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Illinois, University of Champaign, 111., Agri- 

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Journal of American Folk-Lore. Vol. I, No. 2. 

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Kirk, Eleanor, Brooklyn, N. Y. Periodicals that 

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Lippitt. Francis J. Physical Proofs of Another 

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Loti, Pierre. An Iceland Fisherman. New 

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MacDowall, Alexander B. Facts about Ireland. 

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Massachusetts Society for promoting Good Citi- 

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Massachusetts State Agricultural Experiment 

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New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 

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Ohio Agricultural Experiment-Station, Colum- 

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Packard, A. S. Entomology for Beginners. New 

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Proctor, Richard A. Old and New Astronomy, 

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Roberts, William C, D. D., Lake Forest, 111. In- 

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Sensenig, David M. Numbers Symbolized, an 

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Traph.ogen, Frank W. Index to the Literature 

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Tuckerman, Alfred. Index to the Literature of 

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Turner, Samuel E. A Sketch of the Germanic 

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United States Consular Reports. Special issue. 

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Upham, Warren. Somerville, Mass. The Reces- 

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Viala, Pierre. The French Viticultural Mission 

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Ward, Lester F., Washington, D. C. Evidence of 

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Yale University, Observatory of. Report for 

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POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



The Valne of Scientific Teaching.— The 



chief value of scientific study, in Sir James 

 Paget's view, is not merely in teaching facts, 

 but in teaching the methods by which facts 

 and principles may be obtained. Four great 

 truths are taught by scientific education: 

 those of the power of observation ; of accu- 

 racy ; of the diflSculty of getting a knowledge 



of real truth ; and of methods by which we 

 can pass from that which is proved to the 

 thinking of that which is possible. How 

 difficult it is really to observe, is proved by 

 every scientific discovery that is made ; for 

 each such discovery rests upon the clear ob- 

 servation of facts that have been within the 

 range of sight of many, but previously over- 

 looked. Science is essentially founded on 

 accurate observation and accurate record 

 and arrangement ; and these are made more 

 feasible by cultivating the habit of recording 

 the facts while they are in sight — as an art- 

 ist secures a correct portrait by looking at 

 the object time and again, and painting ac- 

 curately each time what he has seen. Science 

 ought to be as accurate as art. Scientific 

 education has the very rare value of demon- 

 strating the utility of the most careful in- 

 vestigation, and of repeated observation, test, 

 and examination ; and it may fairly claim — 

 which is its common boast — that it engen- 

 ders a love of truth. The name of Sir John 

 Lubbock should be a sufficient answer to the 

 belief that scientific pursuits are not com- 

 patible with ordinary business occupations. 

 The habits induced by such occupations may 

 even aid science, by discerning some practi- 

 cal utility at the end of certain lines of work, 

 and thereby sharpening the interest with 

 which they will be pursued. 



Officers of the American Association. — 



The following are the officers of the Ameri- 

 can Association for the ensuing year : Presi- 

 dent — T. E. Mendenhall, of Torre Haute, Ind. 

 Vice-Presidents — A. Mathematics and As- 

 tronomy, R. S. Woodward, of Washington, 

 D. C. ; B. Physics, H. S. Carhart, of Ann 

 Arbor, Mich. ; C. Chemistry, William L. 

 Dudley, of Nashville, Tenn. ; D. Mechanical 

 Science and Engineering, Arthur Beardsley, 

 of Swarthmore, Pa. ; E. Geology and Geogra- 

 phy, Charles A. White, of Washington ; F. 

 Biology, George L. Goodale, of Cambridge, 

 Mass. ; H. Anthropology, Garrick Mallery, 

 of Washington ; I. Economic Science and 

 Statistics, Charles S. Hill, of Washington. 

 Permanent Secretary — F. W. Putnam, of 

 Cambridge, Mass. (office, Salem, Mass.) — 

 Holds over. General Secretary — C. Leo 

 Mees, of Tcrre Haute, Ind. Secretary of the 

 Council — Frank Baker, of Washington. 

 Secretaries 0/ the Sections — A. Mathematics 



