Mr. I. C. Russell delivered an address on the results of the exploration made by him under the auspices of the National Geographic Society, last summer, in the vicinity of Mt. St. Elias, Alaska. The address was illustrated by wall maps and lantern slides. A full report of this exploration will be published in The National Geographic Magazine. An article on the subject is also expected to appear in The Century, April, 1890.
November 28, 1890. 42d meeting.
Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. President Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 90.
The chair announced the election to membership since the meeting of May 23, 1890, of 148 new members.
Mr. Mark B. Kerr read a paper on the results of his surveys last summer in company with Mr. I. C. Russell in the vicinity of Mt. St. Elias, Alaska. The paper was discussed by Messrs. Abbe, Baker, Dall, Gannett, Gilbert, Ogden and Woodward. Revised and published in Scribner's Magazine. 8°. New York, 1891, March, Vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 361-372.
Mr. I. C. Russell exhibited a painting of Taku Glacier, Alaska, made by Mr. Keith, of San Francisco, and made a few explanatory remarks thereon.
December 12, 1890. 43d meeting.
Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the Columbian University. Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 200.
Ensign J. M. Ellicott, U. S. N., delivered an address, illustrated by lantern slides, on "Surveys executed by the U. S. S. Ranger in Lower California." Not yet published.
December 19, 1890. Special meeting.