SCIENCE 



EniTOEiAL Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickeeing, 



Astronomy; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics; E. H. Thueston, Engineering; Iea Eemsen, Chemistry; 



J. Le Conte, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; O. C. Maesh, Paleontology; W. K. Beooks, 



C. Haet Meeeiam, Zoology; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology; C. E. Bessey, N. L. Beitton, 



Botany; Heney F. Osboen, General Biology; C. S. MiNOT, Embryology, Histology; 



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



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



Friday, Febeuaey 11, 



CONTENTS: 



Memorial of the First Half Century of the Smithso- 

 nian Institution : De. H. Caeeington Bolton. .181 



The Dignity of Analytical Work : C. B. DDDLBY..185 



The American Morphological Society (/. ): De. G. 

 H. Paekee 194 



Current Notes on Physiography : — 



Drainage of Southern Ohio ; The Coastal Plain of 

 Mexico; Mountain Structures of Pennsylvania; 

 Young, Mature, and Old Land Forms : Peofes- 

 soE W. M. Davis 203 



Owrrent Notes on Anthropology : — 

 Racial Sociology of Europe; The Doom of the 

 Americans : Peofessoe D. G . Beinton 204 



Scientific Notes and News 205 



University and Educational News 210 



Discussion and Correspondence :— 



A Note on the South American Coastal Cloud : E. 

 Dec. Waed. NewcomVs Philosophy of Hyper- 

 space: Peofessoe Geoege Beuoe Halsted...211 



Scientific Literatwre : — 



Le Douhle's Traite des variations du sysieme muscu- 

 laire de I'homme : Peofessoe Thomas Dwight. 

 Scripture's The New Psycholoyy : Peofessoe 

 G. M. Steatton. Duhem's Traite elementaire de 

 mScanique chimique: Peofessoe Wilder D. 

 Banceoft 212 



Societies and Academies : — 



The Philosophical Society of Washington : E. D. 

 Peeston. The Geological Society of Washington : 

 De. W. F. Moesell. The Engelmann Botanical 

 Club : Heemann von Scheenk 215 



New Books 216 



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

 tor review should be sent to tbe responsible editor, Prof. J. 

 McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



31EM0BIAL OF THE FIRST HALF CENTURY 

 OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



The Smithsonian Institution was estab- 

 lislied by a law signed by President Polk, 

 on August 10, 1846, and on the approach 

 of the fiftieth anniversary of this event the 

 Secretary and the Board of Regents began 

 preparations for its commemoration. It 

 was deemed impracticable to summon dele- 

 gates from the world-wide affiliated scien- 

 tific institutions to an assemblage in Wash- 

 ington, and therefore it was decided, as the 

 simplest and most eifective means of cele- 

 brating the jubilee, to publish a volume 

 containing an account of the history, 

 achievements and present condition of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



Such is the origin of the superb work 

 recently issued by the Institution ; superb 

 in its mechanical features, dignified in its 

 plan, and of incalculable value as a record 

 of a most remarkable outcome of the legacy 

 of James Smithson. The editorial super- 

 vision of the book was at first placed in the 

 hands of Dr. James C. Welling, a Regent, 

 but his untimely death necessitated the 

 selection of another, and it was confided to 

 Dr. G. Brown Goode, the Assistant Secre- 

 tary, who had already drawn up the origi- 

 nal plan. Unhappily Dr. Goode died 

 before the completion of the task, but the 

 manuscript was so far advanced that the 

 task was finished upon the lines laid down 

 by him. 



