ZAHN, tsim. John Augustine. American author b. New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio, 14 June 1851. He received his education at Notre Dame University. where he was grad uated m 1871. He at once entered the order of the Holy Cross: and occupied the chair of physses at Notre Dame tor 25 years, for the greaser part of which time he was also head of the scientific department there. He was for many years president of the board of trustees of the university, provincial of his order in the United States and procurator-general of his community in Rome, where he enjoyed the special favor of Leo XIII, who conferred on him the degree of Ph.D. in 1895. Dr. Zahm has lectured at the summer schools at Flens burg, N. Y., and at Madison, Wis.; also at the New Orleans winter school and the Catholic University of America. In scientific circles, his position as an advanced evolutionist has brought him into • ence. He is a member of the Societe Fraucaise de Physique; the Societe Scientifique of Brussels; the Arcadia, Rome; and the Dante Society of Florence. His pub
lished works include 'Evolution and Dogma': 'Bible Science and Faith': 'Sound and Music' ; 'Catholic Science and Catholic Scientists' ; 'Scientific Theory and Catholic Doctrine' ;'Sci ence and the lurch' ; 'Evolution and Tele ology'; 'Souvenirs of Travel'; 'Aladca: The Country and the People' ; 'Hawaii and the Hawaiians.' Dr. Zahm has devoted many years to the study of South America and on this subject has written, under the pseudonyms of H. J. Mamas and J. A. Masao 'Following the Conquistadores by the Orinoco and Down the Magdalene': 'Following the Conquistadores Along the Andes and Down the Amazon': 'The ()nest of El Dorado); 'Woman to Science' ; 'Following the Conquistadores Through South America's Southland. with an Account of the Roosevelt Expedition to South America'