SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XX. No. 491 



prosperous past of nearly eight years. The July number contains 

 a summary, by the medical editor, of the present status of the 

 question of milk sterilization, concerning the value of which the 

 last word has not yet been said. " Baby's Flannels " forms the sub- 

 ject of another medical paper. 



The new edition of "Chambers's Encyclopasdia" is rapidly 



nearing completion, and with the advent of one more volume this 

 standard reference book will be at the command of all who are 

 desirous of procuring a most accurate, convenient, and useful 

 encyclopfedia. The ninth volume has just been issued. Among 

 the more important American articles are found San Francisco, 

 St. Louis, St. Paul, Scandinavian Mythology, Sir Walter Scott, 

 Sewage, Sewing Machine, Shakers, Shakespeare, Shelley, Phil. 

 Sheridan, Sherman, Ship-Building, Silk, Silver, Slang, Soda, South 

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 ino- to the latest geographical surveys. " Chambers's Encyclo- 

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 a large number of entirely new subjects are introduced. The 

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 this character. The volumes contain on an average nearly a 

 thousand pages each. Volume X. will be issued in the fall. J. B. 

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— Messrs. Joseph Baer & Co., booksellers, Frankfort, are sell- 

 ing the botanical library of the late Professor L. Just, director of 

 the botanical garden connected with the Polytechnicum at Carls- 

 ruhe. The list includes many important works in various depart- 

 ments of botanical science. 



— In 1874 the British Association published a volume of "Notes 

 and Queries on Anthropology," the object being to promote accurate 

 anthropological observation on the isart of travellers, and to enable 

 those who were not anthropologists themselves to supply infor- 

 mation wanted for the scientific study of anthropology at home. 

 A second edition has long been wanted and a committee was ap- 

 pointed by the British Association to consider and report on the 

 best means for bringing the volume up to the requirements of 

 the present time. The committee recommended that the .work 

 should be transferred to the Anthropological Institute, and this 

 proposal was accepted, the Association making grants amounting 

 to £70 to aid in defraying the cost of publication. The new edi- 

 tion has now been issued, according to Nature, the editors being 

 Dr. J. G. Garson and Mr. C. H. Read ; and everyone who may 

 have occasion to use it will find it thorough and most suggestive. 

 The first part — Anthropography — has been entirely recast ; the sec- 

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 ters have been written. Among the contributors to the volume 

 are Mr. F. Galton, Mr. A. W. Franks, Dr. E. B. Tylor. General 

 Pitt-Rivers, and many other well-known authorities. 



Societas Entomologica. 



International Entomological Society, Zu- 



rich-Hottingen, Switzerland. 



Annual fee, ten francs. 



The Journal of the Society appears twice a 

 month, and consists entirely of original ar- 

 ticles on entomology, with a department for 

 advertisements. All members may use this 

 department free of cost for advertisements 

 relating to entomology. 



The Society consists of about 450 members 

 in all countries of the world. 



The new volume began April 1, 1892. The 

 numbers already issued will be sent to new 

 members. 



For information address Mr. Fritz Etjhl, 

 President of the Societas Entomologica, 

 Zurich-Hottingen, Switzerland. 



HEO-DARWIMSM AHD KEO-LAMARCKISM. 



By LESTE-i F. "WARD. 

 Annual address of the President of the Biological 

 Society of Washington delivered Jan. 24, 1891. A 

 historical and critical review of modern scientific 

 thought relative to heredity, and especially to the 

 problem of the transmission of acquired characters, 

 The following are the several heads involved in the 

 discussion Status of the Problem. Lamarckism. 

 Darwinism, Acquired Characters, Theories of He- 

 redity, Views of Mr. Galton, Teachings of Profeswr 

 "Weismann, A Critique of Weisroann, Neo-Darwin- 

 ism, Neo-Lamarckism, the American "School,'" Ap- 

 plication to the Human Race. In so far as views 

 are expressed they are in the main jn line with the 

 general current of American thought, and opposed 

 to the extreme doctrine of the non-transmissibility 

 of acquired characters. 



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