership of 150, yearly dues at $2 would supply the necessary income (the present dues are $3), while with a larger membership the dues might be still further reduced. It is unlikely that membership would carry with it any special privilege other than that of supporting the museum for the benefit of the community.

WILLIAM SAFFORD JONES

AGNES C. STORER

MAUD LYMAN STEVENS

EMERY H. PORTER

THEOPHILUS T. PITMAN

NEWPORT, R. I.

19 APRIL, 1913.

Newport Historical Society
Newport, R. I.

April 28, 1913.

My dear Mr. Howe:-

Thank you for referring my note. I am sorry to report that the tin is still here, and not only is it most unsightly, but there is scarely room for a passage, and several people have torn their clothes on the nails which protude everywhere. It is too bad to give you so much trouble, but it has been here about three weeks now, and really looks very untidy. I try so hard to keep up this place, and it is with so much difficulty.

Also, you did not tell me about the chairs. What do you think about them?

I think our committee is waiting to be approached by yours. That is customary, but it not, when the rental of land is in question. The Chairman of our Committee is Hon. Robert S. Franklin, 78 Spring St., and he will call his committee together whenever your committee or you request a meeting. I am afraid you think me a great bother, but we are so anxious to have things settled and to have good care taken of the place, that it seems a long delay.

Our annual meeting is coming very soon now, and we ought to have something to report.

Yours sincerely,

Librarian.

Report of the Annual Meeting of 1913.

The annual meeting of the Federation was held at the building of the Boston Society of Natural History, Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, 1913. The following exhibition was open all day Friday and on Saturday morning and was constantly visited by members.

Boston Society of Natural History. Shells of Lymnea emarginata, showing their variations, collected by Olaf Nylander from ponds in northern Maine.

Mr. John Noble. Land shells from Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, arranged on a map to show the difference between species of different valleys.

Dr. F. W. Russell. Dragon-flies of New England.

Miss M. Edna Cherrington. Ten California Ferns collected by the late C. C. Kingman.

Mr. John Ritchie, Jr. Collection of Bacteria from the laboratory of the Boston Board of Health.

Dr. P. A. E. Sheppard. Specimens and illustrations of the "stable fly" (stomoxys) which is supposed to carry germs of "Infantile paralysis."

Mr. J. W. Chapman. Leopard moths and specimens illustrating their life history and injuries, from Boston Common.

Mr. Geo. Winthrop Lee. 60 twigs showing opening buds arranged in a frame four feet long and one foot high holding at the bottom a row of glass tumblers in which the twigs were placed in water with their upper ends held against the upper rail of the frame, part on each side, by rubber bands attached to a row of nails. The labels were tacked to the bottom of the frame.

Mr. A. B. French. 20 photographs of mushrooms.

The Appalachian Mountain Club. Mountain flowers of the family Ericaceae.

The Home and Field Club. Cast shells of large Horse Shoe Crabs.

Mr. J. H. Emerton. New England Spiders.

Mr. P. W. Whiting. Large series of Blow-flies to show their variations. Apparatus used in breeding Blow-flies.

Prof. Geo. H. Barton. Sets of minerals and rocks for teaching purposes.

Lawrence Society of Natural History and Archaeology. Sets of specimens from the Pacific Mills illustrating the manufacture of wool and cotton.

Worcester Natural History Society. Mosses collected by Mrs. Horr. Specimens from the American Steel and Wire Co., illustrating the manufacture of covered wire for electrical purposes. Publications of the Society.

Mr. E. H. Baynes, Meriden, N. H. Artificial hollow trees for birds' nests. Photographs of birds, nesting boxes, etc., from the Meriden Bird Club.

The Society for Protecting Native Plants. Posters and circulars.

Friday evening there was a meeting of twenty members at which Mr. P. W. Whiting told about his genetic studies of Blow-flies, illustrated by a large

series of specimens and by the apparatus used for keeping separate the flies for breeding, raising the young, and etherizing them for selection and examination. Mr. A. B. French showed and described photographs of mushrooms. Miss Martha Munroe reported for the Home and Field Club.

