Science for the People

IN this country we are only just beginning to awake to the fact that museums have a great future before them in the task of bringing home to the nation the value and importance of scientific research. In this we are a long way behind the United States, which, through numerous channels, makes strenuous efforts to enlist the interest and sympathy of the public in all that concerns science and its importance as a factor in civilisation and progress. In this the American Museum of Natural History has played, and is playing, a very important part, not only in regardto its exhibition galleries, but also by its efforts to reach those who live outside its radius. By means of the American Museum Journal, it gives to the world at large, month by month, aseries of lucidly written and skilfully chosen articles by members of its staff and others of established reputation on the various problems which are engaging the attention of specialists.