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. 



Friday, February 19, 1904. 



CONTENTS: 

 The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 

 Section I., Social and Economic Science: 

 De. John Franklin Ceowell 281 



TJie Astronomical and Astrophysical Society 

 of America: De. W. S. Eichelbeeger . . . . 



296 



Scientific Books: — 



Binet's Annee psycltologique: Professob E. 

 B. Delabaeee. Le Double on the Variation 

 of the Cranial Bones: Peofessoe Thomas 

 DwiGHT 298 



Scientific Journats and Articles 303 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Geological Society of Washington: Al- 

 fred H. Beooks. The Chemical Society 

 of Washington: A. Seidell. Massachu- 

 setts Institute of Technology Geological 

 Journal Club: G. F. Loughlin. Section 

 of Biology of the New York Academy of 

 Sciences: Peofessoe M. A. Bigelow. The 

 Torrey Botanical Club : De. F. S. Earle . . . 304 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Convocation Week: Peofessoe J. H. Long, 

 De. Maecus Benjamin, Peofessoe James 

 E. Russell, Peofessoe C. M. Woodwaed. 

 Professor Metcalf's Evolution Catechism: 

 0. F. Cook. The Animal Parasite sup- 

 posed to be the Cause of Yelloto Fever: De. 

 J. C. Smith 309 



Special Articles: — 

 iL Pish New to Florida Waters: De. H. M. 

 Smith. Note on a Rubber-producing 

 Plant : Wilmatte Poetee Cockeeell .... 314 



Botatiical Notes: — 



Progress in Forestry Instruction ; An Eng- 

 lish Edition of Schimper's Plant Geog- 

 raphy: Professor Charles E. Bessey.... 315 



Scientific Notes and News 316 



University and Educational Neics 320 



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

 for review should be sent to tlie Editor of Science, Garii- 

 aon-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD- 

 VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. SECTION 

 I, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC 

 SCIENCE. 



The St. Louis program comprised four 

 regular sessions, in addition to that of the 

 delivery of the retiring vice-president's 

 address by Mr. H. T. Newcomb, on 'Some 

 Recent Phases of the Labor Problem' 

 (Science, January 8, 1904). This address 

 was made the basis of discussion at the first 

 regular session, which was occupied with 

 papers and discussions on the labor prob- 

 lem generally. The second session, on eco- 

 nomic aspects of the new agriculture, was 

 held jointly with the Society for the Pro- 

 motion of Agricultural Science. The third 

 session dealt with the status of instruction 

 in social and economic science in schools, 

 colleges and universities; and the fourth 

 included papers on commerce, finance and 

 government. All the sessions Avere pre- 

 sided over by Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, of 

 the Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn. 

 The other officers were as follows: 



Secretary — John Franklin Crowell. 



Councilor — Marcus Benjamin. 



Sectional Committee — Simeon E. Baldwin, vice- 

 president, 1904; John Franklin Crowell, secretary, 

 1904-08; H. T. Newcomb, vice-president, 1903; 

 Frank H. Hitchcock, secretary, 1903: E. L. 

 Corthell (one year), Carroll D. Wright (two 

 years), B. E. Fernow (three years), Frank R. 

 Rutter (four years), Wm. R. Lazenby (five 

 years ) . 



Member of General Committee — Allen Ripley 

 Foote. 



The following papers were contributed : 



