New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-18
SCIENCE IN 0ERMANY.


SCIENCE IN GERAANY.
RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS.
rim rsfBUNR's n+Yoar OF AdAfstzS L&cTUKsS RK-
rRopVofD IN GERMAs-I'ssCusSoN on TIRE
| pAkwixAN rnroRY--MosfR's Ai1NttAr EttLcRA-
I 1soNs--AN IMPORTANT HTINoloddoIL Work
pUpIlsTfyD.
fsToh An ocCxx eHAL CONFECTIONERY OF TRE fAfs0~
| LRPsic, Aug. 2--he 0f the mcst recent t'fr'anil
bets ia :" The Plan Of Creation, by Louie Agassk,
which Ana to DC craasfatiof Of AkasaHs 'asu
series Of Cambridge lectures. as they sppsaued HI
Tns 1RHuNE the DlistratOsfs given therein being
sasA repttshrsed Nothing. buwevT. is said by tue
Translator of tho suterprse of tbs juufial which
gave these hectares 70 the pube aid Without which,
in view Of Agassiss hsnt Of exteiqoraseoas SPEAK
ing, is 10 safe TO cay they neter would haSs bAen
ls,a,Esl,ed Sill the appearance Of this 'D"R atfe@s
the merits Of T1IR TRIBuEgf Acianftic rbiscatior'
one Of which Mas In this instance beeh sechr"d I"
rcxsnmsAt place ia Iaer,hah scientific literature.
Though marvellous o. specialists in Industry and
cosccntrativca,ess German scientists ara getrof,ily
backward in Che art If presenting scientific truth m
rotaar forms, and think the same writer might do
stif MORO good Ny tranAatirs few more OF l1sD
THrkUsfs Extroe.
The ,snl,sr Of the Gefmnn Seieltific magazines ~
now icsidr There il department. OF scic Htdhe he-
tiyv tlmt, 10 not rsptssepted By al least otd, AMI
xa,c.itnes br several magazines. The Afscnsitn Of
the development theory is leading feature. some
SIDE moro or less with Darwin. hxt do NOT knew or
any ono OF these publications that is avowrdfy III my
fsvor. Dr. OttS Zatharias ID however effsassed m
preparing to establish magazine, to be DEVELOP
II, b;,o,y ard the developments theory IN tinhcf-
taking II; hish I've enjoys the ecttrhtim Of sue Of
the best writer's in the domain Of Zoology ard som
u1rafit6 s,,atorhS. Darwin himself has evincea the
src,yest interest in tile igc, and l,as ex,Hps~S
in ls1cr 10 Dr. Zacharas his best Wishes for its
suceses Dr. Haelsarias il author " Gertnaa work
on sectivcxtts ylants which has lately been trAsk
lated INTO Engfsh
Edward Mcht. who has carried reputation IA o,'e
of the most cntcrprisng il not of the most scie
tfc of German Travellers has j,Nt published an in
ttrs3tiI.g book entitled mach den Vctafiafalicn
dcs Zanbesi' containing account Of ins ezpl6a-
tidns in kfrica. After travelling Cvef large part Of
the civilized world m both continents, restless
spirit of adventure drove Mohr n South Africa abont
10 years ago. where in the pleasures and dangers of
a long extended hunting tOar lie found the excite
ment which his nature craved Returning from this
irfpn 1857 he forhta THE rolhtioi torcvsit Africa
AMI devote himself 10 expiess idsafa more scientific
charaotY Tyetndy s zeelously practical astronomy
and civil ehginefrng he tctniicd considerable facil-
ity md accuracy in taking latitude and lengtue.
as wei rs Yakins Typographical observations. Secn-
| ing the cS5peration Of a competent erol6pfsi,
Adolf fiibner, and nh splendid oittHt in the way
of arms Instruments and MONEY the Cite Of fitiKs.
MoFr started FOR South Africa IN fsGR. Landing Al
Port Natal he procured two wagons 81 oxen, five
hotsas arid SIX dogs and tiius eqnpycd set ont With
his companion On the seh N March, 1860. The
story from this date is the story 81 an exrlcrers a
| succession of hopes and dsapISititDents, Kfssits
| ld oh hxf
same intlomira able spirit which leads nien tn IN
counter them. Molr has written tie history Of This
! Journey in an interesting, popular STYLE without
great literary ptttisio and without ovcrcolOrin+'
His narrative Not III Juna, 1879, were the PATS Of
| the Zanbcsi reached. Livingston he'd been there
before and ofhdr explorers hsd reached then, fri
different directions Int the rcuic of MoEr and Eiib
ncr was new one from te south. These ira ve'cfs
rec With their predecessors in affirming THE woi
derul bHsuty and sfi1limity Of these falls and in
| their enthusiasm do rot hesitate to fay that
they even surpas, Niagara. Mchr would have
continued his march beyond this point, into region
still less Known Lad not the delays Occas'nitd by
parcying with hostile native tribes and either
hnderances the iharc TO Me falls 50 reduced his
supplies and crippled his outfit that il WIS a',so
lutcly necessary for HIM 10 rturb. Written in a
ilCSinq tasy style, ehicenrd by liuhor and pfc
turcsuue description Mohr's narrative adHs many
interesting details concerning tho physical features
| bf this part Of Africa ana the PecuaIties If its
! people INIT the cdcf sciciliiit tal,a OF tht btok
lies III the long. uninterrupted series OF htifudinal
A,ld longitudinal DETERMINATIONS which he made
With an arSlor and fHcMty that khew abatement.
Being Wifiiout trustworthy gnides, he was
PEELED to depend upon these observations for his
Guidance through the Wilderness. The carefal
record he kept If tKsin as &al "A Of the magnetic
variations and the ldrirt above the sen-evel of
dihefSft places, fbrhf Valuable contribution to our
knowledge of African geography. His expedition
shows host mich one ,M tw6 thivehfs may con-
| tribute TO scientific results who always keep the
scientific aim in 11e#. The cost Of his TIP, about
Rs,Cn0, Wa c,thciy ddfraysd from private con-
| tfibutimis
! me S.nie Leibkic ifih a. iaste this wbfk-Hi't d
Oo-arc also publishers Of the elaborate w,rk of DR..
Gustav Frtsch Of the Berlin University the Ma
| rps of Sotttl Africa" which IL one Of the fbst
| thorough German chronological treatis,s. Dir.
ffft~h Vas thIee years in South Affica, aud has
prtiisicd p0p,ilar BOOK Win that ttie Ifs lwfter
work is accompanied by an stins in which every
distinct type II The native physTTifoihy is REPRE-
scnfed and Several pages are devoted tn the iliasia
ton Of q large number Of native skulls FOr the
naet If ctAh eltsy the work IA nt.auniie, hut its
necessarily hith price $50 places u boyOBd rAch
of the popular purse l may add that DR.. Fr1tsch IL
In opponent of the Darwinialr tlreo4v, though his
woak only deals incidentally with this question.
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LITERARY NOTES.