(CXI. 156) HARVARD COLLEGE NOV @ 1908 Minot fund LONDON: HARRISON AND SONS, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY, PREFACE. W HEN drawing up the Preface for the last Volume of Transactions, I indicated the urgency that existed for reducing the necessary expenditure for carrying on the work of the Institute, and that the Council had the matter under serious consideration. Since then, steps have been taken which will go far to diminish the expenditure-while, it is hoped, not lessening efficiency. These steps are stated in the Report of the Council-which ought to be carefully considered by all who value the work of the Institute. In retiring from the office of Secretary, which I have held since the year 1900, I cannot but acknowledge the general support and assistance I have received from the Council and members; as also the friendly character of the letters I have received from Correspondents, sometimes of a confidential nature. It was rarely indeed that they were otherwise, and I regret that they will now be transferred to my successor. I am consoled, however, with the belief that the Volume of Transactions now being issued to our adherents will be found in no way inferior, either in the range of subjects treated, or the value of their contents, to any of its predecessors. EDWARD HULL, LL.D., Secretary and Editor. CONTENTS. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1907, WITH BALANCE SHEET PAGE DISCUSSION BY THE SECRETARY, REV. DR. IRVING, REV. J. MAGENS MELLO, PROFESSOR ORCHARD, MR. M. L. PAPER ON "THE INFLUENCE OF THE GLACIAL EPOCH UPON THE EARLY HISTORY OF MANKIND." BY REV. PROFESSOR G DISCUSSION BY PROFESSOR HULL, PROFESSOR ORCHARD, 76 |