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liptic Integrals,’ by Professor A. S. Chessiu ; 
‘Certain Classes of Point Transformations in 
the Plane,’ by Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett; ‘Con- 
tinuous Groups of Circular Transformations,’ by 
Professor H. B. Newson; a review of Pliicker’s 
Collected Papers, by Professor Charlotte Angas 
Scott, and ‘ Notes’ and ‘ New Publications.’ 
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS AND 
AFFILIATED SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
THERE is every indication that there will be 
an unusually full attendance at the Ithaca meet- 
ing beginning on Tuesday of next week. The 
following is a list, revised to December 21st, of 
those who have already signified their intention 
of being present. 
New York City and Columbia University: Dr. H. F. 
Osborn, Dr. E. B. Wilson, Dr. G. S. Huntington, 
Dr. F. S. Lee, Dr. J. MeK. Cattell, Dr. S. J. Meltzer, 
Dr. L. Farrand, Dr. J. A. Blake, Dr. R. Hunt, Mr. 
N. R. Harrington, Mr. H. E. Crampton, Jr., Dr. 
Franz Boas, Mr. C. A. Strong, Mr. S. I. Franz, Pro- 
fessor L. M. Underwood, Mr. Lloyd, Dr. C. L. Bris- 
tol, Brother Chrysostom. 
Harvard University: Dr. G. H. Parker, Dr. G. W. 
Fitz, Dr. H. M. Richards, Dr. C. B. Davenport, Dr. 
C. R. Eastman, Miss Ida H. Hyde, Dr. H. P. Bow- 
ditch, Professor Chas. §. Minot, Professor W. T. 
Porter, Professor Josiah Royce. 
Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania: Dr. E. 
G. Conklin, Dr. J. M. Macfarlane, Dr. John W. 
Harshhberger, Dr. Adeline F. Schively, Dr. Martha 
Bunting, Dr. Hobart C. Porter, Miss Caroline Thomp- 
son, Dr. A. P. Brubaker, Professor G. S. Fullerton. 
New Haven and Yale University: Professor W. H. 
Brewer, Professor R. H. Chittenden, Dr. W. C. Stur- 
gis, Professor L. B. Mendel, Professor Graham Lusk, 
Professor Herbert E. Smith, Dr. A. W. Evans, Dr. H. 
B. Ferris. 
Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University: Dr. E. A. 
Andrews, Dr. Ross Granville Harrison, Dr. F. P. 
Mall, Mr. Charles W. Green, Dr. W. H. Howell, Dr. 
M. M. Metcalf, Mrs. Christine L. Franklin, Profes- 
sor E. H. Griffin, Mr. G. Lefevre. 
Brown University: Dr. A. D. Mead, Mr. F. P. Gor- 
ham, Miss A. G. Wing, Dr. W. G. Everett, Dr. E. B. 
Delabarre, Dr. H. C. Bumpus. 
Princeton University: Professor A. T. Ormond, Pro- 
fessor H. C. Warren, Professor J. G. Hibben, Profes- 
sor J. Mark Baldwin, Dr. M. W. Urban, Professor 
William Libbey, Dr. W. M. Rankin. 
Washington: Dr. Frank Baker, Professor D. S. 
Lamb, Dr. W J McGee, Dr. A. McDonald, Profes- 
sor Chas. W. Stiles. 
SCIENCE. 
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University of Chicago: Professor C. O. Whitman, 
Professor Jacques Loeb. 
University of Michigan: Dr. J. P. MeMurrich, Dr. 
F. R. Lillie, Dr. W. P. Lombard, Professor J. E. 
Reighard. 
Smith College: Dr. H. H. Wilder, Dr. W. F. Ga- 
nong, Dr. W. C. Smith. 
McGill University: Professor D. P. Penhallow, 
Professor E. W. McBride. 
Wellesley College: Professor Clara E. Cummings, 
Dr. Grace C. Cooley. 
Middlebury College and University of Vermont: Pro 
fessor E. A. Burt, Professor D. Irons. 
Williams College: Professor S. F. Clarke, Professor 
J. I. Peck. 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Dr. R. P. 
Bigelow, Dr. Theodore Hough. 
Syracuse University: Professor C. W. Hargitt, Dr. 
G. P. Clark. 
Tokyo: Professor K. Mitsukuri. 
Amherst College: Dr. G. E. Stone. 
Rutgers College: Professor John B. Smith. 
Clark University: Dr. C. F. Hodge. 
Adelbert College: Dr. F. H. Herrick. 
University of Wisconsin: Dr. Joseph Jastrow. 
Northwestern University: Dr. William A. Locy. 
Rhode Island College: Dr. Geo. W. Field. 
Union College: Dr. Chas. S. Prosser. 
Bryn Mawr College: Dr. T. H. Morgan. 
University of Indiana: Professor C. H. Eigenmann. 
Wesleyan University : Dr. C. H. Judd. 
Allegheny College: Dr. E. L. Rice. 
Dartmouth College: Dr. Wm. Patten. 
Missouri Botanical Garden: Professor Wm. Trelease. 
GENERAL. 
Ir has for some time been known that Sena- 
tor Elkins, the ‘boss’ of the Republican party 
organization in West Virginia, has been urging 
the President to appoint as Fish Commissioner 
a person named Bowers, from Martinsburg, W. 
Va. The daily papers now contain the state- 
ment that this appointment has been definitely 
settled. The papers consequently charge the 
President with intending to break the law, 
which is explicit in regard to the qualifications _ 
for the office. We have recently expressed our 
opinion as to the value and reasonableness of 
the law, and have every reason to believe that 
the President would not wish to have it altered. 
That he should break the law is incredible 
It is expected that the American Society of 
Naturalists and the affiliated scientific societies 
‘meeting at Ithaca will accept an invitation to 
