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community, but the data are not yet sufficiently 

 numerous for publication. Dr. McGee, of the 

 committee, has taken steps toward the establish- 

 ment of anthropometric and psychometric labora- 

 tories as part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- 

 tion, with special reference to the measurement 

 of the savage tribes that will be gathered there. 

 Professor Boas, of the committee, has published 

 measurements of the cephalic index in relation to 

 Mendel's law, and has carried forward anthropo- 

 metric work in other directions. The chairman 

 of the committee has published two papers on 

 the natural history of American men of science, 

 seeking to apply metric methods to merit and 

 other individual differences. Numerous meas- 

 urements of physical and mental traits have been 

 made in the psychological laboratory of Columbia 

 University, and work has been carried on in the 

 schools of New York City on the resemblance of 

 brothers and twins, and in other directions. Pro- 

 fessor Thorndike has published a book on ' Edu- 

 cational Psychology,' concerned especially with the 

 application of anthropometric methods to children. 

 It did not appear feasible to arrange an an- 

 thropometric laboratory at St. Louis. We ask 

 that the fifty dollars appropriated for such a 

 laboratory be made available for next year. 

 J. McKeen Cattell, 



Chairman. 



On Indexing Chemical Literature. 

 The committee on indexing chemical literature, 

 appointed by your body at the Montreal meeting 

 in 1882, respectfully presents to the Chemical Sec- 

 tion its twenty-first annual report, covering the 

 twelve months ending June 1, 1903. 



Worhs Publislied. 



'An Index to the Literature of Thorium (1817- 

 1902).' By Cavalier H. Jouet, Ph.D. Smith- 

 sonian Miscellaneous Collections, No. 1374. Wash- 

 ington City, 1903. 



' References to Capillarity to the End of the 

 Year 1900.' By John Uri Lloyd (aided by Sig- 

 niund Waldbott). Bulletin No. 4 of the Lloyd 

 Library of Botany, Pliarmaoy and Materia Medica. 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, 1902. 8vo. 212 pp. 



The 665 'references' extend from 1519 to 1900; 

 each is accompanied by a summary of the con- 

 tents of the paper cited. 



The Journal of the American Chemical Society. 

 General Index to the first twenty volumes, 1879- 

 1898, and to the proceedings, 1877-1879. Easton, 

 Pa., 1902. 8vo. 237 pp. 



Though issued anonymously, the jireface bears 

 the initials of E. W. Morley and 0. F. Tower, and 



the labor was one of love. Accuracy of detail 

 and adequate treatment on every page are its 

 admirable features. Besides an index of authors 

 and an index of subjects, there is an index of 

 obituaries which is suggestive. Also an index 

 of new books. 



'Notes on Foreign Bibliographies. 



' A Bibliography of Steel- works Analysis,' by 

 Harry Brearly, forms an appendix to tlie volume 

 entitled ' The Analysis of Steel-works Materials,' 

 by Harry Brearly and Fred Ibbotson. London, 

 1902. 



This bibliography comprises 1,858 references, 

 which occupy more than 130 pages octavo. The 

 items are grouped under seven heads, besides 

 minor subdivisions; the literature is, however, 

 very incomplete, being confined to four British 

 journals. 



' A Catalogue of the Library of the Chemical 

 Society (of London).' Arranged according to 

 authors with a subject index. London, 1903. 

 8vo. 342 pp. 



' International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- 

 ture.' First Annual Issue (for the year 1901). 

 D, Chemistry. Published for the International 

 Council by the Royal Society of London. London, 

 1902. Vol. II., Part I. June, 1902. 



Work in Progress. 



A second supplement to the ' Select Bibliography 

 of Chemistry,' by Dr. H. Carrington Bolton, has 

 been completed and accepted for publication by the 

 Smithsonian Institution. It brings the literature 

 down to the end of the year 1902. 



An index to the literature of cadmium has been 

 begun by Professor Ernest N. Pattee, of Syracuse 

 University. 



An index to the literature of glucinum has been 

 begun by Professor Charles L. Parsons, of New 

 Hampshire College, Durham, New Hampshire. 



An index to the literature of germanium, gal- 

 lixim and indium has been begun by Dr. Philip E. 

 Browning, of New Haven, Connecticut. 



Mr. Frank R. Fraprie, writing from Munich, 

 Bavaria, reports substantial progress on an index 

 to the literature of lithium, cesium and rubidium. 

 Mr. Benton Dales is engaged on an index to the 

 literature of the yttrium group of the rare earths. 

 His address is Ithaca, New York. 



H. Caekington Bolton (in Europe), 

 P. W. Clarke ( in Europe ) , 

 Albert B. Peescott, 

 Alfked Tuckeeman, 

 H. W. Wiley, 



Committee. 

 June 1, 1903. 