The annual business meeting was held on Saturday morning. No member from Maine being present the Secretary reported a visit to the meeting of the Maine Botanical Society at Gardiner, August 7, 1912. The Secretary also read from the reports of the meeting of the Vermont societies at St. Johnsbury, in January, and from letters from Miss Griffin and Mr. Underwood. The Rhode Island Societies were reported by Mr. H. L. Madison, of Provi- dence. The Rhode Island Field Naturalists' Club continues its field meet- ings monthly through the summer with constantly increasing attendance and interest. The Franklin Society has been obliged to move from the rooms it so long occupied in North Main St., and now has quarters on Westminster St. Mrs. F. Schneider, of Lawrence, reported for the societies of Lawrence and Andover. Mr. Easton for Fall River, Mr. F. W. Grigg for Taunton, and Miss Weatherby for Marlboro. Mr. F. A. Bishop reported for the Springfield societies that the present activity was mainly in the Bird Club, and mentioned the occurrence of several evening Grosbeak in Springfield this year for the first time since 1888.

There were brief reports from the Boston Societies, and Miss Cora H. Clarke gave an interesting account of the history of the Science Club.

Mr. P. W. Whiting, president of the Hartland (Vermont) Nature Club, gave an account of that society which was founded in 1907, has a membership of 54 persons and this year becomes a member of the Federation.

Mr. E. H. Baynes of Meriden, N. H., told about the Meriden Bird Club, and his work in protecting and increasing the native birds in his neighborhood.

The Secretary told of his visits to two societies which are not yet members of the Federation, the Connecticut Botanical Society at Danbury, July 20, 1912, and the Cape Ann Society at Gloucester at its Annual Field Meeting on April 19th.

The following officers were elected: President, John Ritchie, Jr.; Vice- Presidents, Arthur H. Norton, Portland, Me., and Norman S. Easton, Fall River, Mass.; Secretary, J. H. Emerton; Treasurer, Delia I. Griffin, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The following are members of the Council elected by the societies of their states; for Vermont, Miss Griffin and Mrs. Flynn; for Massachusetts, Mrs. F. Schneider, Clarence H. Knowlton; for Rhode Island, Clifton W. Loveland, Louis H. Meader.

A vote of thanks was passed to the Boston Society of Natural History for the use of rooms for the annual meeting for several years.

At a meeting of the Council bills were approved for expenses of meetings the past year amounting to $51.50. The Hartland Nature Club was accepted as a member of the Federation. The collection of New England Dragon- flies received from Dr. F. W. Russell was placed in charge of the Lawrence Natural History Society until the next annual meeting.

### Maine:

- Josselyn Botanical Society.

### Vermont:

- Vermont Botanical Club.

- Vermont Bird Club.

- Hartland Nature Club.

### Rhode Island:

### Massachusetts:

### Boston:

- Appalachian Mountain Club.

- Barton Science Club.

- Boston Malacological Club.

- Boston Scientific Society.

- Boston Mycological Club.

- Cambridge Entomological Club.

- Home and Field Club.

- New England Botanical Club.

- Science Club.

The Federaton will hold no summer meeting this year but recommends to members the field meetings of the Vermont and Maine societies. The Vermont Botanical and Bird Clubs will hold a joint meeting at Townshend, Vt., July 1 and 2, 1913, followed by an exploring trip to the thinly inhabited country in the town of Stratton, with headquarters at an abandoned mill village. For details write to J. G. Underwood, Hartland, Vt.

The Josselyn Botanical Society of Maine will have a meeting August 12 to 16, in the neighborhood of Rockland and Thomaston. Headquarters at the Knox Hotel, Thomaston. For details write to Dr. Dana W. Fellows, Portland, Me.

It is proposed to hold a field meeting about July 1, 1914, at Mt. Washington, N. H., with headquarters at some hotel at the base of the mountain, and short visits to the ravines and summit, according to weather and accommodations. The Secretary would like to hear from societies or individuals interested in such a meeting.

The Fall Meeting of the Federation will be at Taunton, Mass., September 26 and 27.

