Excerpt from Transactions From 1901-07: With Historical Sketch Since its institution there have been altogether 109 members admitted. Of these 4 have died and 28 have either resigned or found it impossible to continue taking an active part in the work. There are at present in full membership, 77; of whom 16 are corresponding members widely scattered in India, Russia, Syria, Australia and America. This large element of corresponding members is particularly satisfactory, for most of these members are resident in the East, and so are In direct touch with sources of information from which valuable material is drawn for the fruitful discussion of many of the questions that engage the attention of the Society. There is thus more than academic interest introduced into the discussions, there is the living interest evoked by practical acquaintance with the East as it exists to-day. Of those members who have recently died, one, the Rev. Daniel m'lean, had never been able to attend a meeting of the Society as his death occurred shortly after his election, the other, Mr. Gavin Greenlees, a business gentleman in Glasgow, was the oldest member in point of years, and was among the Oldest in membership. He took not only an active part in the work of the Society, contributing Papers of interest and value to its Proceedings in connection with the decipher ment of Cuneiform inscriptions, but he also won a high place in the regard Of the members for his sterling character and his long sustained enthusiasm for Oriental study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.