We publish elsewhere an article on the meeting of the
British Association at Oxford, and as usual it is vain, even With the help of the admirable reports in the Times, to try to summarize here the mass of learning displayed in so many spheres of the Universe, from the palaeontology of a thousand million years ago to the unborn black babies of Africa, from Tutankhamen's smelling bottle to the next solar eclipse. The Prince of Wales's presidential address recalled the previous meetings in Oxford, notably the occasion of the famous duel between Bishop Wilber- force and the grandfather of our contributor to-day. He went on to draw attention to the immense growth of recognition of research by the Universities and the State and to the advantages of increased communication and of sharing the results of work through the British Empire and the world-at large.
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