66 



SCIENCE. 



[Vol. II., No. 24. 



rived at the present condition in every direc- 

 tion in which human industry has been exerted, 

 — a graphic liistory of the development of the 

 human culture and civilization." 



These are Mr. Goode's own declarations of 

 what seem to be the vital intentions of his 

 scheme ; and it is therefore a serious error, 

 both practicallj' and theoretically, when he 

 places the natural historj' of man, including 

 Ms ps3'cholog3- and individual manifestations, 

 at the head of his scheme, in place of making 

 this department the terminal one, to be viewed 

 by visitors onlj' after they had gone through 

 with all the other departments. 



The author has arranged the sections and 

 sixtjr-four topics according to a sj'stem which 

 is artificial, and irreconcilable with his inten- 

 tions and his general objects, and shows this 



in the place assigned to mankind. Man is 

 essentially the product of the forces which 

 have acted upon this earth. Without going 

 into the question of whether these forces were 

 divine or material, which is of no value in 

 such a technical discussion, it is certainly very 

 illogical to place the conclusion before the be- 

 ginning, the consequent before the antecedent, 

 man before the earth. This may be very satis- 

 factorj' to those who need, or think they need, 

 to perpetually swing the censer before the old 

 idol of man's supremacj' in the universe ; but 

 it is none the less unnatural and illogical to 

 have one mode of arrangement for the parts 

 of a great collection, and another for the 

 whole. 



In a future number we shall consider some 

 of the minor features of this elaborate scheme. 



LIST OF TWENTY-THREE NEW DOUBLE STABS, DISCOVERED AT CAROLINE ISLAND, 

 SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN, BETWEEN APRIL Z7 AND MAY 7, ISSS, BY E. S. HOLDEN 

 AND C. S. HASTINGS. 



Star. 



CL, ISSO.O. 



S, 1880.0. 



Mags. 



Observer. 



Date. 



Stone, 6791 

 Anon. . . 

 Lac, 4936 . 

 Anon. . . 

 Lac, 5223 . 

 Anon. . . 

 Lac, 6434. 

 Lac, 6738 . 

 Lac, 6817 . 

 Lac, 6844. 

 Lac, 6066 . 

 Lac, 6130 . 

 Anon. . . 

 Stone, 8260 

 Lac, 6259 . 

 Anon. . . 

 Anon. . . 

 Stone, 8348 

 6 Lupi . . 

 Lac, 6488 . 

 Lac, 6540 . 

 Stone, 9221 

 Lac, 7315 . 



10 28 35 



11 31 28 

 11 48 68 



11 67 40 



12 31 24 



13 1 16 



13 



59 



13. 59 56 



14 6 14 



14 41 16 



14 60 35 



15 7 20 



15 8 40 



16 14 18 

 16 14 32 

 15 36 11 



15 44 44 



16 50 15 



17 23 16 



-54° 46' 



—60 14 



—85 25 



—57 5 



—55 16 



—52 5 



—62 57 



—63 33 



—67 30 



— 10 31 



—51 38 



—60 27 



—68 8 



—53 50 



—47 29 



—44 15 



—60 24 



—60 23 



—56 25 



—40 57 



7 - 9 

 6.5 - 9 

 7.5 -10 

 8.0 - 8.; 



Holden 



Hoklen 



Holden 



Hoklen 



Holden , 



Holden , 



Holden . 



Russell . 



Holden 



Hastings . 



Hastings , 



Hastings . 



Hastings . 



Hastings . 



Holden 



Hastings 



Hastings 



Hastings 



Hastings 



Hastings 



Holden . 



Hastings 



Holden 



Holden 



Mnyl. 

 April 28. 

 May 1. 

 May 4. 

 May 1. 

 May 4. 

 May 6. 



A.B.I 

 May 2, A. C. i 

 May 1. 

 May 2. - 

 May 2. 

 April 27. 

 May 4. 

 May 2. 

 April 27. 

 May 2. 

 May 1. 

 May 1. 

 April 27. 

 May 4. 

 May 2. 

 May 7. 

 May 7. 



THE UNITED STATES FISH-COMMIS- 

 SION STEAMER ALBATnuSS.^—n. 



The fitting-up of a small floating scientific 

 laboratorj', which might remain at sea for a 

 month or more at a time, and j'et include 

 eveiy necessarj- convenience, was a somewhat 

 novel problem, and required a considerable 



1 Concluded from No. 22. 



amount of planning, based mainly upon past 

 experiences of the fish-commission. The gen- 

 eral arrangements are now, for the most part, 

 complete, but they are subject to alteration 

 and improvement. 



The main laboratorv (see figures, pp. 68, 69) 

 is twenty feet long, twenty-si.K feet wide, and 

 nearly eight feet high. The forward-end of the 

 room is devoted to storage, and the sides and 



