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"(1) from the point of view of anthropology in general, 

 "including heredity, anthropometry, viability, physiologi- 

 "cal psychology, etc. ; (2) from the point of view of personal 

 "characteristics and habits, such as care of the body, 

 "mental traits, manual skill, sense training and specializa- 

 "tion, and all-round manhood; and (3) from the ethical 

 "point of view, including self-control, humanity, domestic- 

 "ity, charity, prudence, energy, ei^pril de corpf, patriotism, 

 "etc. 



"The essays oifered in competition for the citizenship 

 "prizes of the Anthropological Society of Washington will 

 "be submitted, on or about November 2, 1893 [changed to 

 '•March 1, 1894,] to five Commissioners of Award, includ- 

 "ing, it is proposed, one anthropologist, one jurist, one 

 "statesman, one educator, and one other not yet specified, 

 "all of national reputation, of whom at least one and not 

 "more than two shall be members of the Society; and the 

 'award shall be made in accordance with the findings of 

 "these Commissioners. 



"The award will be made in accordance with the find- 

 "ing of the following-named five Commissioners, whose 

 "acceptances were announced in the Anthropologid for No- 

 "vember: 



"Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, of the University of Pennsyl- 

 "vania; Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, President of Johns Hop- 

 "kins University; Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the 

 "United States Supreme Court; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice- 

 ' President of the United States, and Dr. Eobert H. Lam- 

 "born. 



"Essays submitted in comj^etition for the prizes should 

 "be delivered not later than November 1, 1893, [changed to 

 "March 1, 1894], to the Secretary of the Board of Managers 

 "of the Society, Mr. Weston Flint, No. 1101 K street, N. W., 

 "Washington, D. C, to whom all correspondence relating 

 'to the prizes should be addressed." 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



We have received from Cyrus W. Bardeen, of Syracuse, 

 a number of his educational publications. One of them 

 is a paper of his own on "The History of Educational 

 Journalism in the State of New York," which he read at 

 the Columbian Exposition in July. It gives a very full 

 account of the variovis educational periodicals that have 

 at different times been published in the State; and most 

 readers will be surprised at the number of them. Unfor- 

 tunately, their quality has not been comparable to their 

 number; but there is reason to think that the historian of 

 the next century will be able to chronicle an improve- 

 ment in this respect. Another of the books referred to 

 is ft brief paper on the "History of the Philosophy of 

 Pedagogics," by Charles W. Bennett. The author was 

 formerly a theological professor, and we judge that the 

 book is a syllabus of lectures that he sometimes delivered, 

 for it is a mere outline suitable only as a basis for oral 

 teaching. The most interesting book in the collection is 

 that on "The Educational Labors of Henry Barnard,' by 

 Will S. Monroe, being a brief biography of Dr. Barnard 

 with some account of his educational writings. The 

 processes of his own education are very briefly des- 

 cribed; but a fuller account is given of his work as 

 Superintendent of Schools in Conueclicut and Khode 

 Island, in which capacity his labors were of much use in 

 improving the public school system of the country. In 

 later years Dr. Barnard has been president of two differ- 

 ent colleges, and also U. S. Commission of Education. 

 The -work by which he is best known among educators. 



however, is his American Journal of Education, of which 

 thirty-one volumes have been published. This work, as 

 Mr. Monroe remarks, 'is not a school journal or review in 

 the accepted use of those words, but * * =i< a vast en- 

 cyclopaidia of educational literature." It treats of every 

 aspect of education, and its reputation among educators 

 is very high. Besides these various books about the his- 

 tory and theory of education, Mr. Bardeen has lately pub- 

 lished "The Limited Speller," by Henry E. Sanford, com- 

 l^rising an alphabetical list of such ordinary words as are 

 liable to be misspelt, with such directions tor pronuncia- 

 tion as are deemed necessary. 



— Cyrus W. Bardeen, of Syracuse, has issued a reprint 

 of a work ou 'Education and Educators," by David Kay, 

 which was published in England some ten years ago. The 

 book contains nothing specially fresh or original, but it 

 is sensible, and sets forth most of the fundamental requi- 

 sites of education clearly and well. The end and aim of 

 education, according to Mr. Kay, is the perfection of man; 

 but his ideas of perfection are somewhat utilitarian in 

 character, for he also holds that he is the best educated 

 man who is best fitted for the duties he may be called upon 

 to discharge. He points out the necessity of exercising all 

 the faculties as the only means to their development; but 

 thinks this exercise is best obtained in the acquisition of 

 useful knowledge. He lays special stress on the need of 

 moral training, and devotes a whole chapter to the rela- 

 tion of education to religion. In the chapter on the dif- 

 ferent kinds of educators, the author points out how large 

 a portion of our education comes from the circumstances 

 in which we are placed and from the persons whom we 

 come in contact with in the early years of life; and he 

 also dwells with earnestness on the duties of the mother 

 as the chief educator of the child. On the special sub- 

 ject of school education Mr. Kay says but little, his whole 

 work being devoted to the principles of education rather 

 than to their practical application. The most peculiar 

 feature of the book, and in the author's opinion the most 

 valuable, is the abundance of foot-notes, consisting of 

 quotations from a great variety of authors on all the sub- 

 jects touched upon in the book, and containing at least 

 twice as much matter as the text itself. The selections, 

 though quite short, are well made, and will furnish much 

 food for thought to the thoughtful and diligent reader. 



— Along the line of activities in scientific knowledge 

 mention may be made of the Isaac Lea Conchological 

 Chapter of the Agassiz Association. This was the first 

 society formed in the United States for the study of con- 

 chology and malacology, having no place of meeting, nor 

 course of lectures, but depending entirely upon corres- 

 pondence. Yearly reports of work done by the members 

 are required, and these reports form the '-Transactions" 

 of the chapter. Four volumes of transactions have been 

 issued in manuscript. The chajjter is composed of mem- 

 bers from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Many 

 of these members are well known as conchologists. Mem- 

 bers correspond with one another, exchange specimens 

 and help each other in scientific work. The chapter is 

 divided into biological and geographical sections for the 

 study of land, fresh water and marine shells. It also has 

 a section for the study of fossil shells. A juvenile sec- 

 tion has recently been added to the society which prom- 

 ises to be an important feature. It hopes soon to have 

 a good working microscopical section for the study of 

 tdontophoresor radula of mollusks, as well as microscopic 

 shells. There is no admission fee, and the merely nom- 

 inal sum of fifty cents covers the annual dues. Appli- 

 cants for membership should address the President, Prof. 

 Josiah Keep, author of "West Coast Shells," Mills Col- 

 lege, California, or Mrs. Burton Williamson, General Sec- 

 retary, University, Los Angeles County, California. 



