EDITORIAL COMMENT. 
‘¢Scientia.’’ — Weare glad to note the establishment of a new French 
scientific series — “ Scientia, exposé et développement des questions 
scientifiques à l’ordre du jour.” This is to appear in two parts: one, 
a physico-mathematical one; the other, biological, which chiefly con- 
cerns us. The aim of the series is to exhibit in a clear and philo- 
sophical way the results of recent discoveries and the general directing 
ideas. It is proposed to treat the subjects in a living way, giving 
reasons for conclusions and the conflict of views. The cost of each 
volume, neatly bound in cardboard, is two francs, or six for ten francs. 
There is room for such a series, and the first two volumes which 
we have received, one by Bard on Cell Specialization, and one by 
le Dantec on Sexuality, lead us to expect good things from the 
undertaking. 
Western Morphologists.— We have recently received a letter 
from Professor Henry B. Ward, of Nebraska University, suggesting 
the formation of a western section of the American Morphological 
Society. This is a matter which the /Vaturadist would like to see 
fully discussed. We have already referred to the fact that the very 
extent of our country works against a proper unity of American 
scientific men, and that a society which meets in successive years at 
places five or seven hundred miles from one another loses that con- 
tinuity of endeavor essential to the most effective work. We are 
consequently at present inclined to regard the suggestion of Pro- 
fessor Ward as good, and to believe that the formation of a section 
of the “ Morphologists ” in the Mississippi Valley, which might meet 
once in three or five years with the Society of Naturalists and the 
eastern section of the “ Morphologists’’ at some border-line city, 
would serve to develop the science in America. 
