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ful a study to work out the effects of isola- 

 tion, hybridization and climate on brambles 

 as to test the effects of various alkaline salts 

 on the eggs of a starfish. Good work counts, 

 whatever its subject matter. 



Professor Edward Strassburger discusses 

 the " Minute Structure of Cells in Eelation 

 to Heredity," claiming with Darwin that " in- 

 visible gemmules are the carriers of hereditary 

 characters, and that they multiply by divi- 

 sion." This hypothesis he implies might have 

 been developed by Darwin, had not his genius 

 been " confined by finite boundaries by the 

 state of science in his day." The " Descent 

 of Man " is discussed by Professor G. 

 Schwalbe. In this regard, he considers that 

 Darwin's work is unsurpassed. " The more 

 we immerse ourselves in the study of the struc- 

 tural relationship between apes and man, the 

 more is our path illumined by the clear light 

 radiating from him." 



Professor Ernst Haeckel treats of " Darwin 

 as an Anthropologist," in like sympathetic 

 fashion. 



Mr. J. G. Erazer discusses " Primitive The- 

 ories of the Origin of Man." Professor Adam 

 Sedgwick discusses the "Influence of Darwin 

 on the Study of Animal Embryology." Pro- 

 fessor W. B. Scott treats of the " Paleontolog- 

 ical Record as Eegards Animals," and Mr. D. 

 H. Scott, as regards plants. Professor George 

 Klebs treats of the " Influence of Environ- 

 ment on the Forms of Plants," and Professor 

 Jacques Loeb on the " Experimental Study of 

 the Influence of Environment on Animals." 

 Professor Edward B. Poulton emphasizes the 

 value of color in the struggle of life. Sir 

 William Thistleton Dyer treats of the " Geo- 

 graphical Distribution of Plants," and Dr. 

 Hans Gadow of the " Geographical Distribu- 

 tion of Animals." Mr. J. W. Judd discusses 

 " Darwin and Geology," and Mr. Francis Dar- 

 win, "Darwin on the Movement of Plants." 

 Professor K. Goebel has an essay on the 

 " Biology of Flowers," Professor C. Lloyd 

 Morgan one on " Mental Factors in Evolu- 

 tion," and Professor Harald Hoflding one on 

 the " Influence of the Conception of Evolution 

 on Modern Philosophy." Professor 0. Bougie 

 discusses " Darwinism and Sociology," Eev. P. 



N. Waggett, the " Influence of Darwin on 

 Religious Thought." This influence Mr. 

 Waggett finds " from a Christian point of 

 view, satisfactory," as all movements toward 

 truth ought to be. It may be an " advance 

 of theology " when theologians retreat. Mr. 

 Waggett thinks that a " bolder theism " is 

 now needed, and now justified. 



Dr. Jane Ellen Harrison treats of the " In- 

 fluences of Darwinism on the Study of Re- 

 ligions." The scientific study of religions 

 begins with the Darwinian conceptions. Dr. 

 P. Giles discusses " Evolution and the Science 

 of Language." Professor J. Bury writes 

 luminously on " Darwinism and History " ; 

 Sir George Darwin on the " Genesis of Double 

 Stars," and Mr. W. C. D. Whetham has the 

 final essay on the " Evolution of Matter." He 

 doubts whether such cases of atomic disin- 

 tegration as we now know can be characterized 

 as " Evolution," and the question whether 

 primeval matter was more or less complex, or 

 both, than the matter of to-day, is still un- 

 settled. 



Through all these essays and addresses runs 

 the vein of veneration for Darwin the man. 

 The words used by the present writer in 1882, 

 he still finds pertinent: 



Darwin lies in Westminster Abbey, by the side 

 of Isaac Newton, one of the noblest of the long 

 line of men of science whose lives have made his 

 own life possible. For every truth that is won for 

 humanity takes the life of a man. Among all who 

 have written or spoken of Darwin since he died, 

 by no one has an unkind word been said. His was 

 a gentle, patient and reverent spirit, and by his 

 life has not only science, but our conception of 

 Christianity, been advanced and ennobled. 



David Starr Jordan 



the fauna of chile 



Professor Carlos E. Porter, C.M.Z.S., 

 director of the Natural History Museum of 

 Valparaiso and of the " Revista Chilena de 

 Historia Natural," is about to publish the 

 first volume of a new work which bears the 

 title of " Fauna de Chile," being a methodical 

 and descriptive catalogue of the animals living 

 in the Republic of Chile. 



This work has been in preparation for a 



