NOVEMBEB 1, 1907] 



SCIENCE 



589 



the seventh and doubtless the definitive Ger- 

 man edition. For those who have not been 

 able to keep in touch with the rapid succession 

 of German editions, it may be interesting to 

 note that both in form and matter the new 

 edition holds closely to the first. As com- 

 pared with the second English edition, the 

 present shows only two additions to the table 

 of contents; and one of these merely empha- 

 sizes a division of the text already in existence. 

 Thus those familiar with the earlier editions 

 will find the relation between chapters, para- 

 graphs and their subdivisions unchanged. 

 Moreover, in the glossary of technical terms 

 there is no change save that occasioned by the 

 changes in German orthography and the sub- 

 stitution of E for the initial G in the words 

 " Komplication " and " Kontrast." 



The most conspicuous change in plan be- 

 tween the second and the third English edi- 

 tions is the introduction of some twenty odd 

 figures and diagrams. They must be distinctly 

 helpful to the student. As one might expect, 

 they are wonderfully simple and effective. To 

 the present reviewer at least they seem to lose 

 something of their force by retaining the Ger- 

 man words that occur within the figure. The 

 translation below seems hardly to balance the 

 possibility of initial discouragement by the un- 

 familiar designations. 



In the text itself, in spite of the general 

 similarity of arrangement and terminology, 

 there are many minor changes and some 

 marked ones. Most of these changes are 

 simple revisions of the English phrase, or 

 changes occasioned by some modification of 

 the German phrase. Many of them consist 

 of additional matter relating to the new cuts 

 and figures. Some few of them, as for ex- 

 ample the modification of the statement of the 

 correlation between feeling and pulse (pp. 96- 

 9Y), are concessions to criticism or indicate 

 minor changes of attitude on the part of the 

 author. Sudh changes, however, are rare. 



English-speaking students are fortunate in 

 possessing such a scholarly translation of the 

 great psychologist's answer to the average 

 student's needs. Eaymond Dodge 



Wesletan IJNivEEsirr 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. NEW 

 YORK SECTION 



The first regular meeting of the session of 

 1907-08 was held at the Chemists' Club, 108 

 West 55th Street, on October 11. 



Dr. Hugo Schweitzer read an obituary of 

 the late Durand Woodman, who has always 

 taken an active interest in the work of the 

 section. He was secretary and treasurer for 

 several years and was a member of the execu- 

 tive committee when he died. 



Mr. C. B. Zabriskie was elected to succeed 

 Dr. Woodman on the executive committee. 



The following papers were read: 



Report on Toronto Meeting: M. T. Bogert. 



So'me Transmutations of the Past Century: 

 Chas. Baskerville. 



Ignition Temperature of Gaseous Mixtures 

 (Second Paper) : K. G. Talk. 



Discussion of Dr. Falk's Results with Refer- 

 ence to their Bearing upon Gas Engine 

 Prohlems: C. E. Lucke. 



C. M. Joyce, 

 Secretary. 



THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



At the stated meeting held on October 18, 

 the following paper was read : 



The Growth of the Albino Rat as compared 

 with the Growth of Man (with lantern illus- 

 trations) : Professor Henry H. Donaldson. 



SPECIAL ARTICLES 

 HEREDITY OP EYE-COLOR IN MAN 



It has been known that eye-color in man 

 is inherited as an alternative character. 

 Alternative inheritance is usually associated 

 with Mendelism. Is human eye-color in- 

 herited in Mendelian fashion? The impor- 

 tance of knowing whether it is depends on the 

 fact that, if Mendelian, the result of any com- 

 bination of eye-colors of the parents upon the 

 eye-color of the offspring can be, within cer- 

 tain limits, predicted. 



The data on which this study has been made 

 were collected with the assistance of school 