FIELD LESSONS IN BOTANY
SPRING COURSE, 1913
G. B. REED, Instructor

The country in the vicinity of Boston shows a con-
siderable variety of plant forms and associations. The
field lessons this spring will cover such of the territory
as best illustrates these conditions. They will give
familiarity with the commoner species of flowering
plants as well as with some of the mosses and ferns.
Principally, however, they will deal with the relations
existing between the plant and the environment in
which it lives.

April 5. Forest Hills (Arnold Arboretum).
South Station, 1.30 P.M.

April 12. Arlington Heights.
Harvard Square Subway, 1.30 P.M.

April 19. Blue Hills. Dudley Street Station,
Mattapan side (waiting room, upper level) 1.30 P.M.

April 26. Middlesex Fells.
Sullivan Square (upper level) 1.30 P.M.

May 3. Middlesex Fells (Bare Hill).
Sullivan Square (upper level) 1.30 P.M.

May 10. Middlesex Fells (East Side).
Sullivan Square (upper level) 1.30 P.M.

May 17. Lexington (Vine Brook).
Harvard Square Subway, Arlington side, 1.30 P.M.

May 24. Lexington Park Region.
Harvard Square Subway, Arlington side, 1.30 P.M.

May 30. Annual Field Reunion, T. S. S. Ass'n.
Notice later.

May 31. Maplewood.
Sullivan Square (upper level) 1.30 P.M.

June 7. Forest Hills (Arnold Arboretum).
South Station, 1.30 P.M.

Will Superintendents, Masters
and Representatives kindly
call the attention of their
respective teachers to the
contents of this circular?

Tuition Free

Teachers' School of Science

FIELD LESSONS

IN

Geology and Botany

Spring Courses, 1913

N.B. The Field Lessons are adapted for those who have not been members of the laboratory classes as well as for those who have, and all persons, teachers and others, are cordially invited for one or more lessons or for the entire course in any of the subjects.

FIELD LESSONS IN

# GEOLOGY

SPRING COURSE, 1913

GEORGE H. BARTON, S. B., Instructor

MISS CARRIE D. DENTON, Assistant

**April 19.** \*Fitchburg. North Station, 9.30 A.M.
Tourmaline crystals, beryl, etc. Bathylith, concentric jointing.

**April 26.** Medford. North Station, 1.47 P.M.
Decomposition and disintegration, frost action, talus, etc.

**May 3.** \*Hudson (Bolton). North Station, 8.09 A.M.
Wernerite, sahlite, dolomite, etc. Drumlins and Glacial stream channel.

**May 10.** Winthrop Beach.
B., R. B. & L. R. R. (near Rowe's Wharf, 1.00 P.M.
Wave and current action, rapid sea-coast erosion.

**May 17.** Brighton. Park Street Subway, 1.00 P.M.
Old lava flows, intrusive contacts, dikes, etc.

**May 24.** Cedar Grove. South Station, 1.26 P.M.
Transverse fault, folds, anticline, melaphyr, tuffs, etc.

**May 30.** \*Annual Field Reunion, T. S. S. Ass'n.
(Notice later).

**May 31.** \*Plainville. South Station, 12.06 P.M.
Large overthrust fault, sandstone, conglomerate. (Very important).

**June 7.** \*Atlantic (Squantum).
South Station, 12.24 P.M.
Stratification, folds, cleavage, tillite.
(Very important).

**June 14.** \*Mts. Tom and Holyoke, Conn. River Valley. North Station, 8.09 A.M.
Differential erosion, footprints, terraces.
Very beautiful scenery.

**June 21.** Nantasket. Rowe's Wharf, 10.00 A.M.
Interbedded tuffs and melaphyr, baked slates, intersecting dikes.

**June 28.** Newport, R. I. South Station, 8.49 A.M.
Cliff Walk, Purgatory, Paradise, differential erosion, folds.

An excursion will be made to Alaska in July and August if a sufficient number apply. This trip will also include the Yellowstone Park, the Kootenay and Arrow Lakes, Banff, Lake Louise, the Illecillawaet Glacier, and other points of interest. Arrangements can be made for those that may only wish to take the Yellowstone Park, and also for those who may wish to take all but the trip from Vancouver to Alaska.

For further particulars address Professor Barton.

