SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Editorial Committee: S. Newcomb, Mathematics; E. S. Woodward, Mechanics; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C Mendenhall, Physics ; R. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Remsen, Chemistry ; 

 Charles D. Walcott, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henry F, Osborn, Paleon- 

 tology ; W. K. Brooks, C. Hart Merriam, Zoology ; S. H. Scudder, Entomology ; C. E. 

 Bessey, N. L. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

 ditch, Physiology ; J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; William H. Welch, Pathol- 

 ogy ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, September 20, 1901. 



COJSITENTS : 



The Address of the President of the British Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science : Professor 

 A. W. EtJCKER 425 



The America)} Association for the Advancement of 

 Science : — 



A Notable Factor of Social Degeneration: A. W. 

 Butler 444 



Scientific Books : — 

 Beighard and Jennings on the Anatomy of the Cat: 

 Professor Horace Jayne. Doflein^s Zell- 

 und Protoplasmastudien 453 



Scientific Journals and Articles 455 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 

 Discord and Psychology: PROFESSOR W. Le 

 CoNTE Stevens. Magazine Entomology : Pro- 

 fessor John B. Smith. 455 



Current Notes on Physiography : — 

 The Banges of the Great Basin ; Physiographic 

 Evidence of Faulting; The Keritucky Moun- 

 taineers: Professor W. M. Davis 457 



University of Chicago's Field-work in Botany, Geol- 

 ogy and Zoology 459 



The Neio York Botanical Garden 460 



Scientific Notes and News 461 



University and Educational News 464 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended 

 for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Pro- 

 fessor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE 



BRITISH ASSOCIA TION FOR THE AD- 



VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.^ 



The first thought in the minds of all of 

 us to-night is that since we met last year 

 * Glasgow meeting, 1901. 



the great Queen, in whose reign nearly all 

 the meetings of the British Association have 

 been held, has passed to her rest. 



To sovereigns most honors and dignities 

 come as of right ; but for some of t^hem is 

 reserved the supreme honor of an old age 

 softened by the love and benedictions of 

 millions ; of a path to the grave, not only 

 magnificent, but watered by the tears both 

 of their nearest and dearest, and of those 

 who, at the most, have only seen them from 

 afar. 



This honor Queen Victoria won. All the 

 world knows by what great abilities, by 

 what patient labor, by what infinite tact 

 and kindliness, the late Queen gained both 

 the respect of the rulers of nations and the 

 affection of her own subjects. 



Her reign, glorious in many respects, was 

 remarkable, outside these islands, for the 

 growth of the Empire ; within and without 

 them, for the drawing nearer of the Crown 

 and the people in mutual trust ; while, 

 during her lifetime, the developments of 

 science and of scientific industry have 

 altered the habits and the thoughts of the 

 whole civilized world. 



The representatives of science have al- 

 ready expressed in more formal ways their 

 sorrow at the death of Queen Victoria, and 

 the loyalty and confident hope for the future 

 with which they welcome the accession of 

 King Edward. Bat none the less, I feel 



