The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-19


with their publication in the Sunday
sun, beginning with the issue of Decem-
Der %; the subjects treated being as fol-
lows:
EVOLUTION. ALFRED RUSSELL Y AILAcE
LITERATURE ANDREW i@AaG
MEDICINE. WILLIAM tslsf-h
SURGERY. WILLIAM WILLIAMS KEEN
ELECTRICITY PROF. EIIHG THOMSON
CHEMISTRY PROF WILLIAM RAMSAY
PHYSICS. THOMAS C. MENDENHALL
ARCHAEOLOGY PROF FLISDERS-PETRIE
WARFARE SIR CHARLES dixie
MAYA. SHIPS CAPT ALFRED T. MAHAN
ASTRONOMY. NORMAN EocKYFR, + r s
PHILOSOPHY Eig~ ARD tAisp
pr1rc4e,> 5CARDINAI4 GIBBONS
= - - GOODWIN SMITH
ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE, LII D.,
is today the leading e. ponent of the theory
Of evolution. About the time that Darwin's
Origin of Species startled the thinking
world with its enaaciation Of new uni
versa! principle, Wallace had worked out
the same theory independently. His sciea-
tifc researches and publications along that
line have been second only to Darwin,s-
His most important work is The Wonder
full Century" published in 1885,
ANGREW LANG. who furnishes the ar
ticIe on Literature" is generally recog-
nized as one Of the foremost critics Of the
day No man is more thoroughly CONVEX
sant with the eyer-changing and far
reaching literature Of the last hundred
years than ne. His Books and BookH1en, .
Letters TO Dead Authors Letters OF
Literature, Ballads in Blue China and
Helen OF Troy aze known wherever the
English language s read
DR.. WILLIAM OSLER is as learned in
the history as in the practice
of medicine. and his eontribu-
t1ons to the literature Of medicine are an
thoritative. He IS rt present Professor Of
Medicine in Johns Hopkins Medical School,
Baltimore. where his lectures have made
him famous.
What Dr.. osIer is to the medical pro-
fession DR. WILLIAM WILLIAMS KEEN.
of Philadelphia. is to Surgery" the sub
ject upon which he writes. The advances
in surgery in resent years have been mar
velous. and for many Of them DR.. Keen is
himself responsible. IN the delicate
sphere Of brain surgery he has been a pio-
neeF-
PROF. ELIHU THOMSON is easily the
foremost scientific electrician of today,
and is second eRIy to- EdssOn3B the active
| field Of electrical. InYentions- The Thorn
son-Houston Electrical Company of which
he is the head. operates more than 500
patents under~hi Inventions He is The
recognized authority the world over on
electrical science.
PROP. WILLIAM RAMSAY. the eminent
English chemist. hlls the chair CT chem
/ istry in the University College CT London.
with Lord RayIeigh, he discovered argon,
an element OF air hitherto unsusIected
He also discovered heiium- His text
books on chemistry are remarkable
THOMAS c. MENDENHALL. for many
years President of the Worcester Poly
/ technic Institute. and ex-Presidept OF the
American Association for the advance
ment OF Science. writes the article on
Physics" In-thiS department Mr. Men
denhs1 tolds the first rank HIS work for
the United States Government and his
writings upon the -subiieet a physics have
given him a high place among scientific
men
TRIE contributes the article on ''Archae-
/ ology." In this field he is one of the pic
neers. His excavations in Egypt have
brought up matters of the most profound
historical interest and importance II was
he WIZ discovered the Greek settlements
at Naukratis and Daphnae and the p-ehis-
terie Egyptian relics at Koptos and Maya
da. His publications, which are many, are
| textbooks.
The progress of methods in warfare"
is the subject OF. SIR CHARLES DILKE'S
article. He IS the Leading exponent of
modern warfare in Great Britain His
published works, Greater Britain THE
Present Position of European Politics,
The British Army, Imperial De-
| fence and Army Reform have had a
powerful influence not only in Great Brit
ain but in the world at large.
CAPTAIN MAHAN is recognized
both in Europe and the United
States as the greatest naval expert iiv-
ing. His book, Influence of Sea Power
Upon History" is hailed an authoritative
work wherever Barships float Captain
Mahan has served in the American Navy
for forty years He has been President
of the Naval War College at Newport
and during the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES war
was a member of the Naval Board CT
Strategy. He is credited with having
suggested many OF the best planned ma
nsuyres in the struggle with Spain He
/ was one of the American delegates TO the
Peace Conference at The Hague.
SIR NORMAN LOCKYER, F. R. s., is
/ the foremost astronomer in the world.
lie is the director Of the Solar Physics
! Observatory at South Kensington and
Professor Of Astronomical Physics in the
Royal College of Science. His astro-
nomicaI writings are famous and he has
done much to popularize the intricate
science of which he is the leading expo
nent.
EDWARD CARD. the famous Master
Of Balliol, Oxford University, contributes
the paper on Philosophy" Himself an
eminent philosopher, he has been a pro-
found student of the earlier philosophers
and the friend and associate of most of
those of his own time. In his o~n de-
partment of learning he has ne superior.
and his philosophical works are regarded
as authoritative.
Religion is discussed bv fwn lesa-