\*When possible please notify PROF. G. H. BARTON, 234 Berkeley St., Boston, two days or more in advance if going on this excursion.
On very stormy Saturdays the lesson will be given at the Natural History Rooms, 234 Berkeley St., at 2 P.M.

Note possible changes in R. R. timetables.

Take lunch whenever the class leaves Boston before noon.

Special Attention is called to the Mt. Holyoke and Newport excursions of two days each in which all persons are invited to join.

# SUBJECTS of ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

BY ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES

## Our Wild Animal Neighbors

In this lecture Mr. Baynes tells of his personal experiences with many of the most interesting of our furred and feathered friends. Some of the stories are pathetic, others very amusing, and all of them put the audience in close sympathy with the timid wild things whose portraits are thrown upon the screen.

## Wild Birds and How to Attract Them

No lecture on Mr. Baynes' list has been farther reaching in its effects than this one. So minute are the instructions given in the methods used by Mr. Baynes in attracting birds, and so convincing are the lantern slides illustrating these methods, that everyone in the audience goes home with the determination to form a bird club in his own town or village. A few of the many bird clubs already organized as a direct result of this lecture are those at Meriden, New Hampshire; Montpelier, Vermont; Milton, Massachusetts; Stamford, Connecticut; Rhinebeck, New York; Englewood, New Jersey; Wyncote, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Lake Forest, Illinois; Alma, Michigan; Culver, Indiana and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

It is the work treated of in this lecture which led to the writing of Percy MacKaye's famous Bird Masque, "Sanctuary," which is dedicated to Mr. Baynes, and in which two of President Wilson's daughters took part at its initial performance in the interest of wild bird protection.

MAKING FRIENDS WITH A WILD ERMEINE

SCENE FROM PERCY MacKAYE'S BIRD MASQUE. "SANCTUARY"

Left to right: Percy MacKaye as Alwyn, the poet; Joseph Lindon Smith as Quercus, the faun; Miss Eleanor Wilson as Ornis, the bird spirit; Ernest Harold Baynes as Sky, the naturalist.

Copyright by Paul Thompson, 1912

## The American Bison or Buffalo

Mr. Baynes, of whom Theodore Roosevelt recently said, "I congratulate the Buffalo on having such an efficient man to champion him," is the founder and one of the three honorary members of The American Bison Society, whose object is "the permanent preservation and increase of the American Bison."

He has recently visited all the important Buffalo herds in the country and has secured scores of dramatic photographs, including a complete series illustrating the great round-up of the Pablo Herd in Montana.

The lecture includes the history of the Buffalo, and a full account of Mr. Baynes' thrilling and amusing experiences in rearing young Buffaloes, in breaking them to the yoke and to harness, and otherwise attempting to prove their value as domestic animals.

## The Dog—Man's Noblest Friend

It has been said that to hear this lecture is equivalent to attending a dog show with an expert. But it is more than that. In the first place there are many breeds shown in the lecture which are never seen at a dog show. Practically every known breed is represented and almost every specimen is a champion. The lecture is interspersed with interesting stories and legends which impress upon the memory the characteristics of the breeds discussed. A charming feature of this lecture is that part of it which pertains to utility dogs—the sledge dogs of the North, the harness dogs of Holland and Belgium, the sheep dogs of Scotland, police dogs, red cross dogs, turnspits and others which assist their masters in their daily work. This lecture will delight anyone who has a warm spot in his heart for man's oldest and most faithful friend.

## Wild Life in the Blue Mountain Forest

The Blue Mountain Forest, or as it is known locally, Corbin Park, is the largest fenced game preserve in America. It contains about twenty-five thousand acres of wild mountainous country in southwestern New Hampshire, and is stocked with Buffalo, Moose, Elk, Virginia Deer and Wild Boar, in addition to the wild creatures native to that region. The lecture treats of the founding of this preserve, of its management, and of the methods employed in rounding up Buffalo, Deer, Wild Boar and other game intended to be shipped alive. There are also some humorous stories of adventures with savage beasts which resent the persistent curiosity of a field naturalist.

ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES AND HIS GREAT DANE "BEOWULF"

## Wolves and Other Wild Friends or Mine

This lecture deals with such well-known animals as Timber Wolves, Coyotes, Foxes, Raccoons, Black Bears and White-tailed Deer, and appeals to everyone who has a love for the dwellers of the forests and plains, and who seeks information concerning their habits.

## My Wild Animal Guests

This talk is designed especially for children, and consists of animal stories selected from several other lectures. Here Mr. Baynes deals chiefly with furred and feathered friends with whom he has been on very intimate terms, either in their homes or in his own. "Dauntless," the great Timber Wolf; "Romulus," the smiling Coyote; "Jimmy," the comical Black Bear; "Tusker," the Wild Boar, and "The Sprite," "the animal I loved best of all," are a few of the characters to whom Mr. Baynes introduces his young hearers.

Each lecture is illustrated with more than 100 lantern slides (many of them beautifully colored) from photographs of wild creatures, taken by Mr. and Mrs. Baynes.

THE EVENING SONG OF THE COYOTE

A FEW PRESS NOTICES

"If Mr. Baynes' vocation be that of a missionary in the cause of protection to animal kind and attention to their lives and wants, he could read the spreading of his gospel in the pleasure of his audience."

The Boston Evening Transcript.

"Out of his years of observation and study, out of his deep love for and thorough knowledge of his subject, Mr. Baynes has made a lecture that cannot be matched anywhere in the peculiar pleasure that it gives to both old and young. He tells his story without attempt at oratorical effect, but with an entire absorption in his subject that brings his audience at once into sympathy with him. Last night's audience certainly was, as it showed by its laughter, its applause and occasional moisture in the eyes."

Concord (N. H.) Evening Monitor.

"One of the most interesting lectures ever delivered in Cincinnati was given at the Grand Opera House yesterday by Ernest Harold Baynes, whose subject was 'Our Wild Neighbors.' Just how close Mr. Baynes and his wife got to nature was proved by the pictures exhibited, which showed them on the friendliest terms with Foxes, Wolves, Raccoons, Deer, Coyotes, Black Bears, Birds of all kinds and even with the Skunk family. Naturally, the lecturer had

some amusing experiences to narrate, especially in connection with his study of the Skunk." — Cincinnati Enquirer.

MR. BAYNES AND HIS HUGE WILD BOAR "TUSKER"

"Mr. Baynes is known as 'the father of the bird club movement,' and his lecture on 'Wild Birds and How to Attract Them' was one of the most interesting and instructive ever given here." — Chautauquan Daily, Chautauqua, N. Y.

"The failure of an electric current which furnished the light for the stereopticon halted Ernest Harold Baynes' lecture 'Wolves and Other Wild Friends of Mine' at Memorial Hall last evening, and the disappointment of his hearers seemed a certainty. But never did lecturer so completely meet the emergency. Forced to turn aside from his prepared lecture, and without the illustrations on which he had counted, Mr. Baynes filled the time with such charmingly told tales of personal experiences in studying the creatures of the wild, that embarrassment was turned into enjoyment and the large audience completely captivated." — Dayton (O.) Journal.

"There was a teachers' institute today at the Town Hall, and hundreds of teachers flocked to Leominster and listened to the lectures. At 2.30 o'clock Ernest Harold Baynes, naturalist and writer, gave his address on 'Wild Life in New England' not from what he has read but from his own personal observation. This lecture, which was illustrated with stereopticon views, was the feature of the day, and was loudly applauded."

Worcester Daily Telegram.

"Mr. Baynes' deductions sound as marvelous as those of Sherlock Holmes, and they are based on observation as sound and reasoning as clear. Nothing is too small, apparently, no matter that concerns the habits of the woodfolk is too slight, to engage the attention of the man who burns to know and see with his own eyes all about them." — The Western Sportsman.

"Baynes is a scientist, and what he has to say has scientific authority, but it is made as interesting as any entertainment you can imagine. As you hear him, you laugh, and, if you love animals, you cry just a little too, but your tears are tears of joy and sympathy."

Toledo (Ohio) News-Bee.

