60 NATURAL SCIENCE [July 



Sceaps from Serials. 



The June number of the Westminster Review contains the conclu- 

 sion of an article by J. E. Hewitt on the cave deposits of the Ardennes, 

 which he thinks contain evidence to show that the palaeolithic dwellers 

 in those caves had a regular totemistic system. 



There is no magazine in New Zealand, but the Press of Christ- 

 church attempts to supply the want by publishing, every Monday, 

 signed articles on literary, social, and philosophical questions. The 

 issue for April 26 contains an interesting account by Prof. Arthur 

 Dendy of the land-planarians, nemertines, and the Peripatus of New 

 Zealand. 



The Photogram is publishing a useful series of articles on applied 

 photography. Application No. 5, which appears in the June number 

 is ' in Zoology,' by Dr R. W. Shufeldt, and is illustrated by some 

 admirable examples. A cognate subject is " Stalking with the 

 Camera," by K. B. Lodge, of which part 3 appeared in the May num- 

 ber. This appears to be quite as exciting as stalking with a gun, and 

 the results are both permanent and valuable. 



Geologists who propose attending the International Geological 

 Congress, and who may be so fortunate as to have obtained tickets for 

 the excursion to the Caucasus, should study a sketch of the geology 

 of that region, published by V. Dingelstedt in the Nauchnoe Obozryenic. 

 Or in case this is beyond them, they will find an excellent summary 

 in the May number of the Scottish Geographical Magazine. 



The Journal of School Gcogrcqjhy, edited by R. E. Dodge, New 

 York, maintains its bright and useful character. The April number 

 contains a short article on the geographical distribution of plants, by 

 Prof. Conway Macmillan, who contends that the study of plant dis- 

 tribution in a limited area, such as a pond and its shores, or a hill 

 and its slopes, would be of more value in schools than ' the ordinary 

 herbalism.' 



In the numbers of the Revue Generate cle Botanique for the present 

 year some useful reviews of recent work done in certain departments 

 of the science are in progress. One by A. Prunet deals with results 

 in plant anatomy, published in the years 1892 to 1894. The first 

 four numbers treat of the anatomy of the cell under the headings of 

 Nucleus, Elements figures (including Crato's phi/socle, and certain chloro- 

 lenciles), and Membrane. The review is illustrated, and references are 

 given to original papers. The second, by Geneau de Lamarliere, 

 relates to descriptive work on mosses, published between January 1889 

 and January 1895. 



New Serials 



The Revista Italiana di Sociologia, Rome, intends to be a thoroughly 

 scientific and independent review. Since it numbers among its editors 

 such men as Salvatore Cognetti de Martiis, Augusto Rosco, G. Cavag- 

 lieri, G. Sergi, V. Tangorra, and Enrico Tedeschi, it is probable that 

 the promise will be fulfilled. 



We have received No. 2 of the Aeronautical Journal, which to non- 

 members costs 2s., though it contains only 20 pages. It is thoroughly 

 practical, and brings together all that is taking place in the aero- 



