CANADIAN INSTITUTE.-Publications of the Institute, as issued. CINCINNATI PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Bulletin of books added in 1896. CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Numbers of "The Cumulative Index to a Selected List of Periodicals." CLUB OF ODD VOLUMES.-" Early American Poetry, Elegies and Epitaphs, 1677-1717," being Vol. IV. of the Club's publications. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.-Sixty-two books; one hundred and sixty-five pamphlets; and "Political Science Quarterly," as issued. CONNECTICUT BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.-Reports of 1895. CORNELL UNIVERSITY.-The " Library Bulletin," as issued; and two circulars. DEDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-The "Historical Register," as issued. DEDHAM, TOWN OF.-Town Reports of 1896. DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Thirty-second Annual Report. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.-The Register of 1896. ELIOT (MAINE) HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY.-The Eleventh Annual Report. ESSEX INSTITUTE.-Publications of the Institute, as issued. FAIRMOUNT COLLEGE.-Two pamphlets. FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM, Chicago, Ill.-Annual Report of the Director, 1895-96. GEOGRAPHICAL CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA.-Publications of the Club, as issued. HARTFORD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.-The "Hartford Seminary Record," as issued. HARVARD MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.-Bulletins Nos. 9 and 10. HARVARD UNIVERSITY. --Catalogue and Annual Reports of 1896-97. HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO.-Publications of the Society, as issued. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA.-The "Statutes at large of Pennsylvania," Vol. 2; and publications of the Society, as issued. HISTORISCHER VEREIN VON OBERPFALZ UND REGENSBURG.-The Year Book of 1895. HOWARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY, New Orleans, La.-Fifty Louisiana pamphlets. INSTITUTO MEDICO NACIONAL, Mexico, Mex.-Publications of the Institute, as issued. JERSEY CITY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The Sixth Annual Report; and the "Library Record," as issued. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.- Publications of the University, as issued. LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA.-Publications of the Company, as issued. LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The Eighth Annual Report. MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-"Archives of Maryland," Vols. III. and IV.; and one pamphlet. MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF.-Nineteen volumes of State documents; and one proclamation. MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS.-Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, as issued. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-The Society's Collections, 6th series, Vol. IX. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.-Publications of the Institute, as issued. MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.-Twenty-Seventh Annual Report; and "Weekly Bulletin," as issued. MINISINK VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Addresses before the Society, February 22 and July 22, 1896. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publication No. 12. NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY OF FLORENCE.-The Library Bulletin, as issued. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.—One pamphlet. NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.-" Journal of the Fourteenth National Convention." NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY." Index to Genealogies and Pedigrees in their Register for Fifty Years"; and the Register, as issued. NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.-"The Ninety-First Anniversary Celebration, December 22, 1896." NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—Publications of the Academy, as issued. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The "Library Bulletin," as issued. NOVA SCOTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE.-Proceedings and Transactions, Vol. IX., Part 2. ONEIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-"Account of the Dedication of the Munson-Williams Memorial." PARKMAN CLUB, Milwaukee, Wis.-Publications of the Club, as issued. PEABODY INSTITUTE, Baltimore, Md.-Second Catalogue of the Library, Part 1, A-B. PERKINS INSTITUTION.-The Sixty-Fifth Annual Report. PORTLAND (MAINE) BOARD OF TRADE.-The "Board of Trade Journal," as issued. PORTLAND (OREGON) PUBLIC LIBRARY.-" Our Library," as issued. RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. RHODE ISLAND STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.-Seventeenth Annual Report of the Board. ROYAL ACADEMY OF BELLES-LETTRES, HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES, Stockholm, Sweden.-Publications of the Academy, as issued. ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND.-Publications of the Society, as issued. ST. JOSEPH PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The Sixth Annual Report. SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The Eighth Annual Report; and “ Library Bulletin," as issued. SCRANTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The Sixth Annual Report. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.-Publications of the Institution, as issued. SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE FRANCE.-Publications of the SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON.-Publications of the Society, as issued. SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.-The "Twenty-Seventh Annual Reunion, 1896." SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-The Society's Papers, Vol. XXIV. SOUTHERN HISTORY ASSOCIATION.-One pamphlet. SPRINGFIELD CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.-The "Library Bulletin," as issued. STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA.-The "Iowa Historical Record," as issued. STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN.--The First Biennial Report. SYRACUSE CENTRAL LIBRARY.-The Annual Report, 1896. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION.-Three reports. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.-Publications of the Bureau, as issued; and five numbers of the Proceedings. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.-The Second Annual Report; and two pamphlets. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.-one book; twenty pamphlets; and the Official Gazette of the Patent Office," as issued. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-Reports of the Consuls of the United States, as issued. UNITED STATES SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.-Thirty-eight books; and fifty-four pamphlets. UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT.-Annual Report of the Secretary, 1895. UNITED STATES WAR DEPARTMENT.-Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, as issued. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.-Publications of the University; as issued. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.-Catalogue of 1896-97. VERMONT STATE LIBRARY.-Fifteen bound and eighteen unbound State documents. VINELAND HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.-The Annual Report for 1895-96. VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. WEDNESDAY CLUB, Worcester.-All Saints' Kalendar for Lent, 1897; and portrait of Bishop William Lawrence. WENHAM, TOWN OF.-Town Reports for 1895-96. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.-Publications of the University, as issued. WEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.-Hale's "History and Mystery of the Kanawha Valley." WESTCHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-"The borough town of Westchester." WORCESTER BOARD OF HEALTH.-Annual Report for 1896; and Mortality Reports, as issued. WORCESTER, CITY OF.-City documents of 1895 and 1896; and Laws and WORCESTER COUNTY LAW LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. "Boston Daily WORCESTER COUNTY MECHANICS ASSOCIATION.-Twenty-one files of newspapers, in continuation. WORCESTER FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Twenty-one books; one hundred and fifty-three pamphlets; one map; and eighty-nine files of newspapers, in continuation. WORCESTER SOCIETY OF ANTIQUITY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. YALE UNIVERSITY.-Catalogue of 1896-97. THE PERMANENCE OF THE GREEK TYPE. BY EDWIN A. GROSVENOR. WHEN, a year ago, I was elected to membership in this learned body, I esteemed it a high and valued honor. Now, when, for a brief season, through the invitation of our distinguished President, I have the further honor of holding your attention and directing the current of your thoughts, I can discover no theme more congenial to my own feelings and experience, and more appropriate to the hour, than the topic I have chosen-The Permanence of the Greek Type. This Society, in conformity to its baptismal name, "Antiquarian," has its eye fastened upon the past. The word “American," prefixed in its title, is not only more specific but broader. It indicates not merely a people or a continent. It is synonymous with that larger outlook and those wider sympathies which render our national patronymic cosmopolitan in idea and far-reaching as the race. The political gaze of today is riveted upon the East. Our strained ears have been listening every morning to catch the echoes of cannon booming along the fastnesses of Epirus and the slopes of many-ridged Olympus. Mingled in strange intimacy with the telegram and editorial of our daily journal have been the tales and enthusiasms of schoolboy and college days, when, through the characters of an unfamiliar tongue, we thrilled to Miltiades and Marathon, and Homer with the matchless story of Achilles and the Plain of Troy. So the war just raging under a Grecian sky differs to us from every other. It seems blent with and a part of struggles which the same people, or a people of the same name carried on in behalf of humanity two thousand, two thousand five hundred, three thousand years ago. |