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"A Naturalist's Notes on the Recent Voyage of the ' Blencathra ' to the Arctic 

 Regions," by William S. Bruce; "Notes on the Larch Disease," by Alex Pit- 

 caithly. The society is now in its thirty-third year, and seems to be in a very 

 healthy state. It is fortunate in having a splendid county to work in, a fine 

 local museum, an indefatigable curator, and an enthusiastic president. 



The Societe Neuchateloise de Geographie has been good enough to send us 

 its Bulletin (tome xi. 1899, pp. 320). It contains many instructive papers, e.g. 

 on the " Prealpes Romandes," by Dr. H. Schardt ; on " Persia," by Elisee 

 Reclus ; on " Esquimo Skulls," by Dr. Alex. Schenk ; on "Skulls from the 

 Valley of the Rhone," by Prof. E. Pitard. A clever geological map illustrates 

 Dr. Schardt's paper. 



The November number of the American Journal of Science has the following 

 articles: — "Types of March Weather in the United States," by O. L. Fassig ; 

 "Some New Minerals from the Zinc Mines at Franklin, N.J., and Note Con- 

 cerning the Chemical Composition of Ganomalite," by S. L. Penfield and C. H. 

 Warren ; "Action of Acetylene on Oxides of Copper," by F. A. Gooch and De 

 F. Baldwin; "Andesites of the Aroostook Volcanic Area of Maine," by H. E. 

 Gregory ; " New Mode of Occurrence of Ruby in North Carolina," by J. W. Judd 

 and W. E. Hadden, with crystallographic notes by -J. H. Pratt. The scientific 

 intelligence includes an obituary of the late Prof. Edward Orton. 



The thirty-ninth publication of the Field Columbian Museum (No. 5, vol. i. 

 of the botanical series) contains an account of Iliginbotliamia, a new genus of 

 Dioscoreaceae, of other new forms in the same order, and of various new r 

 Amaranthaceae, by Dr. Edwin B. Uline. 



The Report and Transactions of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific 

 Societies for 1899 appears with admirable promptness. It contains the reports 

 of various departments, the presidential address by Mr. W. Whitaker on the 

 deep-seated geology of the Rochester district, and numerous papers of interest 

 which we noted at the time of the annual meeting. 



The October number of the Journal of School Geography contains inter alia 

 an interesting article entitled "Life in the Grass Lands," in which a lively en- 

 deavour is made to relate human functions in the Steppes with the environ- 

 mental conditions. The article is extracted from "Man and his Work: an 

 Introduction to Human Geography," by Dr. A. J. Herbertson, of the Oxford 

 Geographical School, and Mrs. F. D. Herbertson, BA. The book should have 

 been sent for review to Natural Science. 



The American Naturalist for October has the following articles : — "Notes 

 on European Museums," by O. C. Farrington ; " On Some Changes in the 

 Names of Fossil Fishes," by O. P. Hay; "The Utility of Phosphorescence in 

 Deep-sea Animals " (to attract food), by C. C. Nutting ; " A new Hydroid from 

 Long Island Sound (Sti/lactis hooperi)" by C. P. Sigerfoos ; " A Balloon-making 

 Fly," by J. M. ' Aldrich and L. A. Turley ; "Species of Blissus in North 

 America," by F. M. Webster ; and " Synopsis of North American Astacoid and 

 Thalassinoid Crustacea," by J. S. Kingsley. 



Among the articles in Knowledge for November we note "Shells as Orna- 

 ments, Implements, and Articles of Trade," by R. Lydekker ; " Ups and Downs 

 in our Daily Weight," by W. W. Wagstaff; and "Recent Work of the U.S. 

 Biological Survey," by W. M. Webb. 



The Victorian Naturalist for October contains inter alia a discussion of the 

 question " Myxomycete or Mycetozoon?" by D. M Alpine, and descriptions of 

 some Australian birds' eggs by D. Le Souef. 



