4o8 NATURAL SCIENCE. Dec, 



weathered the storm, and that solely because it has been supported 



by the very life-blood of our own Geological Society. Commenced 



many years ago as a quarterly list of books received, under the 



auspices of Thomas Rupert Jones, then secretary to the Society, it 



has gone steadily on, recording year by year the contents of every 



serial and the name of every book and map that has been received 



into the library. This year it may still be found by the curious in 



the November number of the Qmrtcdy Journal of the Geological Society 



— ignored by nine-tenths of geologists, greatly prized by the remaining 



few. For of all lists published, these are the only ones where you 



may find a complete record of the geological papers in any particular 



serial for something like twenty years. It is not too much to say that 



this is the most valuable publication that the Geological Society gives 



to its members in the course of the year. The " Additions to the 



Library," for so it is called, has, we believe, been compiled by the 



present librarian, Mr. William Rupert Jones, for many years, though 



we have never observed his name attached to it. The list just pub- 



hshed, which covers the period July, 1893 — June, 1894, consisting of 



125 pages, exceeds its predecessor in length by 45 pages, and is a 



remarkable example of careful and painstaking recording. We trust 



the Geological Society, whatever it may do in the matter of records, 



will keep this portion of their pubhcations intact, for it serves a purpose 



which no other record has ever served, in giving a continuous account of 



the contents of various serials which is of considerable utility and value. 



A Universal Zoological Record. 

 In this vital matter of recording, a most important step in 

 advance comes from America, and Minneapolis has practically 

 begun what should have been done by London, Naples, or Berlin 

 many years ago. This means that we have received from 

 Mr. Clarke Barrows, of the University of Minnesota, certain printed 

 catalogue slips on cards of the well-known size supplied by the 

 Library Bureau of Boston for card-catalogues. The arrangement of 

 one of these slips is here reproduced : — 



Wilson, Edmund B. 



1892 "^^'^ Ccll-Liuoage of Nereis. ACoiitributiun to the Cytogeiiy of the Annelid 

 July Body. 7 plates, 8 wd.cts. & 1 cytogenetic table. 



Journal of Morphology, Vol. VI, Nr. 3, pp. 361-460 {480). 

 Abstract in — 



, [punched if required.] 



