AMERICAN 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, 
[SECOND SERIES.] 
now obtaining ais aii and America ; 
Storer, of Bos |, Profess or of ried and pt Dass 
(Read before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dec. 14, 1858,)* 
IN calling the attention of the Academy to some remarkable 
and hitherto unexplained facts in the present history of powerful 
nations, bearing upon their prosperity, progress and even their 
future existence, I beg heed to the various oo by which I shall 
seg at certain astounding conclusions, of the deepest interest 
spies economists, as well as to moralists 
many countries of Europe, it has been ascertained that the 
” fecundity ” of the population, in other words the rate of its 
annual increase, is rapidly diminishing. 
Tt was thought best at the Ps to confine its pee to the Medical professton, 
that any error either in or reasoning might be detected. Portions of it 
Were accordingly published.in Philadelphia Geter the auspices of the American 
Medical A t ve to the report of a committee, of w 
Writer chairman t has shown the justice of his conclusions, Not an 
attempt even has been made to controvert them, while evidence in t has 
been st uy i of = overwhelming character. Physicians ne now fd 
one mii main facts proved. 
the authoritative ieee = conned cicouladicsh of. the labs, Prike Essay of the 
Med. Associatio (Why Not? A Book for Every Woman), and by i oa atior 
of corroborative testimony by many peatalaines, in cesar parts of the countr, 
fact and the increased interest taken in the-subject wpe Sn politica 
pconomists of Europe, would show pa oe oot sitet sion 
by the world. —x, g. ae ot eat 
