NOVEMBEK 21, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



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eral theory has been applied in numerous di- 

 rections. The reading of this volume will 

 give a very much more comprehensive concep- 

 tion of the signiiicance of this new theory 

 and the applications of various lines of evo- 

 lution, than can be obtained from the reading 

 of isolated papers on the subject which have 

 hitherto appeared. Indeed, Professor Bald- 

 win's discussion of this theory and its appli- 

 cation in various lines is a real contribu- 

 tion to the general subject of evolution. No 

 one who is interested in the modern doctrine 

 of evolution and the method of the develop- 

 ment of animals and plants can afford to miss 

 reading this new work of Professor Baldwin's, 

 for it throws a light upon many phases of the 

 descent theory which are left in the dark by 

 both the Darwinian and the Lamarckian 

 schools. Although Professor Baldwin is not 

 the sole originator of this conception, and has 

 given due credit to the two who independently 

 conceived it with him, he certainly has de- 

 veloped it more carefully than any other, and 

 this new work of Baldwin's must be regarded 

 as one of the positive contributions to the 

 discussions of the evolution doctrine. 



The other parts of the work, though inter- 

 esting and suggestive, are, at least to the 

 general biologist, less significant and instruct- 

 ive than this careful elaboration of the theory 

 of othoplasy, but may be especially recom- 

 mended to those interested in the psycholog- 

 ical phases of evolution. 



H. W. Conn. 



Wesleyan University. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND ARTICLES. 



The Museums Journal of Great Britain 

 contains a brief account of ' The Manchester 

 Whitworth Institute,' a paper on ' The De- 

 scriptive Arrangement of Museum Collec- 

 tions,' by Frank C. Baker, dealing with that 

 of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, and 

 ' Notes upon the Haslemere Educational Mu- 

 seum,' by E. W. Swanton. This last is ex- 

 tremely interesting, describing a successful 

 attempt to make a museum instructive at the 

 minimum cost; the building covers 6,400 

 square feet and cost but £1,305. There are 

 reprints of H. I. Smith's ' Methods of Col- 



lecting Anthropological Material' and of H. 

 F. Osborn's paper on ' The Collecting and 

 Preparing of Fossil Vertebrates.' Also there 

 are the customary interesting notes. 



The American Museum Journal has an 

 account of ' Entomological Work in the Black 

 Mountains of North Carolina' by Wm.Beuten- 

 miiller and an illustrated article on ' Collect- 

 ing Flamingoes and their Nests in the Ba- 

 hama Islands ' by Frank M. Chapman, which 

 gives a very clear idea of the breeding grounds 

 of a flamingo colony. The lecture announce- 

 ments are made. The Guide Leaflet Supple- 

 ment is devoted to ' The Sequoia, a Historical 

 Review of Biological Science ' by George H. 

 Sherwood. It is primarily a brief account 

 of the specimen of Sequoia acquired by the 

 museum and secondarily a review of the prog- 

 ress of science during the life of the tree, 

 which was 1341 years. 



The Plant World for September commem- 

 orates its fifth anniversary, by issuing a num- 

 ber comprising many more pages and plates 

 than usual. It contains ' Extracts from the 

 Note Book of a Naturalist on the Island of 

 Guam,' by W. E. Safford; 'A Deciduous 

 Tropical Tree,' by O. F. Cook ; ' Our Vanishing 

 Wild Flowers,' by L. H. Pammel; 'The 

 Etymology of Columbine,' by E. J. Hill; and 

 the second paper on ' The Origin of Plant 

 Names,' by Grace S. Niles. There are the 

 customary notes, reviews and briefer articles. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOE THE ADVANCEMENT 

 OF SCIENCE. 



The fifty-second annual meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, and the first of the ' Convocation 

 Week ' meetings, will be held in Washington, 

 D. C, December 27, 1902, to January 3, 1903. 



A meeting of the executive committee of 

 the council (consisting of the general secre- 

 tai-y, secretary of the council, the permanent 

 secretary, and the secretaries of aU the sec- 

 tions), will be held in the council room of 

 the Cosmos Club at noon on Saturday, De- 

 cember 27. 



