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. 



Editorial Committee : S. Nkwcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodwabd, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickeeing, 

 Astronomy ; T. C. Mendenhall, Physios ; K. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Iea Rkmsbn, Chemistry ; 

 Chaeles D. Walcott, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henby F. Osboen, Paleon- 

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

 Bbssey, N. L. Brixton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

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

 Pathology ; J. McKben Cattell, Psychology. 



Friday, Decembee 19, 1902. 



CONTENTS: 



Policy of the Smith&onian Institution 961 



The Academy of Sciences: Pkofessoe J. Mc- 

 Keen Cattell 965 



The Annual Address of the President of the 

 Royal Society 974 



The Carnegie Institution 978 



Scientific Books: — 



Spiller on the Mind of Man: Professoe 

 Joseph Jasteow. Archiv fiir Protisten- 

 kunde: G. N. C 980 



Scientific Journals and Articles 982 



Societies and Academies: — 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. The Geological Society 

 of Washington: Alfred H. Brooks. The 

 Biological Society of Washington: F. A. 

 Lucas. The Research Club of the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan: Frederick C. New- 

 combe 983 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



The Carnegie Institution: Professor S. E. 

 Mezes, Charles H. Sternberg, Eoswell 

 H. Johnson, Professor W. A. Notes. The 

 Onondaga Lake Squids: Dr. John M. 

 Clarke. The Fossil Tree Bridge in the 

 Arizona Petrified Forest : Professor Henry 

 F. OsBORN 987 



Shorter Articles: — ■ 



Mendel's Principles of Heredity and the 

 Maturation of the Germ-cells: Professor 

 Edmund B. Wilson 991 



The Enlargement of the Naples Station: Pro- 

 fessoe T. H. Morgan 993 



Notes on Inorganic Chemistry: — 



The Telluric Distribution of the Elements; 

 The Nature of Alloys; The Training of 

 Technical Chemists in England: J. L. H.. 994 



Current Notes on Physiography: — 



Northeast Labrador; Physical Geography 

 of New York; Neio Map of Simtzerland: 

 Professor W. M. Davis 995 



Scientific Notes and News 996 



University and Educational News 1000 



POLICY OF TEE SMITHSONIAN 

 INSTITUTION. 



In our issue of November 21, we com- 

 mented on certain recent proceedings of 

 the Smithsonian Institution having an 

 important bearing on the question of its 

 policy. We now return to the subject, in 

 order to review the question at issue from 

 a more comprehensive standpoint. 



The Smithsonian Institution should be 

 regarded as a sacred .trust confided to our 

 government by a foreigner for a specific 

 purpose. We are bound to administer this 

 trust in accordance with the expressed wiU 

 of the donor, who defined it as 'an institu- 

 tion for the increase and diffusion of 

 knowledge among men.' A point of 

 fundamental importance which should not 

 be overlooked is that the bequest was not 

 made to second the efforts of our govern- 

 ment to increase and diffuse knowledge, but 

 to found an institution which should itself 

 do so. Questions to be considered are: 

 What are the funds available for these pur- 

 poses and how are they used to increase 

 and diffuse knowledge? We summarize 

 from the last annual report the following 



