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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The objection to this address as "history" is that the facts stated by 

 Professor Marsh are all selected with express reference to and in support 

 of the text that "Evolution is Science and Science is truth," and that the 

 facts tending to antagonize the evolution theoiy are not given equal promi- 

 nence, as exact history demands that thej' should be. Not that we would 

 charge so eminent a philosopher and student with unfairness in discussing 

 scientific subjects, but simply take the position that his train of thought, 

 whether in exploring the geological formations of Kansas and Colorado, 

 the archsBological remains of California, or in pursuing his investigations 

 among the rare specimens of palaeontology in the cabinets of Yale College, 

 has been directed in the channels of evolution and natural selectioli, and he 

 naturally and consequently fails to do that justice to those facts which rise 

 in strong opposition to his theories which the equities of the case demand 

 from an impartial historian. With this view of the matter, the address 

 seems, perhaps, to have been given too general a title. 



The quotations given above show some admissions of weakness in the ar- 

 gument, some missing links in the chain and the inconsequence of the con- 

 clusion arrived at, and prove very clearh^ that while evolution may account 

 for some points in the history of progress on the earth, it requires too much 

 purely theoretical support to be accepted as entirely satisfactory as a whole 

 until it has passed far beyond its present status. — [Ed. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



By an ekror in the book bindery a few 

 copies of the October number of the Keview 

 ■were defective. Subscribers having received 

 such copies will be supplied with perfect ones 

 upon notifying the editor. 



KANSAS CITY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The academy met at its rooms on the even- 

 ing of the last Tuesday in October, President 

 Van Horn in the chair. 



The exercises of the evening were an article 

 on Cone Sections, by Professor J. M. Green- 

 wood; which we regret not being able to repro- 

 duce in the Eeview from the fact that it re- 

 quires all the illustrations given by the Pro- 

 fessor, by black-board drawings and models, to 

 bring out its numerous interesting and valuable 

 points ; and one on the Loss of Heat and L'ght 



in the Solar System, by Judge E. P. West, 

 which constitutes the first article in this num- 

 ber. 



These meetings of the Academy are extreme- 

 ly interesting to those who attend them but 

 the attendance is rather limited, considering 

 the number of professional men, teachers, stu- 

 dents and other intelligent people who make 

 up so great a portion of our population. 



On motion, T. S. Case was appointed to read 

 a paper at the next meeting, on the last Tues- 

 day of November. The subject will be "Some 

 of the Objections to the Evolution Theory." 



The very interesting article on "Electrical 

 Conduction," bj Prof. B.C. Kedzie, of Lansing, 

 Michigan, noticed in the Review of last 

 has been reprinted in the London Telegraphic 



