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contributed previously a donation of one hun- 

 dred dollars ($100) by Mrs. Esther Herrman, 

 of New York City. Mrs. Herrman's interest 

 in scientific matters has been evidenced by 

 many generous gifts to the New York Botan- 

 ical Gardens, the New York Academy of Sci- 

 ences, etc. The intelligent interest of women 

 in all original work in science has been exhib- 

 ited abundantly in the past few years, and as- 

 tronomy especially has been generously aided 

 by the contributions of such women. 



Henkt G. Bryant, of Philadelphia, accom- 

 panied by S. J. Entrikin and E. B. Latham, 

 has started for Alaska for the purpose of climb- 

 ing Mt. St. Elias and making explorations in the 

 adjacent region. Mr. Bryant, as is well known, 

 has had experience in exploration in Labrador, 

 and has made summer trips to Greenland. 

 Mr. Entrikin was with Peary in Greenland and 

 made an expedition over the inland ice. Mr. 

 Latham is a member of the U. S. Coast Survey, 

 and goes equipped for geographical work. The 

 party will be increased by three or four camp 

 hands in Seattle, and will establish a base camp 

 on the west shore of Yakatat Bay early in June. 

 Their plan is to cross the Malaspina glacier to 

 the Samovar Hills ; from there ascend the Agas- 

 siz glacier, and thence up the Newton glacier 

 to the divide between Mt. Newton and Mt. 

 St. Elias. A camp will be established on the 

 divide, elevation about 13,000 feet, from which 

 the ascent to the summit of Mt. St. Elias will 

 be made. On returning to the Samovar Hills 

 the explorations will be continued westward 

 through an entirely unknown region until a 

 pass is discovered which will enable the ex- 

 plorers to cross the St. Elias Mountains and 

 gain one of the branches of Copper Elver. The 

 return to the coast will be by way of Copper 

 River. The party is well equipped and has 

 every prospect of success. 



De. E. J. Stone, F.R.S., the well-known 

 astronomer, Radcliffe Observer, at Oxford, 

 died on May 9th. Mr. A. D. Bartlett, Superin. 

 tendent of the London Zoological Society's 

 Gardens, died on May 7th at the age of 85. 

 He had contributed many valuable papers to 

 the meetings of the Society. Mr. Legrand Des 

 Cloizeau, formerly professor of mineralogy at 



the Paris Museum of Natural History, member 

 of the Section of Mineralogy of the Paris 

 Academy, died on May 8th, aged 79 years. Mr. 

 Theodore Bent, known for archfEological and 

 geographical explorations, died on May 5th 

 from the effects of malarial fever, contracted 

 while carrying out explorations in Arabia. 



Among the deaths at the fire in the Paris 

 Charity Bazaar was that of Dr. Feulard, a well 

 known student of dermatology. He had taken 

 his wife out of the building and was killed 

 while returning to rescue others. 



Mr. F. D. Goodman, F.R.S., has been elected 

 President of the British Ornithologists' Union. 



The custodianship of the Great Serpent 

 Mound in Adams county, Ohio, has been trans- 

 ferred by the Peabody Museum of Harvard 

 University to the Ferris Memorial Library of 

 Madisonville. 



Through the influence of President David 

 Starr Jordan arrangements have been made for 

 the establishment of zoological gardens in San 

 Francisco. 



The report of the committee of the National 

 Academy of Sciences on a forestry policy for the 

 United States was ready on May 1st, but has 

 been delayed in printing. It is now expected, 

 however, that the complete report will be sent 

 at once to Congress by President McKinley. 



The twenty-sixth Congress of the German 

 Surgical Society was held at Berlin from the 

 21st to the 24th of April. It appears from the 

 account in Die Natur that special attention was 

 given to the applications of X-rays to surgery. 



In addition to the Section of Nervous and 

 Mental Diseases of the International Medical 

 Congress at Moscow, there is to be held an In- 

 ternational Congress of Neurology, Psychiatry 

 and Medical Electricity and Hypnotism, from 

 the 16th to the 19th of September, in connec- 

 tion with the Brussels International Exposition. 

 The English program for this Congress is suffi- 

 ciently curious to deserve quotation. Among 

 the questions submitted for special discussion 

 are : 'Influence of the Delivery on the Nervous 

 and Mental Diseases presented later by Chil- 

 dren,' and 'The Question of Criminal Sugges- 

 tions: its Origins and Actuel State.' Among 



