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previously of Oxford ; Dr. W. G. Ridewood, zoologist ; Dr. H. Woodward, 

 late keeper of geology in the British Museum ; Mr. G. W. Walker, F.R.S., 

 one-time superintendent of Eskdalemuir Observatory, chief of the scientific 

 staff at the Royal Naval Mining School, Portsmouth. 



We regret to have to record the death of Dr. Gustav Mann in the United 

 States of America. 



Dr. Mann was the author of that remarkable book, Physiological Histology, 

 which, at the time of its publication, was far in advance of any contemporary 

 work of its kind, and which even now forms a useful volume on the shelf of 

 every histologist. 



For some years Dr. Mann was lecturer in Histology at Oxford, where he 

 will be well remembered both for his brilliance and his difficulty in getting on 

 with his colleagues. Gustav Mann was a very hard-working person, and 

 stories are still told at Oxford of how his wife used to lock up his clothes in 

 order to keep him at home for a rest from his histological labours. Like 

 most of us at some time in our careers, Mann was paid a miserable salary by 

 his University, and during his stay at Oxford was pressed hard by his creditors, 

 insomuch that another story figured him as making his bed in his laboratory 

 in order to prevent the Oxford tradesmen from pestering him too much. 

 We cannot vouch for the complete accuracy of this tale, but, from our own 

 knowledge of Oxford salaries and Oxford tradesmen, we feel that there may 

 be more than a grain of truth in the story. 



Mann combined a first-class chemical knowledge with an equally first-rate 

 histological knowledge — rare enough at any time, much more so in his day. 

 Mann left some enthusiastic students who shared with their teacher a know- 

 ledge of both histology and the chemistry of dyes and staining ; of such 

 Dr. S. G. Scott, v/ho died of exposure in Italy during the Great War, was an 

 example. 



Dr. Gustav Mann was only fifty-seven at his death, and the world is poorer 

 by a great histologist. 



We gather from the Journal of the American Medical Association that the 

 foundations of the new University of Jerusalem have now been laid. The 

 Jewish physicians in the United States have given $1,000,000 for the medical 

 college building, which will be furnished inside in accordance with American 

 standards with white tiled operating rooms. Dr. Albert Einstein will be 

 dean of the university, and an American surgeon, assisted by an American 

 staff, will be at the head of the medical department. Patrick Geddes, 

 Professor of Botany of the University of Edinburgh, has drawn up the plans 

 for the building, which will be open to students from all countries. 



A valuable catalogue of British Scientific and Technical Books, covering 

 every branch of science and technology, carefully classified and indexed, 

 has been prepared and published by the British Science Guild of 6, John 

 Street, Adelphi, London, and issued at a cost of 105. They say in their 

 Preface that " The classification adopted is such that, so far as practicable, 

 related subjects are placed near one another, and under each head or sub-head 

 the titles are arranged alphabetically according to authors' names. It is 

 thus possible to see at a glance the volumes available in any branch of science 

 and technology. Following this natural order, there is an alphabetical list 

 of authors' names, and a subject index, which should be of service in furnishing 

 an easy guide to a book or group of books upon a particular subject. For 

 the preparation of this subject index, the Committee gladly expresses its 

 obligations to Mr. G. S. Sweeting." 



We desire to draw attention to the very useful series of monographs on 

 Mineral Resources, with Special Reference to the British Empire, published by 

 Mr. John Murray for the Mineral Resources Committee of the Imperial 

 Institute. Six volumes, dealing with coal and the ores of manganese, lead, 

 tin, tungsten, and chromium, have been in print for some time, and two more, 



