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204 week meeting, which would impress on those present and on the public the magnitude and weight of the work being accomplished for science and scholarship.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science and its affiliated societies have failed to accomplish as much as the British Association for the diffusion of science and in bringing together those engaged in scientific research and those who are or might become interested. Programs of general interest were arranged at Cleveland by nearly every section, but the attendance was practically confined to scientific men. Such meetings should be brought to general attention by full accounts in the local press and by reports throughout the country, but here almost complete failure must be confessed.

The council of the association took several steps intended to improve its