Wolcott Gibbs (2) 11, 1851 to (3) 18, 1879 Asa Gray „ 15, 1853 „ „ 34, 1887 Louis Agassiz „ 16, 1853 „ (2) 41, 1866 Waldo I. Burnett „ 16, 1853 „ „ 17, 1853 George J. Brush „ 35, 1863 „ (3) 18, 1879 Samuel W. Johnson „ 35, 1863 „ „ 18, 1879 Hubert A. Newton (2) 38, 1864 to (4) 1, 1896 Addison E. Verrill „ 47, 1869 Alfred M. Mayer (3) 5, 1873 to (3) 6, 1873 Edward C. Pickering „ 7, 1874 „ „ 13, 1877 George F. Barker „ 14, 1877 „ (4) 29, 1910 Josiah P. Cooke „ 14, 1877 „ (3) 47, 1894 John Trowbridge (3) 19, 1880 George W. Goodale „ 35, 1888 Henry S. Williams „ 47, 1894 Henry P. Bowditch „ 49, 1895 to (4) 8, 1899 William G. Farlow „ 49, 1895 Othniel C. Marsh „ 49, 1895 to (4) 6, 1899 Henry A. Rowland (4) 1, 1896 „ „ 10, 1900 Joseph S. Diller „ 1, 1896 Louis V. Pirsson „ 7, 1899 William M. Davis „ 9, 1900 Joseph S. Ames „ 12, 1901 Horace L. Wells „ 18, 1904 Herbert E. Gregory „ 18, 1904 Horace S. Uhler „ 33, 1912 _Present and Future Conditions._ The field to be occupied by the “American Journal of Science and Arts,” as seen by its founder in 1818 and presented by him in the first number, as quoted entire on an earlier page, was as broad as the entire sphere of science itself. It thus included all the departments of both pure and applied science and extended even to music and fine arts also. As the years went by, however, and the practical applications of science greatly increased, technical journals started up, and the necessity of cultivating this constantly expanding field diminished. It was not, however, until January, 1880, that “the Arts” ceased to be a part of the name by which the Journal was known. About the same date also—or better a little earlier—began an increasing development of scientific research, particularly as fostered by the graduate schools of our prominent universities. The full presentation of this subject would require much space and is indeed unnecessary as the main facts must be distinct in the mind of the reader. It is only right, however, that the large part played in this movement by the Johns Hopkins University (founded in 1876) should be mentioned here.