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. 



Editoeial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; K. S. Woodward, Meohanios ; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C Mbndknhall, Physios ; E. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Iea Remssn, Chemistry; 

 Charles D. Walcott, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henry F. Osboen, Paleon- 

 tology ; W. K. Brooks, C. Hart Merriam, Zoology ; S. H. Scuddbr, Entomology ; C. E. 

 Bessey, N. L. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. 

 BowDiTOH, Physiology ; William H. Welch, Pathology ; 

 J. McKben Cattell, Psychology. 



Friday, June 5, 1903. 



CONTENTS: 



American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science: — 

 Section I, Social and Economic Science: 

 r"EANK H. Hitchcock 881 



The Edentata, of the Santa Cruz Beds: Pro- 

 fessor W. B. Scott 900 



Scientific Books: — 



Easton on the Gi~oup Theory: Peofessok 

 L. E. Dickson. Kuster's Pathologische 

 Pfi.anzenanatomie : De. D. T. MacDougal. 

 Eofschelt and Eeider's Lehriuch der ver- 

 gleichenden Entwicklungsgeschichte der 

 wirbellosen Thiere: J. P. McM 904 



Scientific Journals and Articles 906 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Academy of Science of St. Louis: Pro- 

 fessor William Trelease. American 

 Chemical Society, Northeastern Section: 

 Arthur M. Comey. Meeting of the 

 Berzelius Society. J. S. Gates 907 



Discussioti and Correspondence: — 



Mount Pelee: Dr. Mark S. W. Jefferson. 

 The Proposed Biological Laboratory at the 

 Tortugas: Professor E. W. MacBride. . . . 909 



Shorter Articles : — 



The First Edition of Bollrook's North 

 . American Berpetology: Dr. Theo. Gill... 910 



Recent Zoopaleontology : — 



Concerning the Ancestry of the Dogs: Dr. 

 W. D. Matthew 912 



Iron and Steel Trade in 1902 914 



' Festschrift ' in Honor of Professor Vaughan 914 



Scientific Notes and News 915 



University and Educational News 919 



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

 for review should be sent to the responsible editor. Pro- 

 fessor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD- 

 VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. SECTION I, 

 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCE. I. 



At a business meeting held on Monday- 

 morning, December 29, the organization of 

 Section I for the Washington meeting was 

 perfected with the following officers: 



Vice-President — H. T. Newcomb, Philadelphia. 



Secretary — Frank H. Hitchcock, Washington. 



Member of Council — Marcus Benjamin. 



Sectional Committee — Garroll D. Wright, Vice- 

 President, 1902; Frank R. Rutter, Secretary, 

 1902; H. T. Newcomb, Vice-President, 1903; 

 Frank H. Hitchcock, Secretary, 1903; Frank E. 

 Rutter, for five years; B. E. Fernow, for four 

 years; Garroll D. Wright, for three years; E. 

 L. Gorthell, for two years; Henry Farquhar, for 

 one year. 



Member of General Committee — Le Grand 

 Powers. 



On Monday afternoon Hon. Carroll D. 

 Wright, the retiring vice-president of the 

 section, delivered an address on 'The Psy- 

 chology of the Labor Question.' 



Morning and afternoon meetings of the 

 section for the presentation of papers were 

 held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. 



The program consisted of thirty-five 

 papers. Abstracts of these papers are pre- 

 sented below. 



The Economic Law of Competition and of 

 Monopoly: Allen R. Foote, editor of 

 Public Policy. 

 Mr. Foote in his paper pointed out that 