"Curry Hall has not held a more delightful speaker, or a man better informed on his subject, in many days, than Mr. Baynes, and those who heard him enjoyed one of the most interesting and instructive lectures that has been given in Lexington in a long time."

Lexington (Kentucky) Herald.

SIDE LIGHTS ON MR. BAYNES
AND HIS WORK

"A first-class lecture in every respect." — THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

"Ernest Harold Baynes is a sane and accurate young naturalist; I always say to myself 'that man knows the truth about animals, and is able to tell it.'" — JOHN BURROUGHS, The Outlook.

"It was late in November, the leaves had fallen and the air was cold. I sat in my bedroom window long after the lamps were out, watching the first flurry of snow whiten the ground. I saw a dark figure pass into the half light and I recognized Baynes in his brown corduroys and slouch hat. He crossed the road and I watched him disappear into the forest. I looked at my watch and it was a quarter to twelve, and I thought of Kipling's 'Toomai stealing out to see the Elephant Dance.'" — L. B. G., The Hartford Monthly.

FEEDING A WILD BABY

FLICKERS USING A BERLEPSCH NEST BOX

"No illustrated lectures have given more pleasure to the boys of Hotchkiss School than Mr. Ernest Harold Baynes' charming talks on 'Common Wild Animals' and 'Wild Animals of the Blue Mountain Forest.' His pictures are wonderfully interesting, and his vivid stories of his four-footed friends and neighbors are perfectly fascinating." (Extract from a recent letter recommending one of Mr. Baynes' lectures.)

REV. H. G. BUEHLER,
Headmaster, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn.

"I want to thank you for myself, personally, and for the Boy Scouts, officially, for the lecture on 'Bird Life' which you gave before the Boy Scouts.

"With the hall tested to its fullest capacity, and with the audience overflowing into the hallways; with the close interest with which the boys listened to every word, and the enthusiastic approval they gave of you and your lecture when you had finished, expressed to you better than I can the full appreciation of the Boy Scouts of Worcester of you.

"The boys were interested, and not alone were they interested, but they were instructed, and the result of your lecture is a better understanding of birds and bird life, and the good that birds do, and their value to a community, than it seems to me could have been learned by the boys in any other way.

"You have done us a signal service. You have told the boys things that they will remember always, and their attitude toward birds will be shaped all through their lives by what you have said to them. Such a lecture as yours does good to an

extent that is immeasurable, because its effect goes on and on and into many different channels.

"I thank you sincerely and I trust that we may have the privilege again, here in Worcester, of seeing and listening to you."

GEORGE F. BOOTH,
Pres., Council, Worcester Boy Scouts, Worcester, Mass.

"Your lecture was one of the best of our course this year. Our students and teachers were all enthusiastic, as you saw by the way they asked questions after the lecture.

"We want you to come again soon to give us the next chapter and help us to get back into the good graces of our out-of-town friends.

"Will you kindly send me your literature about those birds' nests you mentioned? We ought to have some of them."

G. M. WINSLOW,
Prin., Lastell Seminary for Young Women, Auburndale, Mass.

"I am sending you a few lines to let you know how much we enjoyed the two lectures you gave before this school on the two occasions you have visited us. It is rarely that one hears lectures that are so instructive and so entertaining at the same time, and it was the merit of these lectures of yours that they had both of these qualities to a very high degree. I feel that I should be quite safe in saying that your stereopticon talk before the boys on 'The Wild Animals of New England' was enjoyed as much as any lecture that has ever been given before the school. Your more recent one on 'The American Buffalo' was also appreciated by all hands—old and young alike. I am looking forward to the pleasure of having you come to us again."

JOHN B. DIMON, St. George's School, Middletown, R. I.

"I cannot thank you enough for the splendid lecture which you gave before the Boy Scouts of Worcester, Mass.

"It would have been impossible for anyone except yourself to have interested them so thoroughly and deeply; but your absolute knowledge of the Spring Calendar of out-door life was so apparent to them, and your pictures so truthful, that they could not but follow your every movement.

"I feel, as a number of members of the Boy Scouts feel, that your work here and there throughout the country will do a great deal to uplift the young men, keeping them out of mischief by keeping them out of doors.

