SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 

 OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 

 FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Friday, January 6, 1905. 

 contents. 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 



Executive Proceedin<js, Report of the Gen- 

 eral Secretary: President Charles S. 

 Howe 1 



Lines of Progress in Euf/inecriiig : Pro- 

 fessor Calvin Milton Woodward 7 



Problems in Human Anatomy: Professor 

 Henry H. Donaldson 16 



Scientific Books: — 



Ideals of Science and Faith: Professor K. 



M. Wenley 26 



Scientific Journals and Articles 27 



Societies and Academies: — 



Neio York Academy of Sciences, Section of 

 Biology: Professor M. A. Bioelow 28 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Style tn Scientific Composition: G.K.Gil- 



bert. L'Atinee Biologique: Professor 

 CiiAs. B. Davenport, Professor Jacques 

 LoEB. The Epidiascope : Professor David 

 P. Todd 28 



Special Articles: — 



Tlie Influence of Caverns on Topography : 

 Professor Israel C. Russell. A Notable 

 Advance in the Theory of Correlation: Dr. 

 Raymond Pearl. ' Glvcinum ' or ' Beryl- 

 lium': Professor Jas. Lewis Howe 30 



Botanical Notes: — 



Tlie Study of Fibers; A Helpful Bulletin: 

 Professor Charles E. Bessey 36 



Tlic Nobel Prizes 37 



Scientific Notes and News 37 



University and Educational News 40 



MSS. inteuded for publication and books, etc., intended 

 for review should be sent to the Editor of Science, Garri- 

 son-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS : REPORT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY. 



The first meeting of the American Association for tlie Advancement of Science was 

 held in the City of Pliiladelphia, September 20th, 1848. There were then 461 members 

 of the Association, but we have no record of the number in attendance. The second 

 Philadelphia meeting was held September 3, 1884. Tiie Association then numbered 1,981 

 members and the attendance was 1,261, including 303 members of the British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science and nine other foreign guests. The third Philadelphia 

 meeting was held December 27 to 31, 1904. The total membership was nearly 4,000 

 and the registered attendance numbered 588 members and 104 members of affiliated 

 societies, making a total registered attendance of 692 members. From 200 to 400 did not 

 register, so that we may safely conclude that the total attendance was at least 890, and 

 perhaps very much larger.* The present meeting is, therefore, the third largest in point 



* We estimate the number of scientific men in attendance to have been in the neighborhood of 1,200. 

 240 members of the American Chemical Society were registered, but only 75 for the Chemical Section of the 

 Association. There were nearly 100 members of the American Psychological and Philosophical Associations 

 in attendance, very few of whom registered. The conditions were probably similar in other sciences. — Ed. 



