60 NATURAL SCIENCE [JuLy 
SCRAPS FROM SERIALS. 
THE June number of the Westminster Review contains the conclu- 
sion of an article by J. F. Hewitt on the cave deposits of the Ardennes, 
which he thinks contain evidence to show that the palaeolithic dwellers 
in those caves had a regular totemistic system. 
There is no magazine in New Zealand, but the Press of Christ- 
church attempts to supply the want by publishing, every Monday, 
signed articles on literary, social, and philosophical questions. The 
issue for April 26 contains an interesting account by Prof. Arthur 
Dendy of the land-planarians, nemertines, and the Peripatus of New 
Zealand. 
The Photogram is publishing a useful series of articles on applied 
photography. Application No. 5, which appears in the June number 
is ‘in Zoology, by Dr RK. W. Shufeldt, and is illustrated by some 
admirable examples. A cognate subject is “Stalking with the 
Camera,” by R. B. Lodge, of which part 5 appeared in the May num- 
ber. This appears to be quite as exciting as stalking with a gun, and 
the results are both permanent and valuable. 
Geologists who propose attending the International Geological 
Congress, and who may be so fortunate as to have obtained tickets for 
the excursion to the Caucasus, should study a sketch of the geology 
of that region, published by V. Dingelstedt in the Vauchnoe Obozryente. 
Or in case this is beyond them, they will find an excellent summary 
in the May number of the Scottish Geographical Magazine. 
The Journal of School Geography, edited by R. E. Dodge, New 
York, maintains its bright and useful character. The April number 
contains a short article on the geographical distribution of plants, by 
Prof. Conway Macmillan, who contends that the study of plant dis- 
tribution in a limited area, such as a pond and its shores, or a hill 
and its slopes, would be of more value in schools than ‘the ordinary 
herbalism.’ 
In the numbers of the Revue Générale de Botanique for the present 
year some useful reviews of recent work done in certain departments 
of the science are in progress. One by A. Prunet deals with results 
in plant anatomy, published in the years 1892 to 1894. The first 
four numbers treat of the anatomy of the cell under the headings of 
Nucleus, Hléments figures (including Crato’s physode, and certain chloro- 
lenciles), and Membrane. The review is illustrated, and references are 
given to original papers. The second, by Géneau de Lamarliere, 
relates to descriptive work on mosses, published between January 1889 
and January 1895. 
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THE Revista Italiana di Sociologia, Rome, intends to be a thoroughly 
scientific and independent review. Since it numbers among its editors 
such men as Salvatore Cognetti de Martiis, Augusto Bosco, G. Cavag- 
lieri, G. Sergi, V. Tangorra, and Enrico Tedeschi, it is probable that 
the promise will be fulfilled. 
We have received No. 2 of the Aeronautical Journal, which to non- 
members costs 2s., though it contains only 20 pages. It is thoroughly 
practical, and brings together all that is taking place in the aero- 
