SCIENCE 



Editorial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodwaed, Slechanics ; E. C. Pickeeikg, 



Astronomy; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics; R. H. TnuiisTON, 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 ; N. L. Beitton, 



Botany; Heney F. Osboen, General Biology; H. P. Bowditch, Physiology; 



J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; 



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



G. Beown Goode, Scientific Organization. 



Friday, June 19, 1896. 



CONTENTS: 



Address of the President before the Society for Psy- 

 chical kesearch : "William James 881 



27(6 Form of the Head as Influenced by Growth : W. 

 Z.Eipley 888 



Is the Pumpkin an American Plant ? J. W. Haesh- 

 BEEGEE 889 



Award and Presentation of the Bumford Premium ...891 



The American Association, for the Advancement of 

 Science 893 



Current Notes on Anthropology : — 



The BuU-Eoarer, or Buzz; Geographical Markings 

 on Native Utensils : D. G. Beinton 805 



Scientific Notes and News : — 



Astronomy : H. J. Tlie Blissouri Botanical Gar- 

 den; Agriculture in Great Britain; General 896 



University and Educational News 899 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



The Habit of Drinking in Young Birds: C. 

 Lloyd Moegan. A Suggested Experiment on 

 Heredity : HiEAM M. Stanley. Darkening of 

 the Cathode in a Crookes Tube: Floeian Ca- 

 JOEi, William Strieby 900 



Scientific Literature : — 



Curtis on Voice Building and Tone Placing : W. 

 Hallock. Linck's Grundriss der Krstallographie : 

 W. S. B. Italian Coccidx: L. O. HowAEP. 

 Hart's Hypnotism, Blesmerism and the Neio Witch- 

 craft: Joseph Jasteow 901 



Societies and Academies : — 



Entomological Society of Washington : L. O. 

 HowAED. Chemical Society of Washington : A. 

 C. Peale. Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia: EDW. J. koLAN 905 



Neiv Books 903 



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

 for review should be sent to the responsible editor. Prof. J, 

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



ADDBESS OF THE PBESIDENT BEFORE THE 

 SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH* 



The Presidency of the Societj' for Psychical 

 Research resembles a mousetrap. Broad 

 is the path and wide the way that leadeth 

 thereinto. Flattering bait is spread before 

 the entrance : The distinguished names of 

 one's predecessors in the office; the absence 

 of any active duties ; England and America 

 symbolically made one in that higher re- 

 public where no disputed frontiers or for- 

 eign offices exist ; and all the rest of it. 

 But when the moment comes to retrace 

 one's steps and go back to private life, like 

 Cincinnatus to his plough, then comes the 

 sorrow, then the penaltj^ for greatness. The 

 careless presidential mouse finds the wires 

 all pointing against him, and to get out 

 there is no chance, unless he leave some 

 portion of his fur. So in resigning my of- 

 fice to my worthier successor, I send this 

 address to be read across the ocean as my 

 ransom, not unaware, as I write it, that the 

 few things I can say may well fall short of 

 the dignity of the occasion and the needs 

 of the cause for which our Society exists. 



Were psychical research as well organized 

 as the other sciences are, the plan of a presi- 

 dential address would be mapped out in 

 advance. It could be nothing but a report 



* Kead at the Annual Meeting of the Society in 

 London on January 31st, 1896, and also at meetings of 

 the American Branch in Boston on January 31st and 

 New York on February 1st, 1896. 



