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  and 
  Mineralogy. 
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  1901, 
  to 
  March 
  31, 
  1904. 
  It 
  gives 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  

   observations 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Expedition 
  itself, 
  but 
  also 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  contemporary 
  observations 
  by 
  other 
  explorers 
  in 
  the 
  

   Antarctic, 
  by 
  observatories 
  at 
  different 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  hem- 
  

   isphere, 
  and 
  by 
  captains 
  of 
  vessels 
  sailing 
  in 
  those 
  seas. 
  The 
  total 
  

   number 
  of 
  observations 
  charted 
  amounts 
  to 
  nearly 
  45,000, 
  of 
  

   which 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  are 
  marine 
  and 
  one-third 
  land 
  obser- 
  

   vations. 
  We 
  have 
  thus 
  presented 
  a 
  "continuous 
  daily 
  picture 
  of 
  

   the 
  changing 
  meteorological 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  Antarctic 
  

   region 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  30th 
  parallel 
  of 
  latitude." 
  The 
  charts 
  are 
  

   given, 
  four 
  on 
  each 
  page, 
  and 
  the 
  larger 
  part 
  give 
  synchronous 
  

   observations 
  of 
  sea-level 
  pressure 
  for 
  noon, 
  G. 
  M. 
  T., 
  with 
  winds 
  

   and 
  air 
  temperature. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  charts 
  of 
  mean 
  

   sea-level 
  pressure 
  and 
  air 
  temperatures. 
  The 
  records 
  of 
  this 
  

   expedition 
  gain 
  a 
  peculiar 
  and 
  melancholy 
  interest 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  it 
  was 
  led 
  by 
  Capt. 
  Scott, 
  whose 
  last 
  expedition 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

   region 
  had 
  so 
  tragic 
  an 
  ending. 
  

  

  2. 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  /Smithsonian 
  

   Institution 
  , 
  showing 
  the 
  operations, 
  expenditures, 
  and 
  condition 
  

   of 
  the 
  Institution 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  SO, 
  1912. 
  Pp. 
  xii, 
  

   780; 
  72 
  pis., 
  11 
  figs. 
  Washington, 
  1913. 
  — 
  This 
  volume 
  opens 
  

   with 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  D. 
  Walcott, 
  

   which 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  Journal 
  (see 
  vol. 
  xxxv, 
  p. 
  

   200). 
  Pp. 
  131-780, 
  which 
  follow, 
  include 
  the 
  General 
  Appendix, 
  

   in 
  which 
  scientific 
  papers 
  by 
  eminent 
  authors 
  in 
  widely 
  different 
  

   fields 
  are 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  public. 
  The 
  plan 
  in 
  this 
  form 
  has 
  been 
  

   followed 
  since 
  1889, 
  although 
  the 
  essential 
  feature 
  involved 
  had 
  

   been 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  from 
  a 
  very 
  early 
  date. 
  The 
  

   papers 
  are 
  well 
  chosen 
  and 
  cannot 
  fail 
  of 
  their 
  object 
  to 
  interest 
  

   and 
  instruct 
  the 
  intelligent 
  general 
  public. 
  Among 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  

   mentioned 
  a 
  series 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  nature 
  and 
  origin 
  of 
  life, 
  

   including 
  the 
  address 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Association 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Schafer 
  ; 
  

   other 
  related 
  papers 
  following 
  deal 
  with 
  the 
  evolution 
  of 
  man 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Smith, 
  and 
  the 
  history 
  and 
  traditions 
  of 
  human 
  

   speech. 
  The 
  other 
  departments 
  of 
  science 
  are 
  also 
  well 
  repre- 
  

   sented. 
  

  

  The 
  explorations 
  and 
  field 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  

   in 
  1912 
  are 
  discussed 
  in 
  detail 
  in 
  a 
  separate 
  pamphlet 
  of 
  76 
  pages 
  

   profusely 
  illustrated 
  (Publication 
  2178). 
  

  

  3. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Progress 
  and 
  Condition 
  of 
  the 
  IT. 
  S. 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Museum 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  SO, 
  1912. 
  Pp. 
  165, 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  Washington, 
  1913. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  Rathbun 
  

   gives 
  in 
  this 
  volume 
  an 
  extended 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  

   a 
  subject 
  briefly 
  discussed 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  Appendix 
  I 
  to 
  the 
  volume 
  

   just 
  noticed. 
  It 
  is 
  noted 
  that 
  the 
  acquisitions 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  

   embrace 
  some 
  238,000 
  specimens, 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   the 
  biological 
  department. 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  remark 
  that 
  on 
  

   Oct. 
  8, 
  1911, 
  the 
  Academy 
  was, 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time, 
  open 
  to 
  the 
  

   public 
  on 
  Sunday 
  afternoons 
  ; 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  visitors 
  on 
  

   these 
  occasions 
  has 
  shown 
  the 
  wisdom 
  of 
  the 
  movement. 
  

  

  Am. 
  Jour. 
  Sci.— 
  Fourth 
  Series, 
  Vol. 
  XXXVI, 
  No. 
  216.— 
  December, 
  1913. 
  

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