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Friday, June 1, 1900. 



C0NTJ!:NTS: 



The Language of Hawaii (I.): Erasmus Darwin 

 Preston 841 



Sandstone Disiniegraiion through the Formation of 

 Interstitial Gypsum- : Dr. George P. Merrill 850 



2%e Nature of the Smile and Laugh : Dr. G. V. N. 

 Dearborn 851 



B^ort on the Work of the ilorriU Geological Ex- 

 peditions of the University of Nebraska : Carrie 

 Adeline Barbour 856 



Scientific Books : — 

 The Cyclopedia of American Horticulture : Pro- 

 fessor William Trelease. Constantin on 

 La nature tropieale : Dr. D. T. MacDougal. 

 White on the Fossil Flora of the Lower Coal 

 3Ieasures of Missouri : Dr. Arthur Hollick. 

 Pozzi-EscoV s Analyse microchimique et spectro- 

 seopique : Dr. E. M. Chamot. Irish's Qualita- 

 tive Analysis for Secondary Schools : Dr. Theo- 

 dore Whittelsey'. Starbuck on the Psychol- 

 ogy of Religion : Professor George A. Cob. 

 Books Received 858 



Seientifio Journals and Articles 864 



Societies and Academies : — 



ITie New York Section of the American Chemical 

 Society : Dr, Durand Woodman. The Chemi- 

 cal Society of Washington : Dr. William H. 

 Krug. The Biological Society of Washington : 

 F. A. Lucas. The Anthropological Society of 

 Washington: Dr. J. H. McCormick 865 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



Humanizing the Birds : F. A. Lucas 868 



Notes on Inorganic Chemistry: J. L. H 869 



Current Notes oti Physiography :-^ 



The Diversion of the Yellowstone; Mill on the 

 Southioest Sussex ; The Pescadores Islands : PRO- 

 FESSOR W. M. Davis 870 



Current Notes on Meteorology : — 



Climate of San Francisco, Eoppen's Klimalehre ; 

 Destruction of Birds by a Hurricane ; TJie Jung- 

 frau Railway and 3Iountain Sickness; A Re- 

 markable Diurnal Range of Temperature : Pro- 

 fessor E. Dec. Ward 871 



The Congresses of the. Paris Exposition 872 



Anti-Viviaection Legislation 874 



A National Repository for Scienceand Art 875 



Scientific Notes and News 876 



University and Educational News 880 



THE LANGUAGE OF HAWAII* 

 I. 



Engaged in the work of geodesy and 

 astronomjr, the author of this paper made 

 several trips to the Hawaiian Islands. Al- 

 though little attention could be given to 

 ethnological or linguistic studies on account 

 of professional duties, contact with the 

 natives incidentally brought out points 

 which seemed interesting. 



Struck by the occurrence of peculiar 

 grammatical forms, and finding unusual 

 mental habits among the Kanakas induced 

 by their ethical ideas, it was thought worth 

 while to brietiy note these facts. Parallels 

 have been drawn between Polynesian and 

 European constructions, and, as bearing 

 on the formation of language, some inci- 

 dents are related illustrating characteristic 

 lines of thought. 



Grateful acknowledgment is here made 

 to Dr. Cyrus Adler of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, for valuable suggestions as to the 

 arrangement of the material. 



I . — INTRODTJCTION . 



Geographical Limits of Languages consid- 

 ered. — The establishment of the Oceanic 

 family of speech has been characterized by 

 Max Miiller as one of the most brilliant dis- 

 coveries in the science of language. Both 

 on account of the wide geographical limits 

 involved and the scanty basis of com- 

 *Eead before the Philosophical Society of Washing- 

 ton. 



