August 23, 1901.] 



SCIENCE. 



297 



' Initiation Ceremonies of the Wiradjnri Tribes' : 

 E. H. Mathews. 



' The Development of Illumination ' : Walter 

 Hough. 



The contents of the American Journal of Sci- 

 ence for August are : 



'Experiments on High Electrical Resistance,' Part 

 II. : O. N. EooD. 



' Mineralogical Notes' : A. J. Moses. 



' Motion of Compressible Fluids ' : J. W. Davis. 



' Action of Sodium Thiosulphate on Solutions of 

 Metallic Salts at High Temperatures and Pressures ' : 

 J. T. Norton, Jr. 



' Secondary Undulations shown by Eecording Tide- 

 gauges ' : A. W. Duff. 



' Mathematical Notes to Eival Theories of Cos- 

 mogony ' : 0. Fisher. 



' Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collec- 

 tion, Peabody Museum ' : J. L. Woetjian. 



' Electromagnetic Effects of Moving Charged 

 Spheres ' : E. P. Adams. 



' The Nadir of Temperature and Allied Problems ' : 

 J. Dewae. 



The American Geologist for July contains a 

 ' Sketch of the Life and "Work of Augustus 

 Wing,' by Henry M. Seeley. In this article 

 the work of Mr. Wing, the teacher and preacher, 

 in solving the early problems in New England 

 geology is set forth. A portrait accompanies 

 the article. ' Beach Structures in the Medina 

 Sandstone,' is discussed by Professor H. L. 

 Fairchild. The Medina sandstone is described 

 as shallow water deposits, following the con- 

 clusions of Dr. James Hall and controverting 

 the theory of Dr. Gilbert, who recently main- 

 tained that certain structures in said sandstone 

 are giant ripples formed in deep ocean. The 

 writer compares the structures in question to 

 the beach formations on Lake Ontario at the 

 present time. The article is accompanied by 

 five plates from photographs. ' The Michipico- 

 ten Huronian Area,' by S. B. Wilmott, describes 

 an area north of Lake Superior. It is accom- 

 panied by a geological map of the region. Mr. 

 Oscar H. Hershey discusses * The Age of the 

 Kansas Drift Sheet,' and gives reasons why the 

 Kansas drift as well as others of the lower 

 Mississippi is a very old one. ' The Georgia 

 Bauxite Deposits : Their Chemical Constitution 

 and Genesis,' by Thomas L. Watson, is accom- 

 panied by a plate showing the distribution of 



that mineral in Georgia. ' The Age of the 

 Kansas-Oklahoma Redbeds ' is discussed by J. 

 W. Beede. The author put the deposits in 

 question in the Permian. This paper is followed 

 by * A Short Discussion of the Origin of the 

 Coal Measure Fire Clays,' by T. C. Hopkins, 

 and the usual Comments and Reviews. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 



SECTION H. ANTHROPOLOGY. TITLES FOR 



PRESENTATION AT THE DENVER MEETING. 



' Sculptured. Stone Images of Man by the Abori- 

 gines in Nicaragua ' : J. Crawford. 



(1) 'The Stanley McCormick Hopi Expedition of 

 1901 ' ; (2) 'The Sacred Bundle of the Osage' ; (3) 

 'Games of the Pawnees' ; (4) 'Hand or Guessing 

 Games of the Wichitas ' : George A. Dorset. 



' Influences of Eacial Characteristics on Socializa- 

 tion ' : Frank W. Blackman. 



' Exhibit of curves of speech ' : E. W. Scripture. 



'The Physical Characters of the Various Pueblo 

 Indians, including the Mokis and Zuiiis ' : Ales 

 Hrdlicka. 



' Current Questions in Anthropology ' : W J Mc- 

 Gee. 



' A Plea for Greater Accuracy and Greater Sim- 

 plicity in the Writings of the Future regarding the 

 American Aborigines ' : Charles E. Slocuji. 



(1) ' The Teaching of Anthropology in the United 

 States'; (2) 'The Anthropological Collections of 

 Yale University Museum' ; (3) 'Twenty Years of 

 Section H ' ; (4) ' The Sherman Anthropological Col- 

 lection, recently jDurchased by the Scientific Society 

 of Holyoke, Mass ' : George Grant MacCurdy. 



QUOTATIONS. 

 priority in the discovery of the malarial 

 parasite. 

 An unfortunate controvei-sy having arisen on 

 the question of priority in the proof of the mos- 

 quito theory of the transference of malarial in- 

 fection, Major Ronald Ross has published some 

 correspondence on the subject which shows that 

 the claims of some of the Italian observers can- 

 not be substantiated (' Letters from Rome on 

 the New Discoveries in Malaria,' 1900). These 

 eight letters were written by Dr. Edmonston 

 Charles, a resident in Rome, to Major Ross, 

 then in India, and date from November 4, 1898, 

 to January 1-4, 1899 ; a letter from Dr. Daniels 

 is included, and they are preceded by a critical 



