ART. 1.—THE NATIONALISATION OF BRITISH RAILWAYS 1. Railway Nationalization. By Clement Edwards. 1. As Others See Us. By J. G. Brooks. New York: les États-Unis. By André Tardieu. Paris: 3. The Inner Life of the United States. By Mgr Count ART. 3.-THE EARLIEST ENGLISH ILLUSTRATORS OF DANTE 395 1. A Discourse on the Dignity, Certainty, Pleasure, and Advantage of the Science of a Connoisseur. By Mr 2. The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds. By James North- [Jonathan] Richardson. London: Churchill, 1719. cote. Two vols. London: Colburn, 1812. 1. L' Aniene (Italia Artistica, No. 21). By A. Colasanti. Bergamo: Instituto Italiano d'Arti grafiche, 1906. 2. I Monasteri di Subiaco. Vol. I: 'Notizie Storiche; by P. Egidi. 'L' Architettura'; by G. Giovannoni. 'Gli Affreschi'; by F. Hermanin. Rome: a cura e spese del Ministro della pubblica Istruzione, 1904. 3. Analisi Storico-topografico-antiquaria della carta de' dintorni di Roma, vol. III. By A. Nibby. Two vols. Rome: Tipografia delle Belle Arti, 1837. ART. 6. THE DECLARATION OF LONDON 1 Correspondence and Documents respecting the Inter- national Naval Conference, held in London, December 1908-February 1909. Miscellaneous Papers. No. 4. 2. Proceedings of the International Naval Conference, held in London, December 1908-February 1909. Mis- cellaneous Papers. No. 5. (1909.) [Cd. 4555.] ART. 8.-THE ENGLISH CONCEPTION OF POLICE 1. The Report of the Royal Commission upon the Duties of the Metropolitan Police. London: Wyman, 1908. Parliamentary Papers, 4156, 4260, 4261, of 1908. 2. Die Polizei als Grundlage und Organ der Strafrechts- ART. 9.-PORFIRIO DIAZ-SOLDIER AND STATESMAN 1. Porfirio Diaz, seven times President of Mexico. Mrs Alec Tweedie. London: Hurst and Blackett, 2. President Diaz and Modern Mexico. By Enrique C. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. 420.-JULY, 1909. Art. 1.-THE CENTENARY OF DARWIN: DARWIN AND 1. The Origin of Species. By Charles Darwin. London: 3. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. Edited by his son, 4. The Principles of Heredity, with some Applications. By Lecture. By W. Bateson. Press, 1908. An Inaugural Cambridge: University 10. The Darwin-Wallace Celebration, held on July 1, 1908, by the Linnean Society. London, 1908. 11. Fifty Years of Darwinism: modern aspects of Evolution. Centennial addresses in honor of Charles Darwin before the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Baltimore, Friday, January 1, 1909. New York: Holt and Co., 1909. Vol. 211.-No. 420. B 12. Darwin and Modern Science: Essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species.' Edited by A. C. Seward. Cambridge: University Press, 1909. THREE anniversaries, memorable in the history of thought, have their place in the years 1908 and 1909. The first of these is the fiftieth anniversary, on July 1, 1908, of the publication to the world of the Darwin-Wallace theory of Natural Selection; the second, the hundredth anniversary, February 12, 1909, of the birth of Charles Darwin; the third, the fiftieth anniversary, November 24, 1909, of the publication of the Origin of Species.' Who, forty years ago, could have foretold the enthusiasm and interest which these anniversaries would inspire? The Linnean Society celebrated the first of them by a special meeting, which was addressed by Alfred Russel Wallace and Sir Joseph Hooker, two out of the four chief actors of July 1, 1858. That anniversary will be an abiding inspiration to many a naturalist. Nor will its influence be limited to those who were fortunate enough to be present; for the Society has issued a full and admirable account of the proceedings. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, meeting at Baltimore, celebrated these three anniversaries on January 1 of the present year, and has now published in a memorial volume the eleven addresses delivered in honour of Charles Darwin. But this was only the chief among many celebrations held in great centres of population and universities throughout the United States. Of these it is only possible to mention the addresses in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, on February 12, and the courses of commemorative lectures which began on the same day at Columbia University and Chicago University. Furthermore, the April number of 'The Popular Science Monthly' and the May number of the Psychological Review' are entirely devoted to the life and influence of Charles Darwin and dedicated to his memory. The birthday was also celebrated at Oxford by a large meeting in the schools, at which four of Darwin's sons were present. Finally, as was most fitting, the climax was reached by the great commemora tion, on June 22-24, at Darwin's own university. Here, in the presence of the assembled representatives of hundreds of universities and learned societies throughout the world, Cambridge did high honour to the memory of her illustrious son. Several weeks before this great celebration, an enduring memorial was issued by the Cambridge University Press in the form of a massive volume of twenty-nine essays, edited by Prof. A. C. Seward. a It is deeply interesting, while our minds are full of **Life and Letters of Charles Darwin,' ii, 320–324. 1 |