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ding, Erdmann, Ward, Liebreich, Kitasato, 

 Semon, Escherlich, Eein, Lampreclit, Conrad, 

 Furwangler, Harnack, Brunialti and Bryce. 

 The American speakers and chairman formed 

 a group of leaders in scientific research, of 

 whom any country might be proud. 



A congress of arts and science gives dis- 

 tinction to a universal exposition, but no one 

 supposes that it is the most suitable place for 

 such a meeting. There are many material 

 difficulties vphich were by no means overcome 

 at St. Louis. The audiences averaged about 

 a hundred — though in one case at least there 

 were only five hearers present — ^but they were 

 not composed chiefly of scientific men. Criti- 

 cism should, however, be overshadowed by ap- 

 preciation. Never before has an attempt been 

 made to give such a complete and unified sum- 

 mary of the progress of science. President 

 Prancis, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Schiff and other 

 officers of the exposition deserve thanks and 

 honor for their interest in the congress ; Presi- 

 dent Butler and other members of the admin- 

 istrative board, for the general arrangements, 

 and Professors Newcomb, the president, Miins- 

 terberg and Small, the vice-presidents, for the 

 work of organization. 



SCIENTIFIC N0TE8 AND NEWS. 



The honorary vice-presidents of the Inter- 

 national Congress of Arts and Science were 

 the Plon. James Bryce, Great Britain; M. 

 Gaston Darboux, France; Professor Wilhelm 

 Waldeyer, Germany; Dr. Oskar Backlund, 

 Russia; Professor Theodore Escherich, Aus- 

 tria; Signer Attilio Brunialti, Italy. The 

 executive secretary of the congress was Dr. 

 L. O. Howard, permanent secretary of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. 



Captain Scott and the officers and men of 

 the Discovery were welcomed at the East 

 India dock by luncheon on their arrival on 

 September 16, the invitations being sent by 

 the presidents of the Royal and the Royal 



Geographical Societies. In the evening Cap- 

 tain Scott and the officers were entertained at 

 a dinner given by the Royal Geographical 

 Society. Addresses were made by Sir Clem- 

 ents Markham, president of the Royal Geo- 

 graphical Society, Captain Scott and others. 



The Medical and Chirurgical Eaculty of 

 Maryland has asked Professor William Osier 

 to sit for a portrait to be placed in the hall 

 of the faculty in Baltimore. It is stated that 

 Professor Osier will not sever his connection 

 with the Johns Hopkins University until after 

 the end of the present session. 



Dr. Benno Erdmank", professor of philos- 

 ophy at the University of Bonn, who gave 

 one of the addresses at the St. Louis Congress, 

 celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his 

 professorate on August 29. 



Dr. James Ward, professor of moral philos- 

 ophy and logic, at Cambridge University, gave 

 the annual address before the Philosophical 

 Union of the University of California, on 

 August 26. 



Professor Cleveland Abbe, of the U. S. 

 Weather Bureau, delivered an address on ' In- 

 struction and Research by Weather Bureau 

 Officials ' at the recent session of the United 

 States Weather Bureau Officials at Peoria. 



Dr. Aug. Wassermann, titular professor of 

 internal medicine and bacteriology at the Uni- 

 versity of Berlin, gave an address on ' The 

 Theory and Practise of Immunity,' before a 

 special meeting of the New York Pathological 

 Society, on September 28. 



Dr. Ronald Ross, of the Liverpool School 

 of Tropical Medicine, who is at present in the 

 United States as delegate to the recent Con- 

 gress of Arts and Science at St. Louis, will 

 proceed to Panama as guest of the Canal Com- 

 mission. 



Professor F. H. Herrick, professor of biol- 

 ogy at Western Reserve University, has re- 

 turned to the United States after a year's 

 absence in Europe. 



The British chancelor of the exchequer has 

 appointed the following gentlemen to serve 

 as members of a committee to inquire into the 

 use of duty-free alcohol for industrial pur- 



