Report of the Council.

The article presents the report of the executive council of the American Antiquarian Society given at the annual meeting of the Society on October 21, 1885 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Subjects mentioned include obituaries for members who have recently died, including Richard Monckton Milnes. Discussion is then given reflecting upon the practices of writing history, particularly in the avoidance of fallacies in the discipline. The importance of the methodology of historical writing is then expounded upon in depth.