PROCEEDINGS.

OF THE

AMERICAN ACADEMY

OF

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

VOL. IV.

FROM MAY, 1857, TO MAY, 1860.

SELECTED FROM THE RECORDS.

BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE:

WELCH, BIGELOW, AND COMPANY.

1860.

OF THE

AMERICAN ACADEMY

OF

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

SELECTED FROM THE RECORDS.

VOL. IV.

Four hundred and fortieth meeting.

May 26, 1857.- ANNUAL MEETING.

The PRESIDENT in the chair.

Dr. A. A. Gould, from the Committee on the Library, made the annual report upon the condition of the library.

Professor Lovering, in behalf of the Committee on Publications, made his annual report.

The Treasurer presented his annual report upon the finances of the Academy; which was ordered to be entered in full upon the record-book.

The President read a list of the Fellows, Associate Fellows, and Foreign Honorary Members chosen during the past year. Also a list of those deceased since the last annual meeting, as follows:

Resident Fellows.

Hon. Samuel Hoar, of Concord.

Hon. Francis C. Gray, of Boston.

Rev. Dr. Ephraim Peabody, of Boston.

Associate Fellow.

Prof. Jacob Whitman Bailey, of West Point.

Foreign Honorary Member.

Dr. Buckland, the late Dean of Westminster.