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le Montagne Noire (8 days) ; Pyrenees (10 days). A special geological guide 

 will be ready early in 1900 ; meanwhile English geologists will remember the 

 excellent " Geology of the Paris Basin," by Messrs. Harris and Burrows, pub- 

 lished by the Geologists' Association of London. 



The new president of the Anthropological Society of Paris is Dr. Capitan. 



The new president of the American Microscopical Society is Dr. William C. 

 Krauss, of Buffalo, N.Y. 



The New York Zoological Society has issued No. 3 of its News Bulletin. 

 This is illustrated with four large photographic figures, showing the works 

 at present in progress. A great deal seems to have been accomplished since 

 the summer, and it is hoped to have the Park partially stocked with animals, 

 and open to the public, by May next. 



It is announced that those interested in promoting Zoological Gardens in 

 Edinburgh have fixed their eyes provisionally on a site in the neighbourhood 

 of Barnton. As we pointed out before, the only hope of success, in default of 

 abundant capital, is to choose a site in some habitual resort of holidayers, and 

 this consideration points to Portobello rather than to Barnton. 



The President of the American Society of Naturalists, at its New York 

 meeting in December 1898, delivered an address on "Reform in Medical Edu- 

 cation." This is published in Science for December 30. Eleven other scientific 

 societies were meeting during the same period. 



The Excursion Secretary of the Geologists' Association, London, is now Mr. 

 F. Meeson, 29 Thurloe Place, South Kensington. He is trying to organise 

 some cycle excursions. 



The "At Home" of the President and Council of the Geological Society, 

 London, on December 15, was attended by a large number of Fellows. With 

 the aid of the lantern Mr. H. W. Monckton showed photographs of the glaciers 

 and fjords of the Bergen district, Norway, and Mr. C. W. Andrews showed his 

 photographs of Christmas Island. There were many interesting exhibits. The 

 Director-General of the Survey produced markings from the Silurian rocks of 

 Tipperary, simulating shells, graptolites, and fucoids, but probably due to 

 inorganic causes. Mr. Whitaker exhibited a geological map of London and 

 suburbs made in relief on stamped tin by J. B. Jordan. Mr. Etheridge ex- 

 hibited cores from the Brabourne borehole in South-East Kent ; this has now 

 reached a depth of 2003 feet in Lower Carboniferous rocks. 



Mr. Monckton redelivered the above-mentioned lecture to the Geologists' 

 Association, London, on January 6. 



The Preston Scientific Society held its annual meeting on November 23, 

 1898. It was announced that during the year the number of members had 

 increased from 520 to 710. This being so, it is the more to be regretted that 

 the Corporation should have found itself unable to continue to permit the 

 Society the use of its rooms in Cross Street, causing the Society pecuniary loss, 

 and the trouble of furnishing new rooms at 119a Pishergate. The collections 

 of the Society are growing. Miss Robinson has presented a large collection of 

 British Plants ; while a series of local land and fresh-water mollusca has been 

 given by Messrs. R. Garbet and W. H. Heathcote. The syllabus of lectures 

 and sectional meetings for the current session is remarkably full, but contains 

 rather a larger proportion of lectures on general subjects than we like to see in 

 the case of an actively working local society. The new president is W. E. M. 

 Tomlinson, M.P. ; and the secretary is W. H. Heathcote, 47 Frenchwood Street, 

 Preston. 



The retirement of Sir John Evans from the treasurership of the Royal Society, 

 after a period of service of twenty years, has seemed a fitting opportunity for 



