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forms of Sphenophyllum strobili present features 

 which also point to Equisetinous aflflnities." 

 As to the probable derivation or genealogy of 

 this form he quotes the Presidential address of 

 Dr. D. H. Scott, made to the Botanical Section 

 of the British Association in 1896, as follows : 

 "One may hazard the guess that this interest- 

 ing group may have been derived from some 

 unknown form lying at the root of both Cala- 

 mites and Lycopods. The existence of the 

 Sphenophylhe certainly suggests the proba- 

 bility of a common origin of these two series."* 



In the above hasty sketch only a few salient 

 points have been seized merely as samples of 

 the character of the work, and the reader must 

 go to its well laden pages if he is to obtain any 

 adequate idea of the wealth of information that 

 it contains. Teachers and advanced students, 

 or even original investigators along these lines, 

 will await with some impatience the appearance 

 of the second- volume. 



Lester F. Ward. 



Washington, D. C. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. 



The Astrophysical Journal for August opens 

 with an article on observations on stellar mo- 

 tions in the line of sight contributed from the 

 Emerson McMillin Observatory by Professor H. 

 C!. Lloyd. There is an article on the concave 

 grating by Mr. S. A. Mitchell and a number of 

 minor contributions. The greater part of the 

 number is, however, taken up by an article on 

 the series spectra of oxygen and sulphur and 

 selenium by Drs. Eunge and Paschen. 



The September number of the Educational 

 Review contains articles by Hugo Miinsterberg 

 on ' Psychology and Education ; ' Gabriel Com- 

 payre on ' Contemporary Education in France ; ' 

 William T. Harris on ' The Use of Higher Edu- 

 cation ; ' Charles W. Eliot on ' The Older and 

 the Newer Colleges ; ' Friedrich Paulsen on 

 ' Examinations ; ' Walter L. Hervey on ' What 

 German Universities oiTer to American Students 

 of Education,' and Hiram M. Stanley on 'The 

 Teaching of Psychology.' 



The current number of the Atlantic Monthly 



* British Association Reports, Liverpool Meeting, 

 1896 (1897), p. 1006. 



contains two articles of special interest to men 

 of science. Dr. W J McGee takes the fiftieth 

 anniversary of the American Association as the 

 occasion for an article on the advance of science 

 during that period, patriotically maintaining 

 that America must be credited with one-half of 

 its progress. Professor Simon Newcomb con- 

 tributes the second installment of his ' Reminis- 

 cences of an Astronomer,' describing his astro- 

 nomical work abroad and his visits to European 

 observatories. Professor Newcomb demonstrates 

 that scientific eminence is compatible with an 

 admirable literary style. 



The announcement made in this Journal 

 some time since of the plan for the publication 

 of a journal by the Illinois Hospital for the In- 

 sane has been carried into effect by the issue of 

 the first number of a quarterly journal to which 

 the queer name The Psychiater has been given. 

 It contains four articles by members of the staff 

 of the Hospital: 'Professional Work in Hospitals 

 for the Insane,' by Dr. W. G. Stearns;' 'Three 

 Cases of Brain Tumor,' by Dr. A. F. Lemcke ; 

 ' The Early Diagnosis of Paretic Dementia,' by 

 Dr. V. Podstata, and ' Laboratory Psychology 

 as applied to the Study of Insanity,' by Dr. W. 

 O. Krohn. The number extends to 66 pages ; 

 the subscription price is $2.00 per annum. 



The Journal of Tropical Medicine, edited by 

 Dr. James Cantlie and Dr. W. J. Simpson, and 

 published by Messrs. John Bale, Sons & Dan- 

 ielsson, London, began publication on August 

 15th, and will be issued monthly hereafter. 

 The first number is mainly occupied by the re- 

 port of the proceedings of the Section of Trop- 

 ical Diseases, at the annual meeting of the 

 British Medical Association in Edinburgh. 



NEW BOOKS. 



Lehrhuch der anorganischen Chemie. Dr. H. 

 Ekdmann. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg 

 und Sohn. 1898. Pp. xxvi + 756. 18 Marks. 



A Text-book of Oeodetie Astronomy. John F. 

 Hayfoed. New York, John Wiley & Sons ; 

 London, Chapman & Hall. 1898. Pp. ix 

 + 351. 



Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriol- 

 ogy. Veranus a. Moore. Ithaca. 1898. 

 Pp. vi + 89. 



