566 /Scientific Intelligence. 



spread interest which his attractive presentation of them excites. 

 Professor Moyen's excellent translation will bring the subject at 

 first hand to a large number of intelligent critics, most of whom 

 will probably feel half persuaded that Mars is inhabited by intel- 

 ligent beings. w. b. 



8. Manual for Engineers ; compiled hy Chas, E. Ferris. 

 Published by University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Pp. 246. — 

 The tables in this little volume contain valuable statistics in a 

 wide range of subjects, from pure mathematics to engineering 

 and various matters connected with business. In addition to the 

 obvious useful features of such a work its compilation has been 

 carried out with a view to influence leading men in the south and 

 to show the value of a technical education as a means of develop- 

 ing the natural resources. 



9. Wood Turning. Prepared for the use of students in 

 Manual Training High Schools, Technical Schools and Colleges; 

 by George Alexander Ross. Pp. 76 ; 93 figures, 6 plates. 

 Boston, 1909 (Ginn & Co.). — This is a practical work on the sub- 

 ject of wood-turning, with instructions concisely and clearly 

 stated, and numerous excellent illustrations. 



10. Sir Joseph Banks : " The Father of Australia"; by J. H. 

 Maiden, Government Botanist of New South Wales. Pp. xiv, 

 244. 64 illustrations. 1909. Sydney (W. A. Gullick) and 

 London (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trtibner & Co.). — This is an inter- 

 esting account of an Englishman whose work for geographical 

 exploration and science has had a wide influence on the develop- 

 ment of his country. He was born in London in 1743 and died 

 in 1820. He is known chiefly as a traveler, in addition to other 

 notable voyages, having accompanied Capt. Cook on his first 

 voyage in ] 768-71, when New South Wales was discovered. His 

 part in connection with this discovery, and also as a patron of 

 early Australian exploration and colonization, have won him the 

 title of " The Father of Australia." He was actively interested 

 in science, and his botanical collections formed the foundation of 

 the General Herbarium of the British Museum; his name has 

 been given to a number of well-known species. He was also a 

 patron of the arts and in other ways gave the world the benefit 

 of his rare energy, ability and high character. 



11. American Association for the Advancement of Science. — 

 The sixty-first meeting of the American Association will be held 

 in Boston during the week beginning December 27, under the 

 presidency of President David Starr Jordan. This is the regular 

 convocation-week meeting — the eighth of the series — when the 

 sessions of the Association take place simultaneously with those 

 of a large number of affiliated societies. A preliminary circular 

 has already been issued by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. L. O. 

 Howard, of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, from whom 

 further information may be obtained. 



It is expected that the Association will visit the Hawaiian 

 Islands in the summer of 1910 and hold the following convoca- 

 tion-week meeting in the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. 



