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ence to the soils of Perthshire ; making altogether a good geological 

 part of the Transactions. 



Timchri for June contains Nesting of some Guiana Birds, by C. A. 

 Lloyd ; Tobacco and Cotton Cultivation in the British West Indies, 

 by W. H. Burnley ; Result of Eecent Scientific Researches into the 

 Agricultural Improvement of the Sugar Cane, and on other Sugar 

 Cane Experiments, by J. B. Harrison. 



New Serials 



The Institute of Jamaica has now begun to issue Annals in 

 addition to its well-known Journal. We have received the first part 

 containing a list of the Decapod Crustacea of Jamaica by Mary J. 

 Eathbun of the U.S. National Museum. 



The Archives de Parasitologic, under the direction of Raphael 

 Blanchard, is a new review announced to appear in Paris next 

 January. The parts will be published at variable intervals, each 

 containing about 160 pages, and four will constitute a volume, price 

 30 francs. The journal will comprise both original articles and 

 reviews of progress. 



The Archives of Skiagraphy has changed its title to Archives of 

 the Roentgen Ray. It is edited by W. S. Hedley and Sydney Rowland, 

 and is published by the Rebman Co. The illustrations are chiefly of 

 medical and surgical interest. 



Further Literature Received 



Vorlesungen iiber Bacterien, A. Fischer : Gustav Fischer. An Introduction to 

 Geology, W. B. Scott : Macmillan. Traite de Botanique, L. Courchet : Balliere. The 

 Mathematical Psychology of Gratry and Boole, M. E. Boole : Sonnenschein. In 

 Northern Spain, Hans Gadow : Black. Catalogus Mammalium, fasc. iii., E. L. 

 Trouessart : Friedliinder. Darwin and After Darwin, III. Post-Darwinian Questions, 

 G. J. Romanes : Longmans. Familiar Wild Flowers, F. E. Hulme : Cassell. 



An Address on Acquired Immunity, G. Archdall Reid : Lancet. Notes on the 

 Coccidae, T. D. A. Cockerell : Rev. Mus. Paulista. On the Nature of the Rontgen 

 Rays, Sir G. G. Stokes : Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc. Harvard University, Dept. 

 Zoology, 1897-98. 



Timehri, June ; Amer. Geol., Oct. ; Amer. Journ. Sci., Oct. ; Amer. Nat., Oct. ; 

 Ann. Inst. Jamaica, Vol. i., No. 1 ; Annot. Zool. Japan, Vol. i. , Part iii. ; Botan. 

 Gaz., Sept. ; East Asia, Oct. ; Feuilles des Jeunes Nat., Oct. ; Irish Nat., Oct. ; Journ. 

 School. Geogr., Sept. ; Knowledge, Oct. ; Literary Digest, Sept. 11, 18, Oct. 2, 9; 

 Naturae Novit. , Sept.; Naturalist, Oct.; Nature, Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14; Nature 

 Notes, Oct. ; Naturen, Sept. ; New Age, Sept. ; Photogram, Oct. ; Rev. Scient. Sept. 

 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9 ; Science, Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1 ; Sci. Amer., Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 

 2 ; Scot. Geogr. Mag., Oct. ; Scot. Med. and Surg. Journ., Oct. ; Victorian Nat., Aug. ; 

 Westminster Review, Oct. 



