NOTES FROM THE MUSEUH 



Two valuable collections of implements from the stone age have 

 been presented to the Museum by Mr. H. W. Seton-Karr of 

 London. Mr. Seton-Karr visited the Museum last spring and 

 most generously offered to contribute one case of material for the 

 archeological exhibits. The first instalment came in June and 

 consisted of stone arrows, saws, and knives collected in Egypt 

 from the site of the neolithic villages north of the Fayum. Re- 

 cently a box of flint implements from India has been received. 

 Both collections were personally gathered by Mr. Seton-Karr. 

 They have been temporarily installed in one of the table cases 

 on the north side of the main hall. 



Mr. George L. English has presented, through Dr. D. S. Martin, 

 a box of minerals from Port Arthur, Wyoming, and other local- 

 ities. Mr. English's gifts to the geological collection have been 

 frequent and valuable. 



A nearly complete set of the Journal of Morphology has been 

 added to the Museum library, the gift of the Wistar Institute of 

 Anatomy and Biology. The library will subscribe to future 

 volumes. 



An important contribution to the herbarium has been made 

 by the University of Pennsylvania, through Mr. Francis W. Pen- 

 nell. This consists of a set of specimens of Agalinanae, compris- 

 ing most of the species of the Atlantic coastal plain east of the 

 Mississippi and illustrative of Mr. Pennell's paper in the Bulletin 

 of the Torrey Botanical Club for August on the species of this area. 

 Mr. Pennell visited the Museum about a year ago and collected 

 in the vicinity. 



A small collection of butterflies and moths has been given to 

 the Museum by Mr. Walter R. Bacot. 



Hon. H. W. Mitchell has presented to the library a series of 

 Edward Knobel's plates of wild animals. 



Dr. D. S. Martin, honorary curator of geology, is expected to 

 return to Charleston in November for the winter. 



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