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Mitchell, a tobacco manufacturer of the city, who died in 1874. It was opened in 

 1877, in temporary premises in Ingram Street, but since 1890 has occupied the 

 buildings in Miller Street formerly used by the Water Commissioners. Some idea 

 of the size of the Library may be obtained from the fact that no less than 349 

 magazines and periodicals are placed during currency on the tables in the Magazine 

 Room. Among them Natural Science occupies a prominent position, such journals 

 as the American Naturalist, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Botanical Magazine, 

 Entomologist, Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, Geographical Journal, Geological 

 Magazine, Quarterly Jo%mtal of the Geological Society, Journal of the Royal Microscopical 

 Society, M ineralogical Magazine, Natural Science, Nature, Science, and Zoologist, 

 finding a place in the series. One of the excellent rules provided by the repre- 

 sentatives of the Founder sets forth that the Library should aim at representing 

 every phase of human thought and every variety of human opinion, and that no 

 book should be refused admission merely because it controverted present views on 

 religion or politics. After all, Glasgow is not so black as she has been painted. 



An International Congress of Applied Chemistry will be held at Brussels, from 

 the 4th to the nth of August, under the patronage of the Belgian Government. 

 There are four sections, representing [a) the sugar industry, [b) agricultural 

 chemistry, {c) alimentation and public hygiene, {d) biological chemistry, dealing 

 chiefly with fermentation. Among the objects to be undertaken by this Congress, 

 we are very glad to note " un ensembles de mesures destinees a faciliter aux 

 specialistes et techniciens I'acces rapide de toutes les publications qui les interes- 

 sent." Those who wish for further details of the Congress should apply to Mr. F. 

 Sachs, Rue d'AUemagne, 68, Bruxelles. 



The Shah of Persia has instituted a zoological garden mainly for the purpose 

 of introducing the native animals of Europe to his subjects. 



The Vienna Academy of Sciences are preparing an expedition, under the 

 direction of Dr. Steindachner, to explore the deep waters of the Mediterranean. 



