380 NOTES. 
‘‘The want of a common scientific language will unquestionably 
become gradually more and more felt; and as a return to Latin 
can hardly be expected, it is not improbable that English may 
sometime or other acquire that rank, not only because that lan- 
guage is far more widely diffused over every part of the earth than 
any other culture-language, and that already two of the greatest 
nations publish in it the results of their scientific labors, but 
because English, on account of its simple grammar and as com- 
bining in nearly the same degree Teutonic and Romanic elements, 
is by most Europeans more easily acquired than any other lan- 
guage.”—Remarks on Synonymes of European Spiders, 1873, p. 
583 (a work written entirely in elegant idiomatic English).— By 
Prof. T. THORELL, of Upsala.— Annals and Mag. Nat. History. 
We may add that De Candolle, the Swiss botanist, has lately ad- 
vocated the use of the English language as a common scientific lan- 
guage, and in this connection we quote the remarks of Mr. G.O. 
Sars, the well known zoologist of Norway, in the introđuction to 
his elaborate work on animal life at great depths off the Norwe- 
gian coast. : 
Tue present indications are that the meeting of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science, at Hartford, in Au- 
gust, will be one of unusual interest and will be largely attended. 
The citizens of Hartford have commenced the work of making ar- 
rangements for the meeting with great enthusiasm, and the wel 
known liberality and wealth of the city make it certain that 
the local arrangements will be made as perfect as possible. 48 
favorable to the success of the meeting we notice a new feature 
in the local sub-committees, that of the appointment of @ number 
of ladies as a Committee of Reception. The circular of the Per- 
