666 Scientific Intelligence. 



character, which especially fits it for ready reference. It is to be 

 hoped that it will find general use among those interested in 

 the genesis of rocks, minerals, and ores. l. v. p. 



4. Papers from the Geological Department of Glasgow Uni- 

 versity ; Vol. i, 1914. — This volume contains a collection of some 

 19 papers, previously published in a variety of journals, proceed- 

 ings, etc., by Professor J. W. Gregory and other members of the 

 geological department of the University, together with the text 

 of an address delivered by the former, upon the work of Living- 

 stone as an explorer, at the Livingstone Centenary in March, 

 1913. The collection contains a number of valuable and sug- 

 gestive papers and is good evidence of the activity which prevails 

 in this field of science in Glasgow under the energetic leadership 

 of the senior author. l. v. p. 



III. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. National Academy of Sciences. — The autumn meeting of 

 the National Academy was held in New York City on November 

 15, 16, 11. The sessions were conducted in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, Dr. Charles D. Walcott presiding in 

 the absence of the president, Dr. Welch. The scientific work of 

 the meeting was opened by a lecture by Professor M. I. Pupin on 

 "The Problem of Aerial Transmission," delivered on Monday 

 evening ; the titles of the papers presented for reading on Tues- 

 day and Wednesday are given below. The members of the 

 Academy, a large number of whom were in attendance, were 

 entertained by the President and Trustees of the Museum on 

 Monday evening ; at a dinner at the Chemists Club on Tuesday 

 evening, given by the New York member of the Academy, and 

 on Wednesday noon and afternoon at the Zoological Park and 

 the Botanical Garden in the Bronx. 



The titles of the papers are as follows : 



E. G. Conklin : Nature of ceil polarity. 



W. E. Castle : Is selection or mutation the more important agency in 

 evolution ? 



A. E. Verrill : Inheritance of clubbed feet through five known genera- 

 tions. Inheritance of abnormal or defective thumbs through four known 

 generations. 



C. B. Davenport : Heredity of stature. 



E. C. MacDowell : Parental alcoholism and mental ability — a compara- 

 tive study of habit formation. 



J. B. Murphy : Role of the Lymphocytes in resistance to cancer. 



Graham Lusk : The calorimeter as an interpreter of life processes. 



T. B. Osborne and L. B. Mendel : The resumption of growth after failure 

 to grow. 



W. H. Howell : Ultramicroscopic studies of the fibrin-gel. 



C. William Beebe : Origin of the flight of birds. 



Frank M. Chapman : Ornithological survey of the Andes and Western 

 Coast of South America. 



Douglas H. Campbell : Treubia. 