"I only hope you will be able to come back to Worcester this Fall and give the same lecture before the members of the Worcester Club, as it would be as interesting to 'grown-ups' as it was to the boys.

"Don't forget to let me know when you are coming Worcester way."

HARRY W. SMITH, Worcester, Mass.

"I am writing to ask you to fix a date at your convenience for another lecture for next Fall. Yours is the first of our season's course that we arrange for. Without disparaging others, you may be pleased to know that your lectures have been the most enjoyed by our students since you have been coming to us the past eight years. The old students tell the new ones, with the result, as you know, that you always have a full house. I like to have our students hear you because your lectures are so wholesome in their tone."

GEORGE L. PLIMPTON,
Prin., Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H.

FOR DATES, TERMS AND OTHER INFORMATION

PLEASE ADDRESS

ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES, Meriden, N. H.

(cc) 1913]

LECTURES BY
ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS, A.M.

CAMERA HUNTING FOR WHALES
BEAUTIFUL JAPAN
THE WILDERNESS OF NORTHERN KOREA

ILLUSTRATED BY MOTION PICTURES AND COLORED LANTERN SLIDES

For dates, terms and other information, address
ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS, American Museum of Natural History
New York, N. Y.

CAMERA HUNTING FOR WHALES

ILLUSTRATED BY 100 COLORED LANTERN SLIDES AND 800 FEET
OF MOTION PICTURE FILM

SHOOTING A FINBACK WHALE

MR. ANDREWS is making the study of whales his life work and the search for these animals has taken him twice around the world. In this lecture he gives not only an interesting account of the habits of whales as he has observed them, but tells the story of the exciting adventures experienced while carrying on his studies.

Mr. Andrews has had remarkable success in recording with the camera many phases of whale life, as well as the methods of hunting the great animals and of preparing them for the market.

The photographs have been taken in Japan, Korea, Alaska, British Columbia and other parts of the world.

SPECIAL MOTION PICTURE LECTURE

THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS

A FEMALE FUR SEAL

DURING the summer of 1913, the U. S. Government commissioned Mr. Andrews to take a complete set of motion pictures showing the Seal life of the Pribilof Islands. These are the only motion films ever made of one of the most remarkable sights of animal nature.

Every year thousands upon thousands of Fur Seals come to the two rocky, volcanic islands of St. Paul and St. George, in the Bering Sea, to raise their young, and the life story of these interesting animals is vividly told by the motion pictures.

One of the most spectacular features is a film showing 6,000 Seals at play in a tremendous surf which was beating upon the shore during a violent gale.

Other pictures show hundreds of Seals asleep among the rocks, females nursing their young, and old bulls which guard their "harems" night and day and for nearly three months neither eat nor sleep.

Beside the Seals, views of Reindeer, Sea Lions and natives are presented in the film.

THE CRUISE OF THE "ALBATROSS" IN THE
DUTCH EAST INDIES

HEAD HUNTERS OF DUTCH BORNEO

THE U. S. S. "Albatross" is a vessel equipped for exploring the ocean bottom and collecting the fish and animal life of the greatest depths.

In 1909-10, Mr. Andrews was a Naturalist on the "Albatross" during a cruise for the purpose of studying the deep-sea and shore life of Borneo and the Dutch East India islands.

In this lecture an interesting account is given of his travels in Formosa, China and the Malay Archipelago as well as the methods of collecting the animals and fish which live several miles below the surface of the ocean.

BEAUTIFUL JAPAN

ILLUSTRATED WITH 125 LANTERN SLIDES AND 400 FEET OF MOTION PICTURE FILM

MEJA-SAN AND HER MOTHER

EXQUISITE photographs of a picturesque country and an intimate knowledge of Japanese home life which brings to the audience the subtle fascination of the Orient, are the key notes to this unusual lecture.

During a year and one-half residence in Japan, Mr. Andrews travelled over almost the entire Empire, much of the time in company with a Japanese artist of extraordinary ability whose work in the coloring of lantern slides is rapidly winning for him an international reputation. The photographs used at this lecture, and especially those of the Japanese "flower cycle" have been pronounced the finest which have ever been brought to America.

