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SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XIX. No. 4^8 



sisted partly of reports of the work already done or in progress in 

 the different parts of the country, and partly of addresses on 

 various topics connected with the subject. Among the reports 

 that of Mr. Henderson, the general secretary, and that of Mr. 

 Dewey on the extension movement in New York State are the 

 most important; while of the addresses we may mention partic- 

 ularly those of William T. Harris on " The Place of University 

 Extension in American Education;'' of Michael E. Sadler, of 

 Oxford, on " The Development of University Extension in Eng- 

 land;" and of Edmund J. James, the president of the associa- 

 tion, on " The Uni^ ersity Extension Lecturer." Considerable enthu- 

 siasm was manifested among the members present; yet it is plain 

 from what was said that the movement has not yet produced any- 

 thing approaching the beneficial results of the corresponding 

 movement in England. More than one speaker explicitly stated 

 that hitherto the extension lectures had been chiefly attended by 

 cultured persons, and that "thus far the effort to reach that great 

 portion of the people whose opportunities for education and mental 

 culture have been limited, has failed." This fact, together with 

 the superficiality which is inherent in such a method of teaching, 

 are serious drawbacks; yet if the new movement can accomplish 

 half that its enthusiastic promoters anticipate, we heartily wish it 

 success. 



— The ethnography and ethnology of Tierra del Fuego is the 

 subject of the seventh volume, noticed in the Scottish Geographi- 



cal Magazine for May, of the reports on the French Expedition 

 which in 1882, observed the Transit of Venus. The Onas i7]habit 

 the eastern part of the main island; the Alakaluf dwell on the 

 smaller islands on the north-western side of the Archipelago; and 

 the Yaghans, allied physically and anthropologically to the 

 Alakaluf, are found among the southern islands. They are far 

 more numerous than the other tribes, and, as the French station 

 was established in their district, the anthropological observations 

 principally relate to them. The average height of the men is 5 

 feet 3 inches, and of the women 4 feet 10 inches. The skull is 

 large, comparatively high, and of medium breadth. The face is 

 long and angular, with a narrow, low, and receding forehead. 

 The eyes are small and brown in color, the nose concave with wide 

 nostrils, the mouth broad and the lips thick, and the cheek bones 

 prominent. The upper extremities are proportionally long, and 

 the lower short. The hair is black, straight, and stiff. The skio 

 is yellow, brownish or reddish. The Yaghans are decidedly dif- 

 ferent in type from the neighboring South American races, and 

 resemble in their corporal peculiarities certain scattered tribes of 

 the centre and north of South America — the Guarani, Coroado, 

 the Aimara of Peru, and, above all, the Botocudo. They are 

 probably remnants of an early sub brachycephaloiis race who were 

 scattered by the invasion of the later brachycephalous tribes. 



^One of the early issues of D. C. Heath & Co. will be a little 

 volume for primary schools called "Leaves and Flowers," by 



CALENDAR OF SOCIETIES. 

 Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston. 

 June 8. — E. H. Russell, Camping Out; 

 Thomas Crozier, The Grafton Camp. 



Biological Society, Washington. 

 May 28. —Theodore Gill, On the Super- 

 Family Chaetodontoidea ; C. Hart Merriam, 

 The Plants of the Pribilof Islands, Coon 

 Cave, Missouri; Frederick V. Coville, Uses 

 of Plants Among the Panamint Indians. 



Publications Received at Editor's Office. 



National Conference on TJniversity Extension. 



Proceedings of the first annual meeting, Phila., 



J. B. Lippincott Co. 8°. 292 p. $1.60. 

 Pilling, James C. Eibliograpliy of the Algonquian 



Languages. Washington, Government. 8"*. 



624 p. 

 EoMANES, George J. Darwin and after Darwin. 



I. The Darwinian Theory. Chicago, Open Court 



Pub. Co. 12°. 460 p. $2. 

 Schwab, John C. and Others. The Yale Review. 



Vol. I., No. 1, May, 1892. Boston, Ginn & Co. 8°, 



paper. 112 p. 75 cts. 

 University op Wisconsin. Eighth Annual Report 



of the Agricultural Experiment Station, for the 



year ending June, 1891. Madison, State Printers. 



