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EDITORIAL COMMITTEE : 8S. NEwcomB, Mathematics; R. S. WooDwaRD, Mechanics; E. C. PICKERING 
Astronomy ; T. C. MENDENHALL, Physics ; R. H. THURSTON, Engineering ; IRA REMSEN, Chemistry ; 
JOSEPH LE ConTE, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; HENRY F. OsBoRN, Paleontology ; 
W. K. Brooks, C. HART MERRIAM, Zoology ; S. H. ScuDDER, Entomology ; C. E. BEssEy, 
N. L. Brirron, Botany; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bownitcn, 
Physiology; J. S. Br~uines, Hygiene; WILLIAM H. WeEtcH, Pathology ; 
J. McKEEN CATTELL, Psychology ; J. W. POWELL, Anthropology. 
Fripay, JAnuARY 11, 1901. 
CONTENTS : 
The Hall of Natural History, Trinity College :— 
The Recent Progress of Paleontology in America: 
PROFESSOR HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN......... 45 
Biology as an Element in College Training : PRO- 
FESSOR W. H. HOWELL.............0.00-0seeee scenes 49 
Opening of the Hall of Natural History, Trinity 
(CALLA eetioonbaaseosécobonocconndecsonoeansedostacgscsoncunS 57 
An Artificial Representation of a Total Solar 
Eclipse: PROFESSOR R. W. WOOD..........-.....- 65 
Scientific Books :— 
Tillson on Street Pavements: F. S. PECKHAM. 
American Education: PROFESSOR R. H. THURS- 
TON. Boehm and von Davidoff’s Histology: H. 
McE. KNOWER. Books Received................++- 67 
Scientific Journals and Articles. ............c00s-ceneeeens 70 
Societies and Academies :— 
New York Academy of Sciences, Section of Biol- 
ogy: PROFESSOR FRANCIS E. Lioyp. Acad- 
emy of Science of St. Louis: PROFESSOR WIL- 
LIAM TRELEASE. Zoological Club of Chicago: 
Dr. C. M. CHILD. Zoological Journal Club of 
the University of Michigan: Dr. H. S. JEN- 
IMMENEHS) ocorocsadoc0caD050 scanapans onncoobdbanaoadanodUsqeO0NC 71 
Discussion and Correspondence :— 
Unauthorized Newspaper Reports: PROFESSOR 
JACQUES LOEB ; An Appeal for Assistance, PRO- 
TTASSOIS 195 Wo JPA? aosconce ncnceecoanaaasoq60n6K 75 
Current Notes on Meteorology :— ° 
Rainfall of New South Wales ; Rainfall and Al- 
titude of England ; A New Meteorology ; Atlas of 
the Indian Ocean: PROFESSOR R. DEC. WARD 75 
The International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- 
(WTA raesogosonounnon.cADodaqqoGob oben eg adoadeaagouooBaDEONONH 76 
Scientifie Notes and News..........1.cs0e-0.s008 77 
University and Educational News. 
MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended 
for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Pro- 
fessor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
A NOTABLE OFFICIAL REPORT. 
In our last issue we pointed out the ur- 
gency of an authoritative reply from the 
Naval Observatory to the criticisms on its 
management which have been uttered by 
parties entitled to the highest respect. We 
return to the subject to mention another 
point on which it is equally urgent that 
certain unfavorable impressions likely to be 
given by the annual report of the Observa- 
tory should be corrected. Precision and 
accuracy of statement are always expected 
in an official document, and there is no de- 
partment of the government in whose re- 
ports this quality is more confidently looked 
for than in that of the Navy. 
circulated by this department containing 
If a report is 
statements likely to be misconstrued, an 
earnest desire that public confidence in the 
Navy shall not be impaired will lead us to 
call attention to the statements and ask 
that they be supported, or so changed as 
not to give rise to misconstruction. Espe- 
cially is this the case with a paper from 
which astronomers the world over will 
draw conclusions as to the degree of pre- 
cision aimed at in describing the opera- 
tions of one of our scientific departments. 
We shall quote the passages we have in 
