SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. 



evolution theory, there are taken up in 

 successive chapters a general sketch of 

 cell structure, cell division, the germ 

 cells, fertilization of the ovum, the for- 

 mation of the germ cells and the halving 

 of their nuclei preparatory to fertiliza- 

 tion, cell organs and their relations to 

 each other and to the life of the cell, 

 cell chemistry and cell physiology, cell 

 division in its relation to the develop- 

 ment of the egg, and finally, some 

 theories of inheritance and development. 

 In addition, there is appended an ex- 

 cellent glossary and a list of all the 

 most important literature on the sub- 

 ject up to the current year. 



While the work is undoubtedly in- 

 tended as a reference book for investi- 

 gators and advanced students in biology, 

 being marked by the thoroughness of 

 treatment of an original communica- 

 tion, it is yet so well written and so 

 copiously illustrated as to make it not 

 only intelligible but also intensely in- 

 teresting to the general reader. 



EDUCATION. 

 The most important recent book on 

 education is undoubtedly 'Education in 

 the United States,' a book prepared in 



connection with the educational exhibit 

 of this country at the Paris Exposition. 

 It consists of a series of monographs 

 which cover all the important phases of 

 educational endeavor in the United 

 States. The two volumes include nearly 

 a thousand pages, almost all of which 

 present definite and reliable facts. Only 

 rarely is there any indulgence in expres- 

 sions of private opinion, and still more 

 rarely is such opinion questionable. The 

 editor is justified in his statement that 

 the book is 'a cross-section view of edu- 

 cation in the United States in 1900.' It 

 will be of great value to the student of 

 American institutions or of education 

 in general, and should be of interest to 

 any citizen who desires to be well in- 

 formed about his country. The quality 

 of the monographs will be evident from 

 the list of the author's names. For in- 

 stance, those writing on higher educa- 

 tion are Prof. A. F. West, of Princeton; 

 Prof. E. D. Perry, of Columbia; Presi- 

 dent Thomas, of Bryn Mawr; Director 

 Parsons, of the University of the State 

 of New York; President Mendenhall, of 

 the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 

 and Prof. H. B. Adams, of Johns 

 Hopkins. 