8°. 326 p. 

 tJ. S. Geological Sokvet. Contributions to North 



American Ethnology. Vol. VI. Washington, 



Government. 4*^. 812 p. 

 Whitney, Henry M. Tourists' Guide through the 



Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu, Hawaiian Gazette 



Co. 8°. 176 p. 60 cts. 

 Wright, Julia McNair. Nature Readers. No. 4 



Sea-side and Way-side. Boston, D. C. Heath & 



Co. 12°. 370 p. 111. 70 cts. 



Societas Entomologica. 



International Entomological Society, Zu- 



rich-Hottingen, Switzerland. 



Annual fee, ten francs. 



The Journal of the Society appears twice a 

 month, and consists entirely of original ar- 

 ticles on entomology, with a department for 

 advertisements. All members may use this 

 department free of cost for advertisements 

 relating to entomology. 



The Society consists of about 450 members 

 in all countries of the world. 



The new volume began April 1, 1892. The 

 numbers already issued will be sent to new 

 members. 



For information address Mr. Fritz Ruhl, 

 President of the Societas Entomologica, 

 Zurich-Hottingen, Switzerland. 



Exchanges. 



[Free of charge to all, if of satisfactory character. 

 Address N. D. C. Hodges, 874 Broadway, New York.l 



Taxidermist going out of business has quantity of 

 finely-mounted specimens of North American birds, 

 mammals and reptiles and skios of birds for sale, 

 including a full local collection of bird skins, show- 

 ing some great variations of species; also quantity 

 of slculls with horns of deer and mountain sheep, 

 and mounted heads of same. Will give good ex- 

 change for Hawk Eye camera with outfit. Apply 

 quickly to J. R. Thurston, 265 Yonge St., Toronto, 

 Canada. 



For exchange. — A iine thirteen-keyed flute in leather 

 covered case, for a photograph camera suitable for mak- 

 ing lantern slides. Flute cost $27, and is nearly new. 

 U. O. COX, Mankato, Minn. 



T© exchange ; Experiment Station bulletins and 

 reports for bulletins and reports not in my file. I 

 will send list of what I have for exchange. P. H. 

 ROLFS, Lake City, Florida. 



Finished specimens of all colors of Vermont marble for 

 fine fossils or crystals. Will be given only for valuable 

 specimens because of the cost of polishing. GEO. W. 

 PERRY, State Geologist, Rutland, Vt. 



For exchange. — Three copies of *' American State 

 Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation," 1891, $2.50, new 

 and unused, for ''The Sabbath," by Harmon Kingsbury, 

 1840; "The Sabbath." by A. A. Phelps, 1842; " History 

 of the Insiitution of the Sabbath Day, Its Uses and 

 Abuses," by W. L. Fisher, 1859; " Humorous Phases of 

 the Law, ' by Irving Browne; or other works amounting 

 to value of books exchanged, on the question of govern- 

 mental legislation in reference to religion, personal liberty, 

 etc. If preferred, I will sell "American State Papers." 

 and buy other books on the subject. WILLIAM AD- 

 DISON BLAKELY, Chicago, 111. 



For Sale or Exchange for books a complete private 

 chemical laboratory outfit. Includes large Becker bal- 

 ance (200g. to i-iomg.), platinum dishes and crucibles, 

 agate motors, glass-blowing apparatus, etc. For sale in 

 part or whole. Also complete file of SillitnaiC s yournal^ 

 1862-1885 C62-7t bound); Smithsonian Reports, 1834-1883; 

 U. S. Coast Survey. 1854-1869. Full particulars to en- 

 quirers. F. GARDINER, JR., Pomtret, Conn. 



Wanted, in exchange for the following works, any 

 standard works on Surgery and on Diseases of Children: 

 Wilson's" American Ornithology," ^ vols.: Coues' "Birds 

 of the Northwest" and " Birds of the Colorado Valley," 

 2 vols.; Minot's "Land and Game Birds of New Eng- 

 land;" Samuels' " Our Northern and Eastern Birds;" all 

 the Reports on the Birds of the Pacific R. R. Survey, 

 bound in 2 vols., morocco; and a complete set of the 

 Reports of the Arkansas Geological Survey. Please give 

 editions and dates in corresponding. R. ELLSWORTH 

 CALL, High School, Des Moines, Iowa. 



