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pure science only. The Federated Institution of Mining Engineers of Newcastle, 

 however, is anxious for a Conference to consider the possibilities of preparing a 

 Catalogue of the technical literature of Applied Science, and desires those interested 

 in the scheme to communicate with the Secretary, Mr. Walter Brown, Neville Hall, 

 Newcastle. Other matters, such as the postage on serials, it is suggested, might be 

 also discussed. 



The Welby Prize of £50 is offered for the best treatise of practical utility on 

 the causes of the present obscurity and confusion in psychological and philosophical 

 terminology, and the directions in which we may hope for an efficient practical 

 remedy. Competition is open to those who, previously to October i, 1896, havg 

 passed the examinations qualifying for a degree at some European or American 

 university. The essays, in English, French, or German, must be type-written 

 and at least 25,000 words in length ; they should be headed by a motto, and 

 accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the name of the writer. MSS., to 

 arrive before October i, 1897, may be sent to Professor James Sully, London ; Mr. 

 G. F. Stout, Aberdeen; Professor O. Kiilpe, Wiirzburg; or Professor E. B. 

 Titchener, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. A French member will shortly be 

 added to the Comm.ittee. 



Among the free lectures being delivered under the auspices of the Leigh Browne 

 Trust and the Humanitarian League, at St. Martin's Town Hall, is one by J. Arthur 

 Thomson on " The Humane Study of Natural History," on December 8, at 8 p.m. 

 The series was begun by Mr. Edward Carpenter, whose remarks we would comment 

 on, if we could understand them. 



Dr. T. N. Tschernyschew, of the Russian Geological Survey, has completed 

 his observations on Nova Zembla. This island bears traces, like those in North 

 Russia, of a formidable glaciation, followed by subsidence, during which the whole 

 territory was transformed into an archipelago. Terraces, containing the shells of 

 arctic molluscs, extend along the shores to a height of 160 metres. The present 

 glaciers are in a period of growth. 



A PORTION of the bequest made to the Swedish Academy of Sciences by A. F. 

 Regnell, whose fortune was made as a physician in Brazil, was set aside by the. 

 academy to promote the study of the Brazilian flora. Every six years it yields 

 about ;^i,i50, which is applied in sending two Swedish botanists to Brazil for two 

 years. The first expedition was undertaken by Drs. C. A. M. Lindman and G. O. A. 

 Malme, who in 1892-94 explored Rio Grande, Paraguay, and Matto Grosso. 



A Spanish explorer, P. Joaquin Juanola, has discovereda lake, occupying the 

 crater of an extinct volcano, in the island of Fernando Po, 1,330 metres above sea 

 level. Monkeys and ducks are abundant round its banks, and it is said that the 

 other members of the party saw a hippopotamus. This is very important, says the 

 Revue Scientifiqiie, and should be verified, for it must have been easy for the animal 

 to swim to Fernando Po from Africa, if it really swam from Africa to Madagascar, 

 as Dr. Blanford maintains. 



Professor F. Regel, of Jena, went to Columbia last July on a voyage of 

 exploration, to last some nine months. 



M. Maindron, the entomologist, has been commissioned by the French 

 Government to make a collecting expedition to the Persian Gulf and India. 



Mr. E. a. Anthony, who was sent to Lower California by the Smithsonian 

 Institution, is returning with large collections of shells, marine and terrestrial fauna 

 and flora, containing many new species. 



