NEWS OF UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS, AND 



SOCIETIES. 



The Trustees of the George Henry Lewes Studentship in Animal Physiology, 

 tenable for three years at Cambridge, London, or any Continental University, have 

 elected Dr. John W. Pickering. 



Among the lectures in Natural Science at Oxford during this term, the following 

 are announced: — Professor Lankester and Mr. W. B. Benham, an advanced course 

 on Reptiles and Birds ; Mr. Benham on the Oligochaeta ; Mr. G. C. Bourne on the 

 History of Zoology; Professor Burdon-Sanderson and Mr. J. S. Haldane on the 

 Physiology of the Nervous System ; Mr. Haldane on Physiological Chemistry ; 

 Mr. E. B. Tylor on Races of Mankind, as classified by Language, Civilisation, and 

 History ; Mr. A. Thomson, the new Professor of Human Anatomy, on the Elements 

 of Physical Anthropology as bearing on Classification of Races; Mr. H. Balfour on 

 Progress in the Arts of Mankind, particularly as illustrated by the Pitt- Rivers 

 collection. Professor Green lectures and gives practical instruction in Geology, 

 Professor Vines in Botany, and Mr. M. S. Pembrey in Physiology and Histology, 

 while Mr. Barclay Thompson lectures, as usual, on the skeleton of the Sauropsida. 



The Natural History Laboratories of the State University of Iowa started a 

 Bulletin a.bout two years ago, which often contains papers of interest. No. 4 of 

 vol. ii., which has just come to hand, includes " Observations on the development of 

 the hypophysis cei-ebri and processus infundlbuU in the domestic cat," by F. S. Aby, 

 some papers on Coleoptera by H. F. Wickham, an interesting account of a botanical 

 expedition to Nicaragua by B. Shimek, and studies of Myxomycetes by T. H. 

 McBride. We have been greatly struck by the excellent applications of the half- 

 tone process, cometimes known as " Meisenbach," to scientific illustration, and the 

 plates, especially to the botanical papers, show what this process is capable of when 

 the drawings are properly prepared, and the blocks carefully printed. 



ToYNBEE Hall continues to do good educational work in Natural Science, as 

 well as in the numerous other subjects with which its classes deal. The University 

 Extension courses in connection with this centre are : — " Recent discoveries with 

 the Telescope and Spectroscope," by Dr. A. H. Fison ; " The Geology of the British 

 Islands," by F. W. Rudler ; and "The Senses and Nerves," by E. A. Parkyn. 

 Classes are also held, in Botany by G. May, in Biology by Miss Mitchell, and in 

 Geology by Miss Raisin, while Miss Hall takes a Sunday class on "Forms of 

 Vegetable Life." The Toynbee Natural History Society announces the following 

 papers: — On February 5, "African Experiences," by Dr. J. W. Gregory; on 

 March 5, "Water Fleas of Wanstead Park," by D. Scourfield; and April 2, 

 " Formation of Crystals in Rocks," by A. M. Davies. 



A VALUABLE herbarium has been presented to the Nottingham Natural History 

 Museum by Mr. H. Fisher, late of Newark. Some idea of the nature and 



