of the smaller of the "little masters." His followers, those we are considering, with the probable exception of Eicholtz, were not art- ists, for the word artist, when applied to those who have painted, should call up in our minds the names Monet, Goya, and our own Americans—John Twachtman and George

fast-thinning ranks of the Blue and the Gray to Gettysburg in final reunion. H. G. Wells, noted authority, classes Abraham Lincoln, the central figure of that great drama, among the first six men of the world's history. If that be true, no excuse need be offered to record in the annals of this Society

, Colonel John M. Royer, General B. A. Shaef- fer, Reuben Shenk, M. Shirk, Colonel S. Shoch, George H. Shuler, Samuel Slocum, F. H. Stauffer, General George M. Steinman, T. Stevens, Jr., J. M. Warfel, Mr. Whitson and H. Wilson. This was by far the largest group of Pennsylvanians attending the convention

of Schuylkill, George Nace, of the county of York, and John Ritchey, of the county of Dauphin, were appointed Commis- sioners on the part of the Common- wealth, who in conjunction with such Commissioners, not being of Lancaster county, as should be named by Abraham Witmer, should proceed to estimate