This lecture will be found especially attractive for women's clubs and organizations of a similar character.

A SACRIFICIAL FEAST

In the interest of the American Museum of Natural History, Mr. Andrews recently explored the vast wilderness of north-eastern Korea and southern Manchuria lying between the Tumen and Yalu Rivers. Portions of this region, in the center of which lies the sacred "Long White Mountain," had never been visited by a white man, and to the inhabitants Mr. Andrews was an object of the greatest curiosity. The story of the Museum's expedition is one of absorbing interest and is replete with amusing incidents illustrating the traits of the natives.

CABLE ADDRESS "MUSEOLOGY"

NEW YORK

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND
INVERTEBRATE PALÆONTOLOGY
EDMUND OTIS HOVEY, PH.D., CURATOR

23 January, 1915.

My dear Dr. Howe:

I am glad to note from your letter of the 20th
instant that you are re-vivifying your local Natural
History Society, and I think that your plan of having
a course of interesting popular scientific lectures
is a good one.

I should like to take part in it myself, inasmuch
as I have several geological and geographical lectures
on hand, but I shall not be able to, this spring at any
rate, because I am sailing for the Lesser Antilles
on 5 February. I can confidently recommend to you,
however, lectures by Mr. Roy C. Andrews, and under
separate cover I am sending you one of his circulars
and an old one of my own.

The fee of $50 and expenses is quite proper.
I doubt whether you could get a good lecturer to go
to Newport from New York for less.

Our Dr. Frank M. Chapman would be an excellent
man for your course, either on something pertaining
to birds, bird study in the field or work in South
America, but he is away now and will not be back until
late in the spring.

Professor Hiram Bingham at Yale has some first-
class lectures on his work in South America. We had
him give one in our Academy course at the Museum about
a year ago and were much pleased with it.

Dr. Ernest Howe,

77 Rhode Island Avenue,

NEWPORT, R. I.

(AMNH)
EOH/BP

EDMUND OTIS HOVEY
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
NEW YORK

CURATOR OF GEOLOGY

27 January, 1915.

Dear Dr. Howe:

Your favor of the 26th instant is at hand.

Professor Henry E. Crampton of this museum returned yesterday from Porto Rico and is now open to engagements for lectures. I may say that he has a very interesting, beautifully illustrated, lecture on a trip that he made recently to Mount Roraima in British Guiana, which I have heard and which I can recommend to you for consideration for your course.

Dr. Ernest Howe,

77 Rhode Island Ave.,

NEWPORT,

R. I.

(P)
EOH/BP

1262 New Hampshire Avenue,
Washington, D. C.

23 February 1915

Professor Henry E. Crampton,
American Museum of Natural History,
New York City.

My dear Sir:

Last month I wrote to Doctor Hovey in regard to
securing some one from the Museum to give a lecture in Newport,
Rhode Island, under the auspices of the Newport Natural History
Society, an old organization that some of us are trying to re-
vive. Doctor Hovey gave me your name, and said that you had a
very interesting illustrated lecture on Mount Roraima.

Could you let me know if you would care to come to
Newport to give us this lecture, and what your terms are?

As far as I can tell now the 15th of April would be
about the best time for us, but it may be possible to arrange
another date if this one is not convenient for you.

Will you kindly send me your answer to the above address
as I expect to be in Washington for some weeks yet.

Yours truly,

30 April 1915.

Professor Henry E. Crampton,
Columbia University,
New York.

My dear Professor Crampton,

Doctor Huntington has told me that you have
arranged to come to Newport on the 20th of May to lecture before
our Natural History Society. Will you send me the title of your
lecture so that the notices may be sent out, and also some in-
formation about your work and the subject of this lecture that
can be used by the newspapers before the lecture?

Unless you have made other plans, I hope that
you will be able to stay with me while you are in Newport. In
any case let me know beforehand what time you expect to arrive
so that I can meet you. I should suggest taking the 10.02
Shore Line train from New York via Wickford Junction which gets
you here about four o'clock. The 1.02 is a good train, but you
do not arrive until nearly seven, which is a little late if you
are to lecture the same evening.

Yours very truly,