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NATURE 



[January ib, 19 19 



Game Animals," but his "Outdoor Pastimes of 

 an American Hunter " (1908) are well worth read- 

 ing 1 , both for letterpress and illustrations. 

 'Through the Brazilian Wilderness" gives a 

 truthful, though not always exhilarating, descrip- 

 tion of the Brazilian forest and grassy plains. Bui 

 there is another side to Theodore Roosevelt, and 

 many an instance of his versatility, in the five 

 volumes of his "Presidential Addresses and State 

 Papers." Probably no head of a State in history 

 has uttered so much sound sense with so much 

 originality of diction and illustration. In Roose- 

 velt we had for the first (and, so far, the only) 

 time a great ruler who was also an adept in 

 the modern sciences, a student and an ex- 

 ponent of the New Bible, a statesman who 

 was extraordinarily well versed in geography — 

 prehistoric, historical, political, physical, and com- 

 mercial — who was strongly interested in botany, 

 ethnology, zoology, philology, modern history, 

 sociology, and questions of hygiene and the 

 struggle for the supremacy of man over recalci- 

 trant Nature. He gave a great impulse to the 

 research into the causes of yellow fever, and the 

 means of eliminating it from Cuba and Panama. 

 If we only had the luck to acquire a Prime 

 Minister with the learning, the driving force, and 

 the sincerity of Roosevelt, what might not be the 

 after-history of the British Empire, could such a 

 Premier direct its destinies and the education of 

 its governing classes for seven years? But, alas ! 

 politics in Britain do not breed Roosevelts. 



H. H. Johnston. 



NOTES. 



We notice with much pleasure that in the new 

 Government -Mr. H. A. L. Fisher will remain the 

 President of the Board of Education and Mr. R. E. 

 Prothero, upon whom a peerage has been conferred, 

 President of the Board of Agriculture. Dr. C. 

 Addison becomes President of the Local Government 

 Board, and is succeeded in what becomes the Ministry 

 of National Service and Reconstruction by Sir Auck- 

 land Geddes. Sir Albert Stanley continues President 

 of the Board of Trade. Other appointments are : — 

 Minister of Munitions (to become Minister of Supply), 

 Mr. Andrew Weir, upon whom a peerage has been con- 

 ferred ; Food Controller, Mr. G. H. Roberts; First 

 Commissioner of Works, Sir Alfred Mond. The main 

 changes in the Government, however, are of a political 

 kind, and there is not that breaking away from tradi- 

 tional methods which Mr. Llovd George may have de- 

 sired, but found circumstances too strong for him to 

 accomplish. We are glad to note, therefore, that Sir 

 Auckland Geddes, speaking on January 10, stated that 

 •' the Primo Minister has decided after long thought — 

 it was undoubtedly reinforced by the finding of Lord 

 Haldane's Committee on the Machinery of Govern- 

 ment — that it is absolutely necessary that in the new 

 Government tin ri should be a great organ for research, 

 for investigation, and for the collection of informa- 

 tion." 



A long list of promotions in, and appointments to, 

 the Civil Division of the Ordi r of the British Empire 

 for services in connection with the war was published 

 on January q. The list includes five Knights Grand 

 Cross of the Order (G.B.E.), six Dames Grand Cross 

 (G.B.E.), forty-nine Knights Commanders (K.B.E.), 



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one hundred and seventy-eight. Commanders (C.B.E.), 

 and five hundred and thirty Officers (O.B.E.). We 

 OOtice ilie following names of men known in scientific 

 circles :— K. B.E. : VV. J. Pope, F.R.S., professor of 

 chemistry, University of Cambridge; Aubrey Strahan, 

 F.K.S., director of the Geological Survey of Great 

 Britain; Cecil I.. Budd, Non-ferrous \b 

 meat, Ministry of Munitions; and W. J. Jones, Iron 

 and Steel Production Department, Ministry of Muni- 

 tions,. ('.U.K.: J. W. Cobb, Livesey professoi of 

 coal, gas, and fuel industries, University of Leeds; 

 II. II. Dale, F.R.S., director of pharmacology and 

 tihemotherap) under the Medical Research Com- 

 mittee; A. Eichholz, Senior Assistant Medical 

 Officer, Board of Education; J. C. M. Garnett, 

 principal, Municipal College of Technology, Man- 

 chester; Lt.-Col. R. J. Harvey-Gibson, professor 

 of botany. University of Liverpool; and P. Chalmers 

 Mitchell, F.R.S., secretary of the Zoological Society 

 of London. O.B.E.: J. B. Bailie, professor of 

 philosophy, University of Aberdeen ; W. Foord-Kelcey, 

 professor of mathematics and mechanics, Royal Mili- 

 tary Academy; and W. E. S. Turner, head of the 

 department of glass technology, University of Sheffield. 

 Numerous medical men are included in the various 

 lists of awards and promotions recently announced, 

 the following being among those mentioned in the 

 'British Medical Journal for January n : — K.C.B. : 

 Lt.-Gen. T. H. J. C. Goodwin, Director-General, 

 Army Medical Service, and Major-Gen. G. J. II. 

 Evat't. K.C.M.G.: Major-Gen. W. W. Pike and 

 Temp. Col. I. Atkins. K.B.E.: Col. (temp. 

 Major-Gen.) S. Hickson, Col. H E. B. Bruce-Porter, 

 Col. W. Hale White, Temp. Col. Sir Almroth E. 

 Wright, F.R.S., Temp. hon. Col. J. L. Thomas, Dr. 

 E. N. Burnett, and Dr. G. Archdall Reid. C.B.: 

 Temp. Col. A. G. Phear, Temp. Lt.-Col. H. L. 

 Eason, and Capt. and Brevet Major (temp. Col.) 

 R. E. Kellv. C.M.G.: Col. H. A. Chisholm, Col. 



E. 1. O'Neill Temp. Col. (hon. Surg.-Gen.) C. S. 

 Ryan, Lt.-Col. (temp. Col.) S. A. Archer, Lt.-Col. 

 (temp. Col.) E. P. Sewell, Lt.-Col. (acting Col.) 

 H. A. L. Howell, Lt.-Col. C. H. Furnivall, Lt.-Col. 



F. Marshall, Lt.-Col. C. B. Martin, and Lt.-Col. 

 J. W. West. 



The death of Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace at the 

 age of seventy-seven removes one of the highest 

 authorities on Russia and the Near East. After 

 several vears' residence in Russia, during which he 

 devoted himself to an exhaustive study of the Russian 

 people and Russian problems, Sir Donald Wallace 

 published in 1877 a two-volume work on Russia. This 

 book, which was twice revised by the author, the 

 second time in 1912, still remains one of the standard 

 works on that country. For many vears Sir Donald 

 Wallace was special correspondent of the Times in 

 Petrograd, Berlin, Constantinople, and elsewhere, 

 beinp; frequently sent on missions to the Balkans 

 and to Egypt. For a time he was private 

 sen, 1. 11 \ to' Lord Dufferin when Viceroy of 

 India. From 1891 to 1899 he was head of the Times 

 foreign department, resigning that position to under- 

 take the editorship of the extra volumes of the tenth 

 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica._ For the last 

 few years he lived in retirement, doing a certain 

 amount of work for the Titnes, but devoting himself 

 mainly to study. In addition to his work on Russia, 

 Sir Donald Wallace wrote "Egypt and the Egyptian 

 One. lion" and "The Web of Empire." The materials 

 for the last-named work were collected bv him when 

 be was attached to the suite of King George (then 

 Duke of Cornwall and York) during his tour of the 

 Dominions in 1901. 



