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  Intelligence. 
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  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  but 
  equipped 
  and 
  directed 
  from 
  the 
  

   Astrophysical 
  Observatory, 
  has 
  observed 
  the 
  solar 
  constant 
  at 
  

   Hump 
  Mountain, 
  N. 
  C, 
  and 
  now 
  is 
  located 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  years 
  

   in 
  exceptionally 
  favorable 
  circumstances 
  at 
  Calama, 
  Chile. 
  The 
  

   total 
  solar 
  eclipse 
  of 
  June 
  8, 
  1918, 
  was 
  successfully 
  observed. 
  

   The 
  variability 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  is 
  shown 
  to 
  have 
  vestiges 
  of 
  periodicity, 
  

   though 
  predominently 
  irregular. 
  A 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  attention 
  has 
  

   been 
  given 
  to 
  war 
  problems. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  2. 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Librarian 
  of 
  Congress, 
  Herbert 
  Putnam; 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  Building 
  and 
  Grounds, 
  

   Frank 
  L. 
  Averill, 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1918. 
  Pp. 
  191 
  ; 
  

   with 
  illustrations. 
  Washington, 
  1918. 
  — 
  The 
  librarian 
  of 
  Con- 
  

   gress 
  reports 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  department 
  in 
  his 
  charge 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  surprising 
  that 
  the 
  accessions 
  both 
  

   of 
  books 
  and 
  pamphlets, 
  are 
  somewhat 
  less 
  than 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  

   1917; 
  for 
  example, 
  83,440 
  volumes 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  116,000. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  numerous 
  additions 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  

   Orientalia, 
  interesting 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  Ming 
  and 
  Ching 
  historical 
  

   records. 
  Numerous 
  important 
  manuscripts 
  are 
  mentioned 
  as 
  

   having 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  : 
  these 
  include 
  the 
  Jefferson 
  

   papers; 
  those 
  of 
  Jeremiah 
  S. 
  Black; 
  of 
  Reverdy 
  Johnson; 
  of 
  

   William 
  Wirt, 
  and 
  others. 
  Of 
  particular 
  interest 
  is 
  the 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  literature 
  and 
  other 
  material 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  European 
  

   War. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  

   Science. 
  — 
  The 
  seventy 
  -first 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  Baltimore 
  from 
  December 
  23 
  to 
  28. 
  

   Twenty-one 
  affiliated 
  organizations 
  met 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  The 
  

   president-elect 
  was 
  Dr. 
  John 
  M. 
  Coulter 
  and 
  the 
  retiring 
  presi- 
  

   dent 
  Professor 
  Theodore 
  W. 
  Richards 
  ; 
  the 
  address 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  

   omitted 
  because 
  of 
  illness, 
  has 
  been 
  printed 
  in 
  the 
  issue 
  of 
  

   Science 
  for 
  January 
  3, 
  pp. 
  1-11. 
  The 
  next 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  asso- 
  

   ciation 
  is 
  announced 
  to 
  begin 
  December 
  29, 
  at 
  St. 
  Louis 
  with 
  

   Dr. 
  Simon 
  Flexner 
  as 
  the 
  president-elect. 
  

  

  4. 
  The 
  American 
  Mineralogist. 
  — 
  In 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  retire- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Wallace 
  Goold 
  Levison, 
  Dr. 
  Edgar 
  T. 
  Wherry, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Chemistry, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  will 
  assume 
  the 
  duties 
  

   of 
  editor-in-chief 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Mineralogist. 
  The 
  associate 
  

   editors 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  George 
  F. 
  Kunz, 
  Herbert 
  P. 
  Whitlock, 
  

   Alexander 
  H. 
  Phillips, 
  Waldemar 
  T. 
  Schaller, 
  Edward 
  H. 
  Kraus, 
  

   Austin 
  F. 
  Rogers, 
  Thomas 
  L. 
  Walker, 
  Samuel 
  G-. 
  Gordon.. 
  

  

  5. 
  War 
  Neuroses; 
  by 
  John 
  T. 
  MacCurdy. 
  Pp. 
  ix, 
  132. 
  

   Cambridge, 
  England, 
  1918 
  (Cambridge 
  University 
  Press; 
  price 
  

   $2.50). 
  — 
  This 
  book 
  describes 
  the 
  experience 
  of 
  one 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  

   record 
  of 
  skillful 
  investigations 
  of 
  the 
  psycho-neuroses 
  of 
  civil 
  

   life 
  when 
  brought 
  into 
  contact 
  in 
  British 
  hospitals 
  with 
  the 
  

   special 
  forms 
  of 
  neurosis 
  which 
  are 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  shocks 
  and 
  

   strains 
  of 
  warfare. 
  The 
  cases 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  book 
  is 
  based 
  are 
  not 
  

   startling 
  rarities 
  especially 
  selected 
  to 
  show 
  features 
  of 
  scientific 
  

  

  