232 NATURAL SCIENCE. March. 



The Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy in the University of Oxford, 

 E. Ray Lankester, is republishing in one volume various studies made in the Morpho- 

 logical Laboratory since his election to the Professorship. We sincerely trust that 

 the original place of publication and the original pagination of these papers will be 

 fully quoted ; otherwise the volume will please few people besides the Professor and 

 his pupils. Professor Lankester has recently been removing a quantity of worthless 

 stuffed specimens from the court of the Oxford Museum, with the intention of 

 replacing them by decent specimens and anatomical preparations so arranged and 

 labelled as to afford as much information as possible. This is only a continuation 

 of many valuable improvements that the Linacre Professor has carried out during 

 the last three years. When are similar improvements to be continued in the 

 zoological galleries of our national museum ? 



There is now a Psycho-physical laboratory at Cambridge, and Dr. W. H. Rivers 

 of St. John's College, is conducting practical work this term. 



At Cambridge University an important proposal has been made by the Council 

 of the Senate, to establish two new degrees. Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of 

 Letters, which may be conferred upon graduates of any recognised University. The 

 conditions suggested are — matriculation ; residence for three terms, the prosecution 

 of advanced study in Cambridge ; an original dissertation on some subject, literary 

 or scientific, coming under the cognisance of one of the Special Boards of Studies. 

 This lead is pretty certain to be followed by Oxford, where similar ideas have been 

 in the air for some time. The scheme, if confirmed, will prove of great advantage 

 to the Universities themselves, and to the advanced students who will then be 

 attracted thither. 



The Library of the late Professor Milnes Marshall has been generously pre- 

 sented to Owens College, by his friends and executors. A committee has been 

 appointed to establish some memorial of his work, and it is thought likely that 

 some definite scheme for the keeping up of the library will be proposed. 



The Professorship of Zoology at the Owens College, Manchester, vacant 

 through the death of Professor Marshall, has now been advertised. The income is 

 calculated to amount to £yso per annum, and consists of a fixed stipend of ;^3oo, a 

 fee of £50 for services rendered to the Museum, and various capitation fees. The 

 Professor is required to instruct in Biology (Physiological and Zoological portion) 

 and Zoology, including Comparative Embryology ; to take charge of the Labora- 

 tory ; to conduct certain special classes for teachers ; to give scientific aid in the 

 arrangement of the Zoological part of the Museum; and to deliver annually a 

 short course of museum lectures or public demonstrations. Further, as he becomes 

 a member of the Senate, he has certain duties to discharge in the College and in the 

 Victoria University. He has two demonstrators to assist him in his work. Appli- 

 cations must be made to the Registrar, not later than April 3. 



Professor Alexander, who has succeeded Professor Adamson in the chair of 

 Mental Philosophy at Owens College, Manchester, intends to offer opportunities 

 for laboratory work in physiological psychology. Professor Alexander has been 

 engaged in experimental work in Dr. Burdon Sanderson's laboratory at Oxford for 

 a considerable time. 



Edinburgh University is about to add to its possessions M'Ewan Hall, built at 

 a cost of more than ;^50,ooo, for graduation and other ceremonies ; University Hall, 

 erected through the efforts of Professor Patrick Geddes, as a hall of residence for 

 men students ; Masson Hall, about to be erected as a hall of residence for women 

 students ; a field near Corstorphine, purchased for ^'9,000, and fitted out at a cost of 



