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. 



Editobial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C. Mendenhall, Physios ; K. H. Thueston, 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. Souddee, Entomology ; C. E. 

 Bkssey, N. L. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

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

 Pathology ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology. 



Friday, October 24, 1902. 



CONTENTS: 



The Carnegie Institution: Professor Bash- 

 ford Dean, Professor George Bruce 

 Halsted, Dr. A. S. Packard, Henry Helm 

 Clayton, Aksel G. S. Josephson, Dr. A. 

 C. True, Professor John M. Coulter .... 641 



The British Association. A Retrospect 653 



Scientific Books: — 



Erlich's Seitenhettentheorie : Dr. Geo. M. 

 Sternberg 664 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Some Matters of Fact Overlooked by Pro- 

 fessor Wilson: Professor G. O. Whitman. 

 The Marine Biological Laboratory and the 

 Carnegie Institution: Dr. Edw. G. Gar- 

 diner, Professor J. McKeen Cattell. 

 Orange County Mastodons: F. A. Lucas.. 665 



Shorter Articles: — 



The Bitter Rot Disease of Apples: Dr. Her- 

 man VON Schrenk, Perley Spauldino. The 

 Tertiary of the Sabine River: E. T. DuM- 

 BLE. A Note on Methods of Isolating Colon 

 Bacilli: S. C. Prescott. The Eggs of 

 Mosquitoes of the Genus Gulex: Harrison 

 G. Dyar 669 



Recent Zoopaleontology : — 



New Vertebrates of the Mid-Cretaceous: 



H. F. 673 



Instruction Offered in the Fishery Commis- 

 sion Laboratory at Bergen: B. D 676 



The Bureau of Etlmology 676 



Scientific Notes and News 677 



University and Educational News 680 



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

 for review should be sent to tne responsible editor, Pro- 

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



THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION. 



One of the cardinal difficulties which 

 must, I take it, be met speedily by the 

 administrators of the Carnegie Fund (and 

 the present discussion may aid in showing 

 what some of the difficulties are) is the 

 problem how to divide its benefits fairly. 

 For, according to the deed of the bene- 

 factor, the purpose of the gift is evidently 

 to stimulate science in its widest accepta- 

 tion, in all of its branches, applied, no 

 less than theoretical. And to expend its 

 goodly income on lines which will be in 

 fullest keeping with the trust is by no 

 means an easy task. Its trustees are bound 

 to distribute its benefits fairly, but they 

 may well be puzzled by the number and 

 kinds of questions which require a practical 

 answer. They have thus immediate oppor- 

 tunities for investment, which are legiti- 

 mate, attractive, and which may never 

 befall them again — e. g., the acquisition of 

 the "Woods Hole station. They have also 

 to deal with the importunate and well- 

 deserving (colleges, societies, experimental 

 stations, journals and individuals), some 

 of whom, I fancy, are aggrieved at not 

 having already received an annual sop from 

 the Carnegie funds. 



As a matter of fact, however, the Insti- 

 tution, in spite of its ten millions of dol- 

 lars, is yet too poor to yield the immediate 

 and miraculous draught of scientific results 



