elections, and to the distribution of public office; also, by Mr. MATTHEWS, a Proposal for the Enlargement of University Learning in New England, 1658-1660. Various original papers relating to the execution of John Brown and to the War of Secession are also included. Beside the tributes paid to deceased members, five memoirs of Resident Members are printed: that of Daniel Henry Chamberlain, by Mr. GILBERT; that of Peleg Whitman Chandler, by Mr. STANWOOD; that of Henry Gardner Denny, by Mr. SHAW; that of Samuel Edward Herrick, by Dr. GORDON; and that of Solomon Lincoln, by JOHN D. LONG. Four of these are accompanied by photogravure portraits. The consolidated index of the Second Series of the Proceedings is in press, and will probably be published before the next annual meeting. The By-Laws of the Society now in use, the result of a careful revision, are included in the proceedings of the April meeting, 1908. This revision, printed together with a new draft of the Short Account of the Society, by Mr. SMITH, and a complete list of the officers and members of the Society from its beginning to the time of publication, has been distributed in book form. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, EDWARD STANWOOD, JAMES FORD RHODES, BOSTON, October 22, 1908. Committee. Letters of James Cheetham, 1801-1807, taken from the 41 Corresponding Member elected, George Walter Prothero Report by the PRESIDENT of Amendments to the By-Laws. Minute by the PRESIDENT in grateful recognition of the long and faithful services (1877-1907) of Charles C. Smith as Votes to secure the portraits of Mr. Smith and of his prede- Tribute by the PRESIDENT to Daniel Henry Chamberlain Letter of Henry A. Wise, November 16, 1859, relative to the approaching execution of John Brown, communicated by Resident Member elected, William Vail Kellen Report back from the Council of Amendments to the By-Laws, Paper by EDWIN D. MEAD on John Cotton's Farewell Sermon Memorandum by the PRESIDENT on W. H. Seward and Carl Schurz, suggested by John D. Long's paper at the April Letter of James Savage, Jr., May 28, 1862, relative to the part borne by the Second Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Remarks by SAMUEL A. GREEN on the gift by Mrs. Elizabeth Anna (Byles) Ellis of a chair which once belonged to · Lieutenant-Governor William Tailer, to whom it was Remarks by SAMUEL A. GREEN on the Petition of Christopher Talbot to Sir Edmund Andros for letters-patent to be Invitation by the First Church in Boston to the Society, to |