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fresh-water rhizopods and on other 

 lower forms. In 1847 he discovered 

 the trichina in the hog, and his " Flora 

 and Fauna within Living Animals " is 

 a classic on this subject. His work 

 covered an immense range. He was 

 well informed in botany and in min- 

 eralogy, and was master of the whole 

 field of zoology, anatomy and paleon- 

 tology, both on the side of the labora- 

 tory and of nature. The complications 

 of modern science make it unlikely that 

 there will be another man of his type. 

 Men must now be more specialized 

 and smaller, and this seems to hold 

 to a certain extent for character as 

 well as for scientific work. Leidy was 

 not only a great naturalist, but also 

 a great man — simple, kind, generous 

 and just. 



SCIENTIFIC ITEMS 



We regret to record the death of 

 Professor Asaph Hall, the eminent 

 American astronomer. 



Nobel prizes have been awarded as 

 follows: In physics to Professor A. A. 

 Michelson, of the University of Chi- 

 cago; in chemistry to Professor Eduard 

 Buchner, of the Berlin Agricultural 

 School ; in medicine to M. Laveran, of 

 Paris; in literature to Mr. Rudyard 



Kipling, and for the promotion of peace 

 to M. Renault and M. Moneta. — The 

 Copley medal of the Royal Society has 

 been awarded to Professor A. A. Michel- 

 son, of the University of Chicago, and 

 the Davy medal to Professor Edward 

 Morley, emeritus professor of chemistry 

 of Western Reserve University. — Pro- 

 fessor Simon Newcomb has been elected 

 a foreign member of the Gottingen 

 Academy of Sciences, Mr. Alexander 

 Agassiz of the Vienna Academy of 

 Sciences, and Dr. G. W. Hill and Pro- 

 fessor H. F. Osborn, foreign members 

 of the Edinburgh Royal Society. 



An oil portrait of Professor James 

 Mills Peirce Perkins, professor of 

 mathematics at Harvard University 

 until his death in 1905, has been pre- 

 sented to the university by his sister. 

 — -A portrait of Professor Arthur 

 Schuster has been presented to Man- 

 chester University. It will be remem- 

 bered that Professor Schuster recently 

 retired from the active duties of the 

 chair of physics. 



Me. Andrew Carnegie has added 

 two million dollars to the endowment 

 of the Carnegie Institution of Wash- 

 ington. Mr. A. J. Montague, of Vir- 

 ginia, and Mr. W. B. Parsons, of New 

 York, have been elected trustees of the 

 institution. 



