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There is another group of about 600 volumes, some of which have to do with psychical research, spiritism, and abnormal psychology, and some with the religious emotions, religious biography, and topics touched on in James's "Varieties of Religious Experience." This second group is interesting as a collection because many of the books are not easily obtainable or are not ordinarily classified in library catalogues under the subjects to which Professor James related them...
Experimenters on both sides of the Atlantic are working to produce " cold " light, i. e., illuminating substances with a minimum of heat. Professor E. Newton Harvey, of Princeton, and Dr. W. R. Amberson, of the Nela Research Laboratories, Cleveland, have isolated " luciferin " and " luciferase," the phosphorescent substances which produce the glow of fireflies and similar animals. They hope to manufacture them artificially in quantity...
...course of his semi-continuous lecture tour brought Glenn Frank, active editor of the Century maga- zine, to New Orleans. Abandoning the general for the particular, Mr. Frank said he wanted Mr. William G. McAdoo to be our next President. " I know by personal observation and research that Mr. McAdoo is well qualified...
...monthly Astronomical Colloquium will be held this evening in Building C of the College Observatory on Concord Avenue at 8 o'clock. Professor J. Fisher who is now doing research work at the Observatory will give an address on "The Brightness of Lunar Eclipses since 1860". The public will be admitted...
...Explosions". This particular phase of Physics has been chosen on account of the wide interest taken by the public in the recent important discoveries which have thrown light on the composition and behavior of the atom. Dr. Kemble is well fitted to discuss the subject, having done much advanced research work in this field...