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VOL. XIV., No. 86. APRIL 1899. 



NATURAL 



WAY 2 G 1899 



? SCIENCE 



A MONTHLY REVIEW OF 



SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS 



CONTENTS 



Notes and Comments . . . . . . .257 



An Ancient Mollusc — Bats and Black Grouse of Ireland — Bats in Burmese 

 Caves — Lack of Discrimination in a Mollusc — Hermit-Crab and Sea-Anemone 

 — The Zola Dossier — What is Life? — • Cycadofilices — What constitutes 

 Publication ? — The Discoverer of Kitchen-Middens — The Patagonian Ground- 

 Sloth, Neomylodon — More about Neomylodon — Supposed Mesozoic Mammals 

 from Patagonia — A Fine Taste in Binding — The True Function of the 

 Thymus — Antherozoids in Gymnosperms — The Broad Path. 



The Development op Eivers ; and particularly the Genesis op 



the Severn . . . . . . .273 



By S. S. Buckman, F.G.S. 



The True Interpretation of Lamarck's Theories : A Plea for 



their Reconsideration ..... 290 



By R. F. Licorish, M.D. 



The Case of Doctor Otto Kuntze . . . . .296 



By E. Levier. 



Regeneration : Facts and Interpretations .... 305 

 By Professor August Weismann. 



Fresh Facts ........ 329 



Some New Books ....... 331 



Obituaries ........ 335 



News ......... 337 



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