SCIENCE 



Friday, September 10, 1909 

 contents 



The British Association for the Advancement 

 of Science: — 

 Address of the President to the Geological 

 Section: Pbofessob A. Smith Woodwabd . 321 



Entomological Research 331 



Second International Congress for the Repres- 

 sion of Adulteration and Frauds in Food 

 and Drugs 332 



The Twentieth Anniversary of Clark Univer- 

 sity 334 



The North Pole 334 



Scientific Notes and News 334 



University and Educatimial News 338 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



"Mars as the Ahode of Life": De. Pebci- 

 TAL Lowell. The Nomenclature Question: 

 Db. F. a. Bathee 338 



Scientific Books: — 



Moritz von Rolir on Die binokularen Instru- 

 mente: Pbofessob W. Le Conte Stevens. 

 Vernon on Intracellular Enzymes: Pbo- 

 fessob Lafayette B. Mendel. Plankton 

 Investigations of the Danish Lakes: C. 



JUDAT 341 



Scientific Journals and Articles 346 



Special Articles: — 



Salient Events in the Geological History 

 of California: Pbofessob James Peebin 

 Smith 346 



The Winnipeg Meeting of the British Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science: 

 Pbofessob G. A. !Miixeb 351 



MSS. intended for publicatioD and books, etc., intended for 

 review should be sent to the Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 

 'ludson, K, Y. 



THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD- 

 VANCEMENT OF SCIEl^CE'^ 

 ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE 

 GEOLOGIC AL SECTION 



The circumstances of the present meet- 

 ing very clearly determine the subject of a 

 general address to be expected from a stu- 

 dent of extinct animals. The remarkable 

 discoveries of fossil backboned animals 

 made on the North American continent 

 during the last fifty years suggest an esti- 

 mate of the results achieved by the mod- 

 ern systematic methods of research; while 

 the centenary celebration of the birth of 

 Darwin makes it appropriate to consider 

 the extent to which we may begin deducing 

 the laws of organic evolution from the life 

 of past ages as we now know it. Such an 

 address must, of course, be primarily bio- 

 logical in character, and treat of some 

 matters which are not ordinarily discussed 

 by Section C. The subject, however, can 

 only be appreciated fully by those who 

 have some practical acquaintance with the 

 limitations under which geologists pursue 

 their researches, and especially by those 

 who are accustomed to geological modes of 

 thought. 



There has been an unfortunate tendency 

 during recent years for the majority of 

 geologists to relinquish the study of fossils 

 in absolute despair. More ample material 

 for examination and more exact methods 

 of research have altered many erroneous 

 names which were originally used; while 

 the admission to scientific publications of 

 too many mere literary exercises on the so- 

 called "law of priority" has now made it 

 necessary to learn not one, but several 

 'Winnipeg, 1909. 



