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, March 10, 1905. 



GO^TElSlTS: 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science : — 



The Modern 'Droit d'Aubaine: The Hox. 

 Simeon E. Baldwin 361 



Proceedings of the American Society of Zool- 

 ogists: Professor Henry S. Pratt 373 



Scientific Books: — 



Jost's Vorlesungen iiber Pflanzenphysiol- 

 ogie: Professor H. M. Richards. Springer 

 oil Cleiocrinus: T. D. A. C 387 



Scientific Journals and Articles 389 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Nebraska Academy of Sciences: Pro- 

 fessor RoBT. H. WoLCOTT. The North- 

 eastern Section of the American Chemical 

 Society: Dr. Arthur M. Comey. The 

 Geological Society of Washington : Dr. 

 Geo. Otis Smith. The Science Club of 

 Northwestern University: Floyd Field... 389 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 

 A Nematode Disease of Grasses: Dr. 

 Ernst A. Bessey 391 



Special Articles: — 



The Olympic Peninsula of Washington: 

 Dr. Henry S. Conard 392 



Quotations: — 



Dr. Osier on the Periods of a Teacher's 

 Life .- 393 



Report of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for 

 Jm 395 



The Preservation of American Antiquities: 

 Dr. Edgar L. Hewett 397 



Scientific Notes and Neics 398 



UniversHy and Educational News 400 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 

 THE MODERN 'DROIT D'AUBAINE.'* 

 One of the dark spots in the dark and 

 middle ages is the treatment of foreigners. 

 Was a ship wrecked upon the French 

 coast? AVhat was saved was saved for the 

 seigneur who owned the shore, or his over- 

 lord, the king. The lading and the crew 

 were alike his, to dispose of as he would. 

 If the sailors were uncivil enough to set up 

 a claim to the wreckage, he could kill them. 

 If he preferred, he could sell them as 

 slaves. It was his right — the droit de 

 naufrage. 



It was on the same principle that down 

 to modern times, if a man happened to die 

 while traveling or living abroad, his estate, 

 in many countries of Europe, was seized 

 and kept by the lord of the manor or the 

 sovereign of the land. His will was dis- 

 regarded. His natural heirs, unless born 

 on the soil or naturalized citizens, were set 

 aside. All that he left belonged to the 

 governing power. 



Quite naturally, as trade between nations 

 became more considerable, the countries 

 which retained this droit d'auhaine in its 

 full vigor and severity found few mer- 

 chants ready to bring cargoes to their ports. 

 The result was successive modifications of 

 the system. Certain trading centers were 

 exempted from its operation. Naturaliza- 

 tion was to be easily had by traders, and 

 when obtained relieved them from subjec- 



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

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

 9on-on-Hndson, N. Y. 



* Address of the vice-president and chairman of 

 Section I., American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, at Pliiladelphia. 



