SCIENCE 



Editorial Committee : S. Nkwcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 



Astronomy; T. C. Mendknhall, Physics; R. H. Thurston, Engineering; Ira Eemsen, Chemistry; 



J. Le Conte, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; 0. C. Marsh, Paleontology; W. K. Brooks, 



C. Hart Mekriam, Zoology; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology; C. E. Bessey, N. L. Britton, 



Botany; Henrx F. Osborn, General Biology; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology; 



H. P. Bowditch, Physiology; J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; J. McKeen Cattell, 



Psychology; Daniel G. Brinton, J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, January 13, 1899. 



CONTENTS: 



Our Society : Professor J. J. Stevenson 41 



Fishes of the South Shore of Long Island : Dr. 

 Tarleton H. Bean 52 



Suppression of Smolce : PROFESSOR E. H. Thurs- 

 ton 55 



American Mathematical Society : PROFESSOR F. N. 

 Cole 57 



General Meeting of the American Chemical Society : 

 Dr. Durand Woodman 58 



Scientific Books : — 



Cayley's Collected Matliematical Papers : Profes- 

 sor George Bruce Halsted. Allen's Commer- 

 cial Organic Analysis : PROFESSOR W. A. NoYES. 

 Folwell on Seicerage : M. M. Hill on Ciila and 

 Porto Pico : W J M. Butler on the Birds of In- 

 diana : F. M. C. Holland's Butterfly Book : 

 Professor S. H. Scudder. Books received 59 



Scientific Journals and Articles ; 67 



Societies and Academies : — 



The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences : 

 Dr. Edw. J. Nolan 68 



Dlfcitssion and Correspondence : — 



The Sensation of Motion and its Eeversal : PRO- 

 FESSOR W. S. Franklin. Occurrence of the 

 Virginia Oposst(m in Southern Central New York: 

 J. Alden Loring 70 



Notes on Inorganic Chemistry: J. L. H 71 



Current Notes on Meteorology : — 



Climate and Hygiene of the Congo Free State ; A 

 Neio Mountain Aneroid Barometer : E. DeC. 

 Ward 72 



Zoological Notes: — 



The New York Zoological Park: F. A. L. The 

 Statistical 3Iethod in Zoology: H. C. B 73 



Botanical Notes: — 



A Botanii-al Almanac; Check List of Forest 

 Trees; Cretaceous and Tertiary Plants; Laris 

 and Clark's Plants: Professor Charles E. 

 Bessey 74 



Current Notes on Anthropology : — 

 Arrow Feathering in South America; A Study of 

 the Lips ; Physiology of Criminals : PROFESSOR 

 D. G. Brinton 76 



Scientific Notes and News : — 



Ihe Endowment of the Jenner Institute. General 76 



University and Educational News 80 



CUB SOCIETY* 



Several travellers of the eighteenth 

 century, among them especially Guettard, 

 Alexander and Schoepf, gave more or less 

 important information respecting the geo- 

 logical structure and mineral resources of 

 our country ; but geological work, properly 

 so-called, began only with Maclure's studies 

 in 1806. Born in Scotland, Maclure came 

 to this country in early youth and, embark- 

 ing in business, acquired a fortune long be- 

 fore reaching middle age. He returned to 

 Europe to spend several years in the study 

 of natural science, but came again to Amer- 

 ica in 1806 to take up his geological work, 

 which continued until 1S08. 



The publication of his results, presented 

 to the American Philosophical Society on 

 January 20, 1809, led others to make stud- 

 ies and soon afterwards there appeared 

 numerous papers dealing with geological 

 subjects. Professor Samuel L. Mitchell, a 

 devoted follower of Werner, infused much 

 of his enthusiasm into a group of youthful 

 students in New York and induced Profes- 

 sor Archibald Bruce to establish the Amer- 

 ican Journal of Minerahgy, which, beginning 

 in 1810, reached its fourth and last num- 

 ber in February, ISl-t. Though small and 

 short-lived, this journal served a useful 

 purpose ; it contained good papers by 



* Presidential address delivered at the annual 

 meeting of the Geological Society of America, New 

 York, December 28, 1898. 



