SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Editoeial Committeb : S. Nbwcomb, Mathematics ; K. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C Mkndenhall, Physics ; R. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Remsen, Chemistry ; 

 Charles D. Walcott, Geology ; "W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henry F. Osborn, Paleon- 

 tology ; W. K. Brooks, C. Hart Merriam, Zoology ; S. H. Scudder, Entomology ; C. E. 

 Bessey, N. Ij. Britton, Botany ; C. S. MiNOT, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

 DiTCH, Physiology; J. S. Billings, Hygiene; William H. Welch, Pathol- 

 ogy ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, January 10, 1902. 



CONTENTS: 



The American Society of Naturalists: — 



The Chicago meeting 41 



The Modern Siibjectio7i of Science and Edu- 

 cation to Propaganda: Professor Wil- 

 liam T. Sedgwick 44 



A Summer's Dredging on the Coast of South- 

 ern California: Professor W. E. Eitter. . 55 



Scientific Books: — 

 Bovey's Treatise on Hydraulics: Pro- 

 fessor I. P. Church. Seeley's Dragons 

 of the Air: Professor S. W. Williston. 

 Papers on Engineering: Professor R. H. 

 Thurston 65 



Scientific Journals and Articles 70 



Societies and Academies: — ■ 



Neio York Academy of Sciences, Section of 

 Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry: Dr. 

 F. L. Tufts. Torrey Botanical Gluh: 

 Marshall A. Howe. Northern Section 

 of the American Chemical Society: Dr. 

 Henry Fay 71 



Discussion and Correspondence: — • 



The Measurement of Wind at Sea: A. Law- 

 rence Rotch. The Andrew Carnegie Re- 

 search Scholarship : Bennett H. Brouoh. . 72 



Current Notes on Physiography : — 



The Washington Folio; Physiographic 

 Ecology; The Coast Plain of Norway; 

 Swedish Glacial Lakes: Professor W. M. 

 Davis 74 



Botanical Notes: — 



Popularizing Forestry Information; Titles 

 of Recent Articles and Pamphlets; Stipple- 

 ment to Nicholson's Dictionary of Garden- 

 ing: Professor Charles E. Bessey 75 



The Carnegie Institution 77 



Scientific Notes and News 77 



University and Educational News 80 



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

 for review Bliould be sent to the responsible editor, Pro- 

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



TEE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS. 

 THE CHICAGO MEETING. 



The meetings of the American Society 

 of Naturalists and of the affiliated societies 

 held last week in Chicago were not only- 

 important for the scientific work pre- 

 sented, but were also noteworthy as mark- 

 ing an epoch in the organization of science 

 in America. The nineteenth century is re- 

 garded on all sides as the era of science. 

 It was also an era of individualism in 

 science, as in business and in political insti- 

 tutions. Historical developments do not 

 usually occur to fit the calendar, but it has 

 so happened that the first year of the pres- 

 ent century has witnessed in America an 

 extraordinary advance toward that organ- 

 ization of science and that cooperation 

 among scientific men, which will probably 

 be typical of the century. 



The American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science met last August in 

 Denver, passing for the first time beyond 

 the banks of the Mississippi, and becoming 

 national in fact as well as in name. The 

 Association also became at the Denver meet- 

 ing truly representative, not only of the 

 whole country, but also of all the sciences, 



