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1899} SERIALS 459 
“A Naturalist’s Notes on the Recent Voyage of the ‘ Blencathra’ to the Arctic 
Regions,” by William 8. Bruce; ‘Notes on the Larch Disease,” by Alex Pit- 
eaithly. The society is now in its thirty-third year, and seems to be in a very 
healthy state. It is fortunate in having a splendid county to work in, a fine 
local museum, an indefatigable curator, and an enthusiastic president. 
The Société Neuchateloise de Geographie has been good enough to send us 
its Bulletin (tome xi. 1899, pp. 320). It contains many instructive papers, e.g. 
on the “ Préalpes Romandes,” by Dr. H. Schardt; on “ Persia,” by Elisée 
Reclus ; on “Esquimo Skulls,” by Dr. Alex. Schenk; on “Skulls from the 
Valley of the Rhone,” by Prof. E. Pitard. A clever geological map illustrates 
Dr. Schardt’s paper. 
The November number of the American Journal of Science has the following 
articles :—‘'Types of March Weather in the United States,” by O. L. Fassig ; 
“Some New Minerals from the Zine Mines at Franklin, N.J., and Note Con- 
cerning the Chemical Composition of Ganomalite,” by 8. L. Penfield and C. H. 
Warren ; ‘‘ Action of Acetylene on Oxides of Copper,” by F. A. Gooch and De 
F. Baldwin ; “‘ Andesites of the Aroostook Volcanic Area of Maine,” by H. E. 
Gregory ; “‘ New Mode of Occurrence of Ruby in North Carolina,” by J. W. Judd 
and W. E. Hadden, with crystallographic notes by J. H. Pratt. The scientific 
intelligence includes an obituary of the late Prof. Edward Orton. 
The thirty-ninth publication of the Field Columbian Museum (No. 5, vol. i. 
of the botanical series) contains an account of //iginbothamia, a new genus of 
Dioscoreaceae, of other new forms in the same order, and of various new 
Amaranthaceae, by Dr. Edwin B. Uline. 
The Report and Transactions of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific 
Societies for 1899 appears with admirable promptness. It contains the reports 
of various departments, the presidential address by Mr. W. Whitaker on the 
deep-seated geology of the Rochester district, and numerous papers of interest 
which we noted at the time of the annual meeting. 
The October number of the Jowrnal of School Geography contains inter alia 
an interesting article entitled “ Life in the Grass Lands,” in which a lively en- 
deavour is made to relate human functions in the Steppes with the environ- 
mental conditions. The article is extracted from ‘‘Man and his Work: an 
Introduction to Human Geography,” by Dr. A. J. Herbertson, of the Oxford 
Geographical School, and Mrs. F. D. Herbertson, B.A. The book should have 
been sent for review to Natural Science. 
The American Naturalist for October has the following articles :—‘ Notes 
on European Museums,” by O. C. Farrington; “On Some Changes in the 
Names of Fossil Fishes,” by O. P. Hay; ‘The Utility of Phosphorescence in 
Deep-sea Animals ” (to attract food), by C. C. Nutting; ‘A new Hydroid from 
Long Island Sound (Stylactis hooper?),” by C. P. Sigerfoos ; “ A Balloon-making 
Fly,” by J. M.’ Aldrich and L. A. Turley; “Species of Alissus in North 
America,” by F. M. Webster ; and “Synopsis of North American Astacoid and 
Thalassinoid Crustacea,” by J. 8. Kingsley. 
Among the articles in Anowledge for November we note “Shells as Orna- 
ments, Implements, and Articles of Trade,” by R. Lydekker ; ‘“‘ Ups and Downs 
in our Daily Weight,” by W. W. Wagstaff; and “Recent Work of the U.S. 
Biological Survey,” by W. M. Webb. 
The Victorian Naturalist for October contains inter alia a discussion of the 
question ‘“ Myxomycete or Mycetozoon?” by D. M‘Alpine, and descriptions of 
some Australian birds’ eggs by D. Le Souef. 
