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SCIENCE. 



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porting friction-and the need of additional in- 

 telligent supervision" (p. 327). 



Edward L. Thorndike. 



Teachers College, 

 Columbia University. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND ARTICLES. 



The American Naturalist for January con- 

 tains the following articles : ' The Habits of 

 the Striped Meadow Cricket {CEcanthus fasci- 

 atus Fitch),' Joseph L. Hancock; 'The Em- 

 bryo of the Angiosperms,' Harold L. Lyon; 

 ^ Notes on the Commensals found in the Tubes 

 of Chwtopterus pergamentaceus,' H. E. En- 

 ders ; ' On the Larva and Spat of the Canadian 

 Oyster,' Joseph Stafford; 'A Table to Facili- 

 tate the Determination of the Mexican Scale 

 Insects of the Genus Aspidiotus (Sens, latiss),' 

 T. D. A. Cockerell, besides reviews and notes. 



The Popular Science Monthly for March 

 has papers on ' The Bermuda Islands and the 

 Bermuda Biological Station for Research,' 

 Edward L. Mark; 'A Study of the Develop- 

 ment of Geometric Methods,' Gaston Darboux ; 

 ' Some Present Problems of Technical Chem- 

 istry,' W. H. Walker; 'Stamina,' A. N. Bell 

 (dealing with the prevention of tuberculosis) ; 

 ' The Natural History of Adolescence,' Joseph 

 Jastrow; 'Higher Education of Women and 

 Race Suicide,' A. Lapthorn Smith; and ' Sim- 

 ple Bacteriology for Public Schools,' Lillian 

 Chapin. There are also shorter articles, in- 

 cluding one, illustrated, on ' The Inland White 

 Bear,' by W. J. Holland, and another on ' Tlie 

 Carnegie Institution.' 



The Museums Journal of Great Britain has 

 a most excellent paper, with valuable discus- 

 sion appended, on ' Museums and Nature 

 Study,' by Frank Woolnough. The question 

 of lectures by the curators is touched upon 

 and the suggestion made that the nature 

 teaching may best be restricted to the life and 

 geology of its immediate locality. S. L. 

 Moseley tells ' How we made the Keighley 

 Museum Popular,' and in the discussion spe- 

 cial stress was laid upon the educational value 

 of museums and the many things a curator is 

 called upon to do. As Dr. Haddon said, ' the 

 curating of a museum is hard work,' the more 

 that like an iceberg it was seven eighths be- 



low the surface and none but those who knew 

 realized the extent of the unseen seven eighths. 

 The balance of the number is filled with re- 

 views and notes. 



The contents of The Journal of Infectious 

 Diseases for March are as follows : 



Harbitz, Francis : ' Studies in the Frequency, 

 Localization, and Modes of- Dissemination of 

 Tuberculosis, with Special Reference to its Occur- 

 rence in the Lymph Nodes and During Childhood.' 



Hektoen, Ludvig : ' Experimental Measles.' 



NovY, Frederick G., and MacNeal, Ward J.: 

 'On the Trypanosomes of Birds.' (With Plates 

 1-11.) 



Wherry, William B. : ' Some Observations on 

 the Biology of the Cholera Spirillum.' 



Musgrave, W. E., and Clegg, Moses T. : 

 ' Amebas : Their Cultivation and Etiological Sig- 

 nificance.' (With Plate 12.) 



McClintock, T. C, Boxmeyer, Charles H., 

 Siffer, 'J. J.: 'Studies on Hog Cholera.' 



The London Times has established an en- 

 gineering supplement to be issued weekly. 

 The first number, which appeared on March 1, 

 contains articles on ' British Engineering,' by 

 Sir Charles McLaren ; ' Submarines,' by Sir 

 William White; 'The Motor Omnibus,' by 

 C. W. B. Little, and numerous other articles 

 and notes. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 



the new YORK academy OF SCIENCES. 

 SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. 



The section met in conjunction with the 

 New York Section of the American Psycho- 

 logical Association on January 30, afternoon 

 and evening. Professor Woodbridge presided. 

 The following papers were presented : 



Color Preferences : R. S. Woodworth and 

 Frank G. Bruner. 



Tests of different races, made at the St. 

 Louis Exposition, showed that red was the 

 color most often preferred, both by men and 

 by women, and by all the races tested. The 

 predominance of red choices was very great. 

 Now previous authors have found, in the white 

 race, that red was a woman's choice, but blue 

 that of most men ; this difference of result, as 

 between the present and previous authors, is 



