iSgy. SOME NEW BOOKS. 279 



pagande." The propaganda, liowever, appear to be those of French 

 colonisation rather than of science, Tlie only other article that at all 

 comes within our purview is that of the navigability of the Mekong, 

 by J. B. d'Attanoux. 



The Open Couri (Chicago) has changed into a monthly magazine 

 in octavo form. The annual sul>scription, including postage, is one 

 dollar. The February number contains an article by Prof. A. S. 

 Packard on Lamarck and Neo-Lamarckism, which discusses the 

 actual writings, too often overlooked, of Lamarck himself as well as 

 Prof. Cope's book, " The Factors of Evolution," recently reviewed in 

 our own pages. We wish this mteresting and outspoken journal all 

 success in its new shape. 



To OUR French and German Colleagues ! 



Professor D. T. MacDougal points out in the Botanical Gazette for 

 December, that a German botanist has recently duplicated the con- 

 tribuiion of an American botanist "in a manner which admits of no 

 extenuation." "His ignorance," says Mr. MacDougal, "may be 

 ciirectiy due to the fact that ' the file of the Botanical Gazette is not to 

 be found in the Marburg Institute,' but it is a logical outcome of the 

 assumption ihat the boundaries of botanical science are identical with 

 those of German\. Our brethren across the water would do well to 

 rid themselves of this erroneous idea, once more nearly true than at 

 present. Their repealed disregard of outside literature will certainly 

 do much to lessen the prestige of the German Institute." We have 

 seen similar complaints elsewhere, indeed, we have ourselves 

 experienced this ignoring habit of our Gerinan colleagues. We will 

 not sugi^est that they might do well to read the pages of Natural 

 Science, but we have ceitainly been surprised to hear that so indis- 

 pensable a pul)lication as the Zoological Record is hardly known in 

 Germany. The French err in a rnther different direction, since they 

 do not seem to care whether their colleagues in other countries read 

 their books or not. It is only thus that we can account for the fact 

 that so few French publishers take the trouble to send us their books 

 for review. A work like " L'Heredite " of Professor Yves Delage 

 would surely find readers in this country, if only their attention could 

 be drawn to it. 



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