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more fully developed by me, some are as astonishing 

 as the points hère treated. I will say nothing about 

 them, however, though I do not admit tlie validity of a 

 single one of them. This only may be pointed ont, that 

 Prof. Pearsons statement (p. 178) that this form „has 

 „been suggested by Kapteyn as a gênerai form of the 

 „Skew frequency-curves" is erroneous. ') 



Quite recently some cases hâve been submitted to me 

 which are evidently not contained in my spécial form. 

 Tn meet such cases I hâve developed the gênerai theory 

 somewhat more fully in a paper now ready for press. 



Geoningen, Januari 1906. 



1) See Ibr instance pp 18 and 29 ol" loy paper. 



