April 12, 1918] 



SCIENCE 



367 



chivalrie and good in the character of the na- 

 tion; an inspiration to all true lovers of lib- 

 erty and justice and a symbol of the ideals of 

 the American people. Albert A. Hansen 

 Washington, D. C. 



translations made accessible 



Scientific papers written in some of the 

 foreign languages present few diflBculties to 

 large sections of the scientific public, but 

 translations are frequently desirable and some- 

 times essential. In the past such needs have 

 been supplied by individual initiative and cer- 

 tain papers have been translated time and 

 again. In these days when waste is more 

 nearly criminal than foolish, and cooperation 

 so easy, it should be possible for a worker who 

 needs a translation of a given paper to find 

 put whether or not such a thing is already in 

 existence among his fellow workers before he 

 starts the job anew. And if it is he should be 

 able to secure a copy by paying for the neces- 

 sary typewriting. 



In place of following the somewhat custom- 

 ary plan of making the suggestion and com- 

 mending it to the attention of this or that or- 

 ganization, the writer has started the compila- 

 tion of a card catalogue showing the location 

 of manuscript and published translations of 

 books or papers on geology and paleontology 

 ^nd is willing to undertake the expansion of 

 this catalogue to include all translations of 

 papers in these sciences. To do this will re- 

 quire the cooperation of all persons or institu- 

 tions possessing manuscript translations. 



In return the writer will be glad to answer 

 all inquiries regarding existing translations of 

 specific books or papers and will furnish the 

 names of persons or institutions willing to 

 furnish copies of translations in their posses- 

 sion. He can start this at once, and already 

 has records of nearly a hundred, though the 

 value of the service will increase with the ad- 

 dition of new lists of available translations. 



The writer realizes that these translations 

 ■will not maintain a single standard, but he is 

 certain that with few exceptions they will be 

 valuable, and hopes to have the cooperation 

 of his colleagues in making them all available. 



Lack of time and the present-day need of 

 hewing to a line necessarily limit this cata- 

 logue to papers on geology and paleontology, 

 but the writer is ready and willing to turn over 

 his data to any organization wishing to adopt 

 the scheme in its entirety. 



The working of the scheme is perhaps best 

 illustrated by the following reply postal card, 

 which has already been forwarded to the mem- 

 bers of the geological and paleontological so- 

 pieties and will be sent to any one else on re- 

 quest: 



REQUEST postal CARD 



N. B.: Please fill and forward as soon as pos- 

 sible. 



Authors and titles of translations of papers in 

 geology and paleontology which I am willing to 

 share with other workers on the basis of their 

 reimbursing me for actual cost of making type- 

 written copies. 



(Space here for list, giving authors, titles and 

 numbers of MS. pages.) 



N. B.: Don't hold this card vntil you have oc- 

 casion to use the space below; another card will 

 be sent you by return mail. 



Have you record of a translation of a paper 



by entitled 



published in 



I am in no special hurry for this and will wait 



to join any one else, or will join 



any one who has been waiting, in order to secure 

 a copy of this translation at the reduced rates 

 made possible by the use of carbon copies. 



In the event of your receiving other 



requests before for translations of 



the above paper I should be willing to share pro 

 rata in the cost of having it translated. 



In the event of your having no record of this 

 translation please keep this request on file. 



Name 



Address 



REPLY postal CARD 



The paper by has been translated 



and a copy can be secured by addressing 



The manuscript covers pages 



and the approximate cost of a typewritten copy 

 will be $ 



The paper by has been abstracted 



or reviewed in 



Some who are in no special hurry for the trans- 

 lation you ask for are waiting to join others in 

 order to secure the reduced rates made possible by 



