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1 . Publication. • TR/JTEN'nnd women distinguished in every fieM of activity were engaged ii -^ .the task of preparing the Ninth Edition of the ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRI TANNICA, of which The Times (London) now offers its Reprint,, aiid a com plete list of their names is no bad substitute for a roll of honour in, contemporary letters and science. » The "Saturday Review," commenting on Sir Archibald Geikie's Binning ham address ou " Science in Education," used the other day f;kese words: — .■ "Sir Archibald Geikie urged upon science, students to cultivate the humanities, not merely , as & source of consolation and refreshment, : - • but' for two reasons of a more utilitarian kind. • '-.';'■ 'Men who nad been too exclusively trained • ;• in science, oi were too muck, absorbed in its ' pursuits, were not always the most agreeable ®. ■ -..-. . members of society.' Furthermore, ihe "comparative neglect of the literary side of eduoa- : tion by many men of science was conspicnouslv ' ■ -' seen in their literary style.' The arrogance of . th-3 narrow-minded man of. science can be quite as objectionable as the precocity of the literary; , ■' • ■ prig. But as for the question of style, we can hardly think of a single really eminent man . of science of this generation who leaves much ' ' ■ ' " ■ ■ . to be desired. Lord Kelvin, Lord Rayleigh, Mr A; I?. Wallace, Sir Ko.bert Ball, and Sir ■ ~.."' Archibald Geilcie himself are all admirably lucid writers *or speakers. Specialists, however, and perhaps electricians moat of oil, '. ■ ' • come under Sir Archibald's condemnation." The "Saturday Review," in this passage, selects the-names of five eminent men of science who eaii write: lucidly, five flames associated with the best work of the day. Every one of these five men contributed to the Ninth Edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. Here are the names of some of the articles they wrote:— ■ .' - LORD KELVIN: Elasticity, Heat. .:,-. .ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE: Distribution, Acclimatisation" ■ LORD RAYLEIGH: Optics, Wave Theory SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE: Vesuvius, Geography .' (Physical), 'Geology James Hutton, Murchison, Scotland (Geology). , ' SIR ROBERT BALL: Gravitation, Measurement, Nebular Theory. The ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA is not a mere aid,to memory to be hastily consulted in moments of emergency; 'it is not only the greatest of works of reference, but it is a library in itself, a collection of admirable treatises, upon all conceivable subjects. Even the most recondite branches of learning are treated without a trace of pedantry. The volumes are eminently readable. : .' ' ' , Not only men of learning; scholars, divines, masters of science and philosophy, but also men of action, statesmen, soldiers and 'sailors finan acre, jurists and surgeons, artists and engineers, manufacturers, • sportsmen and travellers have contributed to the pages of this most comprehensive library of reference. • To the casual inquirer it presents all the advantages which a library of a thousand chosen volumes yields to the trained scholar who is' thorouEhlv acquainted, with each of the thousand. It may, indeed, be .said to be the eSsence : of all books, ancient and modern, prepared for convenient ,use ; Yet the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA is not d ly ■ and . repellent • many the most popular novelists and essayists of the day are amone iv 'contributors, and such names as those of: Mrs Humphry Ward" Sir W.ltn Besant, Mr Swinburne, Mr Lang, Mr Dobson, are in themselves the be t i evidence of its literary charm. . =«>» me De?t ■'-'-JT|^iiI'QEjRNING THE

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