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SCIENCE. 



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described an important prehistoric settle- 

 ment in Kerry. These, as well as several 

 other papers, were fully illustrated by lan- 

 tern slides. 



The centenary of the birth of A. Eetzius, 

 the pioneer of some of the modern methods 

 of craniological research was suitably com- 

 memorated by Sir William Turner, Mr. 

 Brabrook and the President. Mr. A. W. 

 Moore and Dr. J. Beddoe described the an- 

 thropology of the Isle of Man, and Dr. Gar- 

 son illustrated the mean bodily proportions 

 of the members of the British Association 

 from measurements which had been taken 

 at numerous meetings. Dr. D. Hepburn 

 gave a very elaborate comparison of the 

 femur of Pitliecantliroims with numerous fe- 

 mora of various races. He found, as Dr. 

 Manouvrier had already done, that all the 

 peculiarities could be matched in recent 

 bones. 



The elaborate report on the north-west 

 tribes of Canada was read, and Prof. E. 

 Adlum gave a very interesting account 

 of the Coast Indians of British Columbia. 

 Graf von Pfeil described from personal ex- 

 perience the Duk-duk, Eineth and Marawot 

 ceremonies of the Bismarck Archipelago. 

 Mr. C. H. Read, of the British Museum, 

 strongly urged the formation of an Imperial 

 Bureau of Ethnology analogous, but not 

 necessarily similar to the splendid Bureau 

 at Washington ; this idea was warmly sup- 

 ported by several speakers. Prof. A. C. 

 Haddon drew attention to the necessity for 

 the immediate anthropological investigation 

 of Oceanic Islands and other districts where 

 the natives are disappearing before or be- 

 coming modified by the white man. Mr. S. 

 H. Bay pointed out that British New Guinea 

 was at the present moment a very favorable 

 field for such research. 



The problem of storehousing anthropo- 

 logical and archaeological collections formed 

 the subject of an animated discussion. Prof. 

 Flinders Petrie proposed the erection in a 



country site, not too far from London, of 

 long, low well-lighted stores, which would 

 be capable of indefinite extension and 

 where associated objects of any number 

 or size could be kept together for refer- 

 ence. Some of the details of his scheme ap- 

 peared impracticable to several speakers, 

 but there was a general feeling that this is 

 a question that must be faced sometime or 

 other. No satisfactory scientific work can 

 be done unless there are long series of spec- 

 imens for comparison and we must also 

 consider the needs of posterity. 



The general interest in anthropology 

 was increased by Prof. Flinders Petrie's 

 evening lecture on ' Man before writing.' 

 In Prof. W. H. Goody ear's lantern demon- 

 stration at one of the conversationes, the false 

 perspective of numerous mediaeval Italian 

 churches was abundantly proved. A novel 

 feature in connection with the meeting was 

 ^ a loan exhibition in which numerous objects 

 referred to in the papers were exhibited. 



A. C. Haddon. 



Cambeidge, England. 



THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL 

 CONGRESS. 



The Third International Congress for 

 Psychology was held at Munich, August 

 4-8. Of the 550 who registered as mem- 

 bers, nearly 400 were present. Germany 

 was naturally represented by the greatest 

 number, but France and the other neigh- 

 boring countries also sent large delega- 

 tions. From England there were twelve, 

 and from the United States there were 

 twenty-six present. 



The Congress began with an informal re- 

 ception on August 3d, at the Cafe Luitpold, 

 thus giving the members an opportunity of 

 meeting each other before the sessions. 

 The other social arrangements were numer- 

 ous and varied, and made an interesting 

 and pleasing commentary on the hospitality 

 and the customs of the German people. 



