SCIENCE 
EDITORIAL CoMMITTEE: S. NEWcomB, Mathematics; R. S. WooDWARD, Mechanics; E. C. PICKERING, 
Astronomy; T. C. MENDENHALL, Physics; R. H. THuRsTON, Engineering; IRA REMSEN, Chemistry; 
J. LE ContE, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; O. C. MARsH, Paleontology; W. K. Brooks, 
C. Hart MerRRIAM, Zoology; S. H. ScupDER, Entomology; C. E. Brssry, N. L. BRirron, 
Botany; Henry F. Osporn, General Biology; C. S. Minor, Embryology, Histology; 
H. P. BowpitcH, Physiology; J. S. Binnines, Hygiene; J. McCKEEN CATTELL, 
Psychology; DANIEL G. BRINTON, J. W. POWELL, Anthropology. 
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1897. 
CONTENTS: 
W J McGEE............. 413 
Section of Zoology of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science: Wm. H. ASHMEAD...433 
Field Work of the United States Coast and Geodetic 
ISURVEY Ta brs tewsvaseccac nose Gcacsccvectesccsiciesaseaicresess 436 
Current Notes on Physiography :— 
Three Drift Sheets of Iowa; Mount St. Helens, 
Maare of the Eifel; The Eastern Arctic Sea: W. 
IMI, IDS oncaccocases caacoacsocadasceanessobosabp0600000000 438 
The Science of Humanity : 
Current Notes on Anthropology :— 
Arrest of Development in Human Groups; Princi- 
ples of the Study of Mythology: D.G. BRINTON.439 
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry: J. L. H............-+ 440 
Scientifie Notes and News :— 
The ‘ Enchanted Mesa’ of New Mexico: WJM 
(CSUGITN), soaococooonosccnaoonca6e3c0odanqsE07eR000005000000300 441 
University and Educational News...........s0..ceeeceeees 445 
Discussion and Correspondence :— 
Amphibia or Batrachia: THEO. GILL. Survival 
of the Art of Illuminating Manuscripts among the 
Germans in Eastern Pennsylvania: HENRY C. 
MERCER. Remarkable Hailstones: CHAS. H. 
WINSTON. The Death of Victor Meyer: H.C. 
CoorER. The Anthropological Session at Toronto : 
1B Wie (CBA SPOT, coscoasnecncccoccoscocanhosngasepconosed 446 
Scientific Literature :— 
The Genesis of the Diamond: GEORGE F. KuNz..450 
IN CUMBOOKS. nc asewatascacsiccrerteacesncencetinesdedecacnioseecin: 456 
MSS. intended for publication and books, ete., intended 
for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Prof. J. 
McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
THE SCIENCE OF HUMANITY.* 
ie 
Humanity is a favorite theme of poet and 
philosopher, novelist and historian, drama- 
tist and moralist. The changesrung on the 
theme run the entire gamut of human feel- 
ing and thinking ; its burden is caught in 
song and story and crystallized in books, 
and no sweeter strains have ever been sung, 
no grander scenes enacted, no nobler lines 
penned, than those fertilized by the touch 
of human (and solely human) nature that 
makes the whole world kin.. 
The chief subject of thought among all 
races is humanity in some of its numberless 
aspects ; the chief part of the literature of 
civilized nations relates to humanity ; the 
chief activities of all men are inspired by 
humanity. Yet—and this is a modern 
marvel—for the greater part the thought is 
vague, the literature random, the activity 
unorganized ; 7. e, this most important of all 
subjects-matter and objects-matter in hu- 
man ken has hardly been brought into the 
domain of that definite knowledge called 
science. Itis meet to inquire why this is so ; 
and, to the end that the inquiry may be 
answered clearly, it is needful first to define 
humanity and then to consider what knowl- 
edge is and the way in which science has 
come to be; later the half-formed science 
*Vice-Presidential address before Section H of the 
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 
delivered at Detroit, August 9, 1897. 
