36 SCIENCE 



already frequently referred to, "that our 

 statesmen and administrators, our teachers 

 and our poets, know something of the work 

 and method and beauty of science/' but how 

 is this to be secured? Mr Wells, in a recent 

 review of the Essays, is severely critical 

 because the authors have not answered this 

 question : the criticism is undeserved, it seems 

 to me, because the authors did not set out 

 with this object. "The time seemed pro- 

 pitious," says the Editor, Dr Seward, "for 

 emphasizing a particular aspect of the general 

 question of the inter-dependence of many 

 phases of national prosperity and a just 

 appreciation of the value of pure science/' 

 Still, the question needs an answer. We look 

 forward with some eagerness to the report of 

 the Committee, of which Sir J. J. Thomson is 

 chairman, which is dealing with the place of 

 Science in Education. 



