SCIENCE 



A A/VEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Editorial Commitikk : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C Mendenhall, Physics ; R. H. Thdrston, 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. L. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

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

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



Peidat, Mat 16, 1902. metallurgical laboratories* 



=^^^^=^=^=^^=^===::^^=^^ To an old friend of the great captain 



CONTENTS: whose munificence we celebrate to-day this 



Metallurgical Laboratories : Professor Henry privilege of adding a word of enthusiastic 



M. Howe 761 . . , , t j. j. 



, ,^ , , , „ , . „ , ,. „ praise is most welcome. Let us congratu- 



A Neglected Factor m Evolution: Professor "^ 



William Morton Wheeler 766 late Lafayette on this princely gift, and 



Some Suggestions for the Improvement of In- still more On the princely heart that 



struction in Teclmical Chemistry: Profess- j. i j.i • ^ -na. ti. • i 



or Arthur Lachman 775 Prompted the princely gift. It is a pleasure 



Scientific Books:— to watch the growth and success of one 



Caldwell's Laboratory Manual of Botany: whom we esteem ; a very great pleasure to 



Professor Francis E. Lloyd. Bailey and » i 



Miller's Cyclopedia of American Hortioul- see the responsibility of that wealth which 



ture; B. M Boies' s Science of Penology: gg of^g^ intoxicates where it should SOber, 



Havelock Ellis 786 ,,,.,_ 



Scientific Journals and Articles 788 ^^ soberly and SO Wisely borne. 



Societies and Academies:— While the value of the metallurgical 



A Pacific Section of the American Mathe- laboratory for purposes of investigation 



matical Society: Professor G. A. Miller. ... . j? i 



The Anthropological Society of Washing- IS evident, yet as instruments ±or teach- 



■ ion; Dr. Walter Hough 789 jng undergraduate students so few of 



°'%'lT\ZZi ^ZZTnf!rii:::-H.inue „w these laboratories have been in long use, 



The Volcanic Eruption in Martinique and _ ° ' 



Possibly Coming Brilliant Sky Glows: and their methods, aims and merits have 



Henry Helm Clayton. The Word ' Ecol- . , ■ , .n discussed that not onlv 



ogy ' : Professor W. F. Ganong, Wallace °^^" ^" ^^^^^^ aiscussea, max noi. omy 



Craig, Professor Joseph Jastrow. Indian the thoughtful part of the public, not 



Summer: Professor Cleveland Abbe ... . 791 ^^^y educators in general, but even a 



Botanical Notes: — , r. , ■ p i n ■ i 



Nature Study; Our Knowledge of the very large fraction o± our metallurgical 



Fungi; Pacific Seaside Botany; Multiplica- educators themselves, have but hazy notions 



Hon of Species in Botany: Professor ■,,,-■ t i t ,n i 



Charles E. Bessey 793 about them. Indeed, there are many whose 



The Collected Physical Papers of Henry A. opinions cannot be ignored, many eminent 



Roicland 795 metallurgical educators, who still doubt or 



The International Catalogue of Scientific -, ,-, , „,, .n ., 



Literature 796 even deny the value ot the metallurgical 



Scientific Notes and News 796 laboratory for this pui-pose. Under these 



University and Educational News 800 conditions it seems well that those of US 



* An address delivered at the Dedication of the 



MSS. intended for publication and books etc intended Laboratory of Chemistry and Metallurgy, 



for review sliould be sent to the responsible editor, Fro- ■' •' ■' •' 



fessor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. Lafayette College, April 5, 1902. 



