Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Young Men's Association of the City of Chicago: Vol. 1. Containing the Titles Added from the Foundation of the Library to Apr. 1, 1865, Together with an Alphabetical Index to the Whole, Volume 1Rounds & James, Printers, 1865 - 249 pages |
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Page vii
... meeting , and pledging those present to the support of the enterprise . A Committee , of which the HON . MARK SKINNER was Chairman , was appointed to solicit subscriptions , and to draft a Constitution . At a subsequent meeting , on the ...
... meeting , and pledging those present to the support of the enterprise . A Committee , of which the HON . MARK SKINNER was Chairman , was appointed to solicit subscriptions , and to draft a Constitution . At a subsequent meeting , on the ...
Page xi
... meeting of the corporation on the first Saturday of February , in each and every year , for the purpose of electing officers , hearing the report of the Executive Committee , and transacting all other necessary business . 5. Said ...
... meeting of the corporation on the first Saturday of February , in each and every year , for the purpose of electing officers , hearing the report of the Executive Committee , and transacting all other necessary business . 5. Said ...
Page xii
... meeting of all the stockholders and members of the Association ` shall be called by the said stock committee , who shall require a payment of five dollars on each one hundred dollars of stock in cash , at the time of said meeting , from ...
... meeting of all the stockholders and members of the Association ` shall be called by the said stock committee , who shall require a payment of five dollars on each one hundred dollars of stock in cash , at the time of said meeting , from ...
Page xiii
... meeting thereof , may elect honorary members of the Association . 4. Life and honorary members are entitled to all the privileges of membership . Provided , That no honorary member , as such , shall be entitled to vote for the election ...
... meeting thereof , may elect honorary members of the Association . 4. Life and honorary members are entitled to all the privileges of membership . Provided , That no honorary member , as such , shall be entitled to vote for the election ...
Page xiv
... meeting on the fourth Saturday of March . 2. A meeting of the Association shall be held on the evening of the third Saturday of March of each year , for the selection of the inspectors of election hereinafter pro- vided , and the ...
... meeting on the fourth Saturday of March . 2. A meeting of the Association shall be held on the evening of the third Saturday of March of each year , for the selection of the inspectors of election hereinafter pro- vided , and the ...
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Page xvii - As many as are of opinion that (as the question may be) say aye ;" and, after the affirmative voice is expressed, " as many as are of the contrary opinion say no.
Page 116 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Page 128 - CARTHAGE. Carthage and her Remains : being an Account of the Excavations and Researches on the Site of the Phoenician Metropolis in Africa and other adjacent Places. Conducted under the Auspices of Her Majesty's Government.
Page 36 - PRINCIPLES OF ZOOLOGY; Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution, and Natural Arrangement, of the RACES OF ANIMALS, living and extinct, with numerous Illustrations. For the use of Schools and Colleges.
Page 43 - FRS Coloured Map of the Geography of Plants. SMITH'S (Pye) Geology and Scripture ; or, the Relation between the Scriptures and Geological Science. With Memoir. STANLEY'S Classified Synopsis of the Principal Painters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, including an Account of some of the early German Masters.
Page 132 - The History of Modern Europe : with a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763.
Page 136 - MATTHEW OF WESTMINSTER'S Flowers of History, especially such as relate to the affairs of Britain, from the beginning of the World to AD 1307. By CD Yonge. 2 vols. NENNIUS. Chronicle of.— See Six OE Chronicles. ORDERICUS VITALIS' Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy.
Page 48 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 170 - Life of Andrew Melville. Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Page xvii - He shall put the previous question in the following form: "Shall the main question be now put?" — and all debate upon the main question shall be suspended, until the previous question shall be decided.