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  Intelligence. 
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  rent 
  research 
  work, 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  in 
  scope 
  and 
  character 
  to 
  

   the 
  announcements 
  regularly 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  Proceedings. 
  Titles, 
  

   accompanied 
  by 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  100 
  or 
  200 
  words, 
  should 
  be 
  sent 
  

   to 
  the 
  Chairman 
  of 
  the 
  program 
  committee, 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Merriam. 
  

   In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  Scientific 
  Sessions, 
  the 
  programs 
  for 
  

   which 
  will 
  be 
  published 
  later, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  two 
  William 
  Ellery 
  

   Hale 
  lectures 
  will 
  be 
  delivered 
  by 
  James 
  Henry 
  Breasted, 
  pro- 
  

   fessor 
  of 
  Egyptology 
  and 
  Oriental 
  History 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  

   Chicago. 
  The 
  general 
  subject 
  is 
  the 
  Origin 
  of 
  Civilization, 
  and 
  

   the 
  first 
  covers 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  the 
  Old 
  Stone 
  Age 
  to 
  the 
  dawn 
  

   of 
  civilization; 
  the 
  second 
  carries 
  the 
  subject 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  transition 
  

   of 
  civilization 
  in 
  Europe. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  Elements 
  of 
  Animal 
  Biology; 
  by 
  S. 
  J. 
  Holmes. 
  Pp. 
  

   x, 
  402, 
  with 
  249 
  illustrations. 
  Philadelphia, 
  1919 
  (P. 
  Blakis- 
  

   ton's 
  Son 
  & 
  Co.). 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  this 
  well-written 
  text-book 
  

   for 
  high 
  school 
  pupils 
  consists 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  vari- 
  

   ous 
  groups 
  of 
  animals 
  presented 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  

   reader 
  a 
  comprehensive 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  kingdom. 
  The 
  

   second 
  part 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  elements 
  of 
  physiology, 
  with 
  a 
  chap- 
  

   ter 
  on 
  bacteria 
  and 
  disease, 
  while 
  the 
  third 
  part 
  deals 
  with 
  

   reproduction, 
  adaptation 
  and 
  evolution, 
  with 
  a 
  final, 
  and 
  very 
  

   important, 
  chapter 
  on 
  heredity 
  and 
  human 
  improvement. 
  

  

  The 
  book 
  will 
  adequately 
  supply 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  those 
  high 
  school 
  

   teachers 
  who 
  find 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  divide 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  biology 
  into 
  

   distinct 
  courses 
  dealing 
  separately 
  with 
  plants 
  and 
  animals. 
  

  

  w. 
  R. 
  c. 
  

  

  3. 
  Tables 
  and 
  other 
  Data 
  for 
  Engineers 
  and 
  Business 
  Men; 
  

   compiled 
  by 
  Professor 
  Charles 
  E. 
  Ferris. 
  Pp. 
  230. 
  Knox- 
  

   ville, 
  Tenn. 
  (The 
  University 
  Press; 
  price 
  fifty 
  cents.) 
  — 
  This 
  

   little 
  vest-pocket 
  manual 
  has 
  now 
  gone 
  through 
  twenty-two 
  edi- 
  

   tions, 
  which 
  fact 
  alone 
  is 
  sufficient 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  appre- 
  

   ciation 
  of 
  its 
  value 
  to 
  those 
  for 
  whom 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  prepared. 
  

   Aside 
  from 
  the 
  usefulness 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  tables 
  included, 
  repeatedly 
  

   revised 
  and 
  extended, 
  it 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  the 
  compiler 
  

   has 
  had 
  in 
  view 
  in 
  its 
  preparation 
  "the 
  desire 
  to 
  promote 
  tech- 
  

   nical 
  education 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  developing 
  its 
  unde- 
  

   veloped 
  resources." 
  

  

  4. 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  , 
  United 
  States 
  Coast 
  

   and 
  Geodetic 
  Survey, 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1918. 
  R. 
  L. 
  

   Paris, 
  Acting 
  Superintendent. 
  Pp. 
  133, 
  with 
  37 
  illustrations, 
  

   chiefly 
  folded 
  maps, 
  "Washington, 
  1918. 
  — 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  

   extended 
  routine 
  work, 
  the 
  Survey, 
  with 
  other 
  national 
  organi- 
  

   zations, 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  do 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  the 
  recent 
  war. 
  It 
  is 
  significant 
  that 
  seventy 
  per 
  

   cent 
  of 
  the 
  personnel 
  were 
  so 
  engaged, 
  while 
  thirty 
  per 
  cent 
  were 
  

   on 
  active 
  duty 
  with 
  the 
  Army 
  and 
  Navy. 
  

  

  5. 
  De 
  Wijsoegeerte 
  der 
  Wiskunde 
  van 
  the'istisch 
  Standpunt 
  ; 
  

   by 
  H. 
  Th. 
  Vollenhoven. 
  Pp. 
  xv, 
  444. 
  Amsterdam, 
  1918 
  

  

  