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sponges grown from cuttings,grafting ought to be not on- 
ly a scientific but an economic success. Atslight expense 
large numbers of common sponges might be improved, ~ 
simply by pinning to the common cutting a piece of the 
improved varietv. 
A REVIEW OF CONANT’S MEMOIR ON THE 
CUBOMEDUSAL* 
H. V. WILSON. 
Memoirs from the Biological Laboratory of the Johns 
Hopkins University, IV., 1. The Cubomeduse. A 
Dissertation presented for the Degree of Doctor of Phi- 
losophy, in the Johns Hopkins University, 1897. By 
FRANKLIN Story Conant. A Memorial Volume. 
Baltimore, 1898. 
The late Dr. Conant, it will be recalled by many, was 
a member of the marine laborators of the Johns Hopkins 
University, stationed during the summer of 1897 at Port 
Antonio, Jamaica. ‘Toward the end of the season’s work 
fever broke out. The director of the expedition, Dr. J. 
KE. Humphrey, died ina sudden and alarming manner. 
Dr. Conant assumed charge of the laboratory, and, 
though aware of his own great danger, remained in Port 
Antonio, devoting himself to the service of others who 
needed his help. This generous subordination of self 
cost him his life. for he contracted the fever, and, though 
able to reach this country, he died a few days after his ar- 
rival in Boston. 
*Reprinted from Science, Vol. VII., No. 197. 1898. 
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