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the National Academy of Sciences will be held at the Natural 

 History building, IT. S. National Museum, in Washington on 

 April 25, 26, and 27. The preliminary program of scientific ses- 

 sions gives a list of 33 papers to be presented. It is also 

 announced that an address will be delivered Monday evening by 

 Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Agassiz medalist, in tlie auditorium 

 of the U. S. National Museum. A reception follows the address. 



3. Science Neivs Bulletin. — The establishment of an organiza- 

 tion for the purpose of familiarizing the general reading public 

 with the progress of scientific research has been recently estab- 

 lished in connection with the National Research Council. The 

 new organization, to be known as ''Science Service" has been 

 substantiall}^ endowed and is chartered as a non-profit-making 

 corporaion. Its control is vested in a board of Trustees com- 

 posed of ten scientists and five journalists. The National Acad- 

 emy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science and the National Research Council each elects three 

 trustees. 



The personnel of the first board of trustees is announced as 

 follows: A. A. Noyes, R. A. Millikan, John C. Merriam, D. T. 

 MacDougal, George I. Moore, J. McKeen Cattell, George E. Hale, 

 Vernon Kellogg, R. M. Yerkes, E. W. Scripps. R. P. Scripps, 

 AV. E. Ritter, William Allen AYliite, Chester H'. Rowell, Edwin 

 F. Gay. 



The charter of the new organization is a wide one, authorizing 

 Science Service to employ newspapers, periodicals, books, lec- 

 tures, conferences, motion pictures and any similar educational 

 agencies in the distribution of scientific information. Edwin E. 

 Slosson is to be the editor of Science Service. The policy of the 

 Service is to be one of cooperation rather than competition with 

 existing press associations, news agencies and syndicates. It will 

 aim to supply accurate and interesting articles on all branches 

 of science and technolog^^ at the lowest possible cost. Offices have 

 been opened in the National Research Council Building, 1701 

 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington. 



4. French-English Medical Dictionary ; by Alfred Gordon. 

 Pp. 161 (P. Blakiston's Son & Co.). Philadelphia.— The recrudes- 

 cence of interest in French medical literature is one of the 

 by-products of the World War. It lends timeliness to the pub- 

 lication of glossaries of scientific expressions, particularly in 

 those fields, like medicine, where progress has been rapid and the 

 technical vocabulary has been expanded by the addition of many 

 new words.' Gordon's dictionary is compact and easily used. 

 One is surprised by an occasional omission such as that of ' ' ana- 

 phylaxie," a preeminently French contribution to science, uot 

 to mention missing up-to-date expressions like 'S-itamine" and 

 "opsonine." The book has an excellent simple scheme for aiding 

 in the correct pronunciation of each French word. L. B. m. 



5. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Potv- 

 erfid Drugs; fifth American edition ; by Wilhelm Autenrieth 