To exchange Wright's " Ice Age in North America" 

 and Le Conte's "Elements of Geology" (Copyright 1882) 

 for "Darwinism," by A. R.Wallace. "Origin of Species." 

 by Darwin, ''Descent of Man," by Darwin, "Man's 

 Place in Nature," Huxley, "Mental Evolution in Ani- 

 mals," by Romanes, "Pre-Adamites," by Winchell. No 

 books wanted except latest editions, and books in good 

 condition. C. S. Brown, Jr., Vanderbilt University, 

 Nashville, Tenn. 



Wants. 



Any person seeking a position for whicA he is quali- 

 fied by his scientific aitaixfnents, or any person seeking 

 tome one to fill a position of this character^ be it that 

 0/ a teacher of science^ chemist y drauffhtsjnan^ or what 

 not, may have the ' Want ' inserted under this head 

 FREE OF COST, if he satisfies the publisher of the suit- 

 able character of his application. A ny person seeking 

 information on any scientific question, the address of' 

 auy scientific tnan^ or who can in any way use this 

 column for a purpose consonant with the nature of 

 the paper, is cordially invited to do so. 



WANTED.— We want any and 1. 11 of the following, 

 providing we can trade other books and maga- 

 zines or buy them cheap for cash; Academy, Lon- 

 don, vol, 1 to 28, ih, Jan. and Feb., '89; Age of Steel, 

 vol. 1 to 66; American Antiquarian, vol. 1, 2; Ameri- 

 can Architect, vol. 1 to 6, 9; American Art Review, 

 vol. 3; American Field, vol. 1 to 21; American Geol- 

 ogist, vol. 1 to 6; American Machinist, vol. 1 to 4;, 

 Art Amateur, vol. 1 to 7, Oot., '4; Art Interchange, 

 vol. 1 to 9; Art Union, vol. 1 to 4, Jan., '44, July, '45; 

 Bibliotheca Sacra, vol.1 to 46; Godey's Lady's Book, 

 vol.1 to 20; New Englander, vol. 11; Zoologist, Series 

 1 and 1, Series 3 vol. 1 to 14; Allen Armendale (a- 

 novel). Raymer's"OId Book " Store, 243 4th Ave. 

 S., Minneapolis, Minn. 



WANTED,— By a young man, a Swarthmore Col- 

 lege junior, a position as principal of a public 

 high school in one of the Gulf States, eras instructor 

 in botany, physiology, and geology in an academy 

 or normal school. Address B., care of Librarian, 

 Swarthmore College, Penn. 



WANTED. — A teacher of Geology who is familiar 

 with the fossils of the Hamilton Group, as 

 instructor of Geology during July next at the Natu- 

 ral Science Camp on Canandaigua lake. Apply to 

 ALBERT L. AREY, Director, 229 Averill Ave., 

 Rochester. N. Y. 



WANTED.— To act as correspondent for one or- 

 two daily or weekly papers. Have worked on 

 paper for about two years Would like a position on 

 editorial staff of humorous paper. Address GEO.. 

 C. MASON, 14 Elm St., Hartford, Conn, 



TRANSLATOR wanted to read German architec- 

 tural works at sight (no writing). One familiar- 

 with technical terms desired. Address "A,," Box 

 149, New York Post Offiee, 



WANTED.— A position in a manufacturing estab- 

 lishment by a manufacturing Chemist of in- 

 ventive ability. Address M. W. B , care of Science, 

 874 Broadway, N. Y. 



WANTED. — Books on Anatomy and Hypnotism. 

 Will pay cash or give similar books in ex- 

 change. Also want medical battery and photo out- 

 fit. Be, ANDERSON, 182 State street, Chicago, 111. 



WANTED, — A college graduate with some normal 

 training, to teach the sciences, at $1,800 per- 

 year, in a Southern college, A Baptist or a Method- 

 ist preferred. Must also be a first-class Latin . 

 scholar, A. H, Beals, Box E, Milledgeville, Ga. 



A DDEESS WANTED,— Will some one please send 

 r\ the address of the Secretary of the American 

 Philological Society, Also that of Herbert Spencer,_ 

 "ADDISON," Room 84, 164 Madison St„ Chicago, 111- 



