(1) London and the Advancement of Science (2) The British Association for the Advancement of Science: a Retrospect, 1831–1931

Abstract

(London: British Association, 1931.) THE object of the British Association is, and always has been, the advancement of science. By means of its annual meetings at home and in the Dominions, by financial help towards scientific research, and by the printed reports of its yearly assemblies, it has acted as a leaven in the intellectual life of our nation. Now, in its centenary year, it has published two handbooks giving further justification for its honourable and useful existence. The pair are really companion books. The latter work traces the birth, growth, and struggle for recognition in a conservative age—and the subsequent triumph—of the British Association, which has roamed from county to county, and from continent to continent, dispensing its good offices in the promotion of science. This official “Retrospect” has been compiled by Mr. 0. J. R. Howarth, the secretary of the Association, and the task of collecting the material and welding it into a coherent, readable mass of information has been well performed.

(1) London and the Advancement of Science.

By Various Authors.. Issued by the British Association for the Advancement of Science on the Occasion of its Centenary Meeting in London, 1931. Pp. iii + 321. 3s. 6d.

(2) The British Association for the Advancement of Science: a Retrospect, 1831–1931.

By O. J. R. Howarth. Centenary (second) edition. Pp. vii + 330 + 19 plates. 3s. 6d.