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whose art has hitherto been appreciated by a select few. We would 

 especially draw the attention of botanists to the wonderful drawings 

 of trees and tangled vegetation made at Fairlight, near Hastings, and 

 the flowers and plants that Sandys has introduced into his classical 

 subjects. The grace and tenderness of his chalk drawings of women, 

 and his marvellous rendering of a woman's hair make one more than 

 ever lament the praise that has been wasted on the decadents. 

 Messrs. Constable & Co. are to be congratulated on this beautiful 

 number of their magazine. 



The Westminster Review for October contains an able article by 



F. M. Lyte, explaining the metric system and advocating its use. 



The Revue Internationale des Archives des Bihliotheques et des M usees 

 ceases with the publication of its ninth number (December, 1896). 

 The three numbers devoted to museums form a volume of 160 pp., 

 sold separately for 7 frs, 50, by H. Welter, Paris. 



The Journal of Physical Chemistry, edited by Profs. W. D. 

 Bancroft and J. E. Trevor, is published as a new monthly at Cornell 

 University. 



A new semi-monthly, entitled Chemische Rundschau, appeared on 

 October ist, edited by Dr. F. Peters, and published at Berlin. The 

 annual subscription is 16 marks. 



A new international bi-monthly, devoted to medicine and medical 

 geography, is published at Amsterdam. Its editor is H. Peypers, and 

 its title Janus. Papers are published in various languages, and each 

 number forms a quarto of about 100 pages. 



Further Literature Received. 



Cambridge Natural History, vol. ii., A. E. Shipley and S. F. Harmer: Macmillan. Habit and 

 Instinct, C. L. Morgan : Arnold. Marketable Marine Fishes of the British Isles, J. T. Cunningham : 

 MacmilUn. Present Evolution of Man, G. A. Reid : Chapman and Hall. Report of the Horn 

 Scientific Expedition, pts. i. and iv. : Dulau. Catalogue des Bibliographies Geologiques, E. de 

 Margerie: Paris, Gauthier-Villars. The Cell in Development and Inheritance, E. B. Wilson: 

 N.Y., Macmillan. Treatise on Deep-Sea and Pelagic Fishes, &c., G. B. Goode and T. H. Bean: 

 Smithsonian Inst. British Lepidoptera, vol. iii., C. G. Barrett : Reeve. Determinative Mineralogy, 



G. J. Brush, revised S. L. Penfield : New York, Wiley. 



Physical and Social Heredity, ]. M. Baldwin: Anier. Nat. Early History of the Manchester 

 Geol. Soc . M. Stirrup: Trans. M G.S. System der Nordamerican Schmetterlinge, A. R. Grote : 

 Mitt. Roemer Miis. On the Fate of the Blastopore, K. Mitsukuri : Journ. Coll. .Sci. Tokyo. 



Nature, November 26, December 3, 10: Literary Digest, November 14, 21,28, Decembers ! 

 Revue Scientifique, November 21, 28, Dec. 5 ; Irish Nat., December ; Feuille des Jeunes Nat., 

 December; Amer. Journ. Sci., December ; Natures Novitates, October (20), November (21) ; Science, 

 November 13, 20, 27, December 4; Scott. Geogr. Mag., December; Westminster Rev., December; 

 Botanical Gazette, November; Review of Reviews, December; Pop. Sci. News, December; Know- 

 ledge, December; Photogram, December; Journ. Esses Tech. Lab., October. Journ. Marine Zool., 

 Sept. Bel. Mus. Para, Oct. 



