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subjects which appear in the large number of periodicals 

 which now deal with science. As he said, it is impossible 

 to read them all, or to subscribe to all, and the naturalist 

 doubtless misses a good deal of what would interest him, 

 by not being aware of its publication. We attempt to help 

 our own readers in this matter as far as we are able, by 

 drawing attention to the contents of our contemporaries, in 

 so far as they deal with subjects of interest to field workers, 

 but we do not receive all the journals, nor does space 

 permit of anything like a complete review of the current 

 literature. As we said in last issue, we have our own ideas 

 as to how this might be done, but the move must come 

 from the members of field clubs and others who are 

 sufficiently anxious to see the reform. It is another matter 

 which the British Association might well consider, and 

 suggest some scheme for approval and discussion. 



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On the whole, there were but few papers read which 

 the members of the Southport Natural Science Society 

 could be expected to be keenly interested in ; but there 

 were two notable exceptions, both of which were in the 

 Geology Section. The first of these was by Mr. J. Lomas 

 on " The Geology of the Country around Southport," and 

 the second was that by Mr. Harold B rod rick on " The 

 Geology of Martin Mere." This latter was an extremely 

 interesting account of Mr. Brodrick's original work on 

 Martin Mere, which he has made his own special study, and 

 it was listened to with evident appreciation. Another 

 communication of local interest was that by Dr. Otto Darbi- 

 shire on " The Sandhill and Saltmarsh Vegetation of 

 Southport," in the Botany Section, and the author also 

 conducted an excursion on the sandhills. 



On the whole, perhaps the most attractive sectional 

 meetings were those in the Anthropology Section, presided 

 over by Professor Symington, where many papers drew 

 large audiences. The discussions in the Educational 

 Science Section were also largely attended ; and it is 

 gratifying to see so much attention being paid to the 

 scientific education of the country. 



