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(IX) Insects in their Relation to Man, as Carriers of Diseases; 



(X) Insects in their Relation to the Household; (XI) Insects in 

 their Relation to the Farmer and Fruit Grower; (XII) The War 

 on Insects. 



From the above titles it will be seen that the work is of a 

 very wide nature. It is impossible in the space here available to 

 refer at any length to any portions of the book. It is one which 

 will be found of much value, not only to the student of insects, 

 but to anyone who is at all interested in the lower forms of 

 animals. Chapter IX on Insects as Carriers of Diseases, will 

 be found of special interest just now, in view of the wide-spread 

 investigations which are being held in this direction. The whole 

 work is full of information and will doubtless have a very wide 

 sale. It is illustrated by many figures in the text, and at the 

 beginning there is a full-paged coloured plate of some of the 

 commoner insects which are troublesome in houses. The work 

 is well printed, and we congratulate the author on this latest 

 of his many publications. A. G. 



OBITUARY NOTICE. / 



J. F. Whiteaves, LL.D., F.G.S., F.R.S.C. 



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It is difficult to realize that the distinguished Palaeontologist 

 of the Geological Survey, Joseph Frederick Whiteaves, has 

 passed from amongst us ! By his death, which occurred on 

 Sunday, the 8th of August, after an illness of some months' 

 duration, the Geological Survey has lost one of the ablest of 

 its members, and Canada one of her best known workers in 

 geological science. 



Dr. Whiteaves was born in Oxford, England, in 1835, and 

 first came to this country in 1861 on a short visit. The follow- 

 ing year he again crossed the Atlantic, this time to remain in 

 Canada, taking up his residence in Montreal. Here he was for 

 twelve years officially connected with the Montreal Natural 

 History Society as its recording secretary and scientific curator 

 of its museum. 



In 1876 he was appointed to the staff of the Geological 

 Survey as Palaeontologist in succession to the late Mr. E. Bill- 

 ings, the first palaeontologist to the Survey. How wise a selec- 

 tion this was, after years amply proved. He was made one of 

 the Assistant Directors in 1877, and Zoologist in 1883. 



As a boy he attended private schools in Oxford and London, 

 and early developed a liking for natural science. Following the 

 bent of his inclinations he studied the fauna and flora of Ox- 



