230 Scientific Intelligence. 



and figures are presented showing that feeblemindedness tends to 

 follow the Mendelian Law of Inheritance. Though this is a rather 

 striking and novel idea, the temper of its discussion is conserva- 

 tive. 



The chapters on Eugenics and Practical Conclusions emphasize 

 the hereditary aspect of the problem and the necessity of control 

 through wise segregative treatment rather than through the 

 sterilization of defectives. 



The many-sidedness of the subject is well reflected in Dr. God- 

 dard's treatment and many pages will appeal to the general 

 reader. Crime, pauperism, prostitution and other "con- 

 sequences" are considered in their relation to underlying mental, 

 defect. The biographical character of the data, the abundant 

 photographs and the case method of presentation give the volume 

 human interest ; and will make it a kind of source book for 

 students of the problem. Arnold Gesell. 



9. Aicards by the Franklin Institute. — It is announced that 

 the Franklin Institute has awarded a certificate of merit to Mr. 

 George P. Vanier, of Steelton, Pa., for his potash bulb. Fur- 

 ther, the John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium have been 

 awarded to Dr. Charles Edouard Guillaume, of Serves, France, 

 for his alloy invar. 



Obituary. 



Dr. Charles Sedgwick Minot, professor of comparative anat- 

 omy in the Harvard Medical School, died on November 19 at the 

 age of sixty-two years. His contributions to biology, especially 

 in histology and embryology, had placed him in the very first 

 rank among American men of science. 



Dr. Albert Charles Peale, the geologist and paleobotanist, 

 died on December 6 in his sixty-fifth year. He was for many 

 years connected with the United States Geological Survey ; since 

 1898 his work had been in the section of paleobotany of the 

 U. S. National Museum. 



John Muir, the well-known nature-lover, explorer and natural- 

 ist, died at Los Angeles on December 24 at the age of seventy- 

 six years. 



Professor Dr. Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, the veteran Ger- 

 man physicist, died recently at the age of ninety years. 



Dr. Nils Christoffer Duner, professor of astronomy and 

 director of the observatory at Upsaia, Sweden, died on November 

 10 in his seventy-sixth year. 



Dr. Mordecai C. Cooke, the veteran mycologist, died on 

 November 12 at Southsea, England, at the age of eighty -nine 

 years. 



Dr. J. Borgmann, professor of physics in the University of 

 Petrograd, died recently at the age of sixty-five years. 



