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apparent not only from the peculiar formation of the skull, but from the charac- 

 teristic gold ornaments still encircling its arms. 



The Ec/io states that a unique bronze of a dancing bear is exhibited in the 

 Egyptian Department of the British Museum. It is 7 inches in height, and appears 

 to be of Theban workmanship. The bear was not a native of the Nile valley, and 

 this is therefore intended for the Syrian bear, with which the Egyptians may have 

 become acquainted through the campaigns of Thothmes III. and Rameses II. 



We deeply regret to learn that the prospects of improved accommodation for 

 the valuable collections in Brighton Museum are as bad as ever. Even the Pubhc 

 Library seems to be a disgrace to the town, if we may judge from the mournful 

 report of its Committee. One expects better things of " London-on-Sea." Turning 

 to London, we are glad to see that the fine library of its University, known 

 apparently to about 100 people, is to be rendered more accessible to graduates. 

 Steps that will have a similar effect are contemplated by the Geologists' Association, 

 London, which wishes to deposit its books in the Free Library of St. Martin's 

 parish, of course on certain conditions. We hope, for the sake of both parties, that 

 the negotiations will have a successful issue. 



We have already described the arrangement of the mineralogical and geological 

 sections of the Royal Museum, Peel Park, Salford. We need, therefore, only refer 

 to the appearance of an. official handbook to these sections, compiled by Herbert 

 Bolton, and illustrated with figures of fossils and with a less appropriate plate of an 

 entrance corridor with antique statuary. This is the first of a series which it is 

 proposed to issue, and costs 2d. 



The Botanical Museum at Weimar, erected and equipped at the expense of 

 Professor C. Haussknecht, was opened on October i8th., on the occasion of the 

 meeting of the Thuringian Botanical Union. This is destined to be the central 

 station of the Union for researches in systematic botany. 



James Lloyd, author of the" Flore de I'Ouest de la France," who died at Nantes 

 on May 10, 1896, has left to the town of Angers his fortune and scientific collections, 

 stipulating that the herbarium should be preserved in its present state in a special 

 room, that the library should also form a special library, placed in the same building 

 as the herbarium, and that the Maire of Angers should select from three candidates 

 proposed by the Botanical Society of France, a curator for both herbarium and 

 library, who should receive a salary of at least 3,000 francs. 



The Council of the Royal Botanic Society has offered a site free of cost for 

 the erection of a students' observatory in connection with London University, 

 together with the use of a lecture-room. 



At the annual Meeting of the Geologists' Association of London, held on 

 February 5th., Mr. E. T. Newton, the President, read a paper "on the evidence 

 for the existence of Man in the Tertiary Period," evidence which he regarded as 

 still inconclusive, despite the efforts of Mr. Lewis Abbott, ds described in 

 Natural Science. 



The following extract from Sir Joseph Prestwich's will has been communicated 

 by Lady Prestwich to the Geological Society of France ; — " I bequeath the sum of 

 /500 to the Geological Society of France, at Paris, in consideration of the courtesy 

 and friendly co-operation which I have always received from the geologists of that 

 country." This comes into effect on the death of Lady Prestwich, and the income 

 will suffice for a prize to be given every three years. Lady Prestwich will be glad 

 of any letters of her husband's for a biography which she is compiling. These should 

 be sent to her at Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, and will be returned as soon as copied. 



