258 CURRENT NOTES 



Popular Science News and Boston Journal of Chemistry. 

 {Boston, U.S.A.) August, 1884. 



This is a popular journal, and all its articles are plainly 

 written. Its design appears to be to furnish in a compact form, and 

 at a low price, the new facts in science, mechanics, art, invention, 

 agriculture, and medicine, which it is desirable should be widely 

 disseminated among reading people. 



Current IRote^ au& flDemoran&a* 



The Naturalist's World continues to give a series of 

 interesting papers. The September number contains the conclud- 

 ing part of a paper on " The Preparation of Rock-Sections for 

 the Microscope," etc. etc. 



The Microscopical News for September has good articles on 

 "Weevils, Some Free-swimming Rotifers, Bacteria, etc. 



The July part of The Journal of the Quekett Microsco- 

 pical Club commences the second volume of the second series. 

 It is an excellent number, containing good articles on " An Unde- 

 scribed Species of Myobia ; On the Hexactinellidae ; On some 

 New Diatoms from the Stomachs of Japanese Oysters ; Notes on 

 Mermis Nigrescens ; A long List of Objects obtained at some of 

 the Excursions ; Proceedings of the Meetings held in April, May, 

 and June, and is illustrated with four well-executed lithographic 

 plates. 



Science Record (Boston. U.S.A.) supplies a large amount of 

 interesting matter. The part for August 15th has papers on The 

 Origin of Vertebrates ; Sea-Cucumbers (with several illustrations); 

 Microscopical Technique at Naples in 1883 (part 4), and other 

 papers. 



The American Naturalist is at all times acceptable ; many 

 of the articles in the September part are of exceptional interest. 

 Our space will only allow us to notice one or two. Of these the 



