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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
DD TiORiA aN Od is: 
THEregular meeting of the Academy of Sci- 
ence was held at its rooms on Tuesday eve 
ning, April 27th. A paper upon the Theory 
of Probabilities, considered from'a mathemat- 
ical standpoint, was read by Professor J. M- 
Greenwood, which was followed by one from 
V. W. Coddington, Esq., upon the Construc- | 
tion of School Houses. Both papers were 
interesting and comprehensive, and received 
the close attention of the audience. They 
will probably appear in these columns within 
a short time. 
On May 21st Rev. Dr. S. S. Laws, Presi- 
dent of the University of Missouri, and one of 
the best thinkers and speakers of the West, 
will deliver the seventh lecture of the Extra 
Winter Course before the Kansas City Acade- 
my of Science, upon the fruitful subject of 
«‘ The Categories of Kant.” 
This subject was proposed by the Kant 
Club of this city, and all who desire to hear 
this difficult metaphysical topic discussed in 
a popular, yet comprehensive and learned 
manner should by all means be present. Dr. 
Laws possesses in an unusual degree the 
power of popularizing and enlivening an ab- 
struse subject, and no one need apprehend a 
heavy or prosy discourse on this occasion. 
No charge for admittance. 
Mrs. Mary F. MupbGE, widow of the late 
esteemed Professor B. F. Mudge, offers to 
place at our disposal, for publication in the 
Review, portions of an unfinished work upon 
which he was engaged at the time of his 
death, several chapters of which we published 
last year. 
Aside from the associations connected with 
them, these articles have the merit of accu- 
racy, soundness, vigor and attractiveness 
of style, and they are in large proportion the 
result of personal investigation. 
Pror. H. S. PRITCHETT, who furnishes an 
article for this number of the Revzew, has 
recently resigned the position of Assistant 
Astronomer at the U. S. Naval Observatory 
to take permanent charge of the Morrison 
Observatory at Glasgow, Missouri, in connec- 
tion with his father, the well-known Professor 
C. W. Pritchett. Such an accession to the 
astronomical observers of our state tends to 
place it in the foreground in this branch of 
science at least. 
A CARD. 
The fourth volume of the Kansas Czty Re- 
view of Science and Industry commences with 
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with my official duties that I find it impossi- 
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THEO. S. CASE, 
Liditor. 
