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Vol. IV. No. 23. 



Ratui^al 

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Jl jVEonthly I^evieW of Scientific Progress. 



JANUARY, 1894. 



CONTENTS. 



PAQC 



Notes and Comments 1 



Progress— F.R.S.—FX.S.—F.G.S.—F.Z.S.—Fona or Fuddleite : A 

 New Mineral — The Vivisection Problem: Self-Help, or 

 Laissez-faire ? — The Northern Distribution of Oxalis 

 cernua — The Structure of Diatoms. 



I. Tyndall. By J. Yl. Gregory, D.Sc, F.G.S 10 



II. Natural Science in Japan. By F. A. Bather, M.A., F.G.S 19 



III. The La Plata Museum. By R. Lydekker, B.A., F.Z.S 27 



lY. Note on the Air-Sacs and Hollow-Bones of Birds. By Frederic 



A. Lucas 36 



Y. Cell-Division. By M. D. Hill 38 



YI. Recent Researches on Olive-BroiBrn Seaiveeds. By Miss E. S. 



Barton . . 50 



YII. Scientific Yolapuk 55 



Some New Books 61 



Annals of British Geology, 1892. By J. F. Blake.— The Story 

 of our Planet. By T. G. Bonney. — Bronn's Klassen und 

 Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs : Aves. By H. Gadow.— Horns 

 and Hoofs. By R. Lydekker.— Conchy liologie Frangaise. By 

 A. Locard. — British East Africa, or Ibea. By P. L. 

 McDermott.— Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1892.— 

 Illustrated Guide to British Mosses. By H. G. Jameson.— 

 The Jurassic Rocks of Britain. By H. B. Woodward — Poems. 

 By A. C. Benson.— Index to Periodical Literature. By E. 

 Hetherington 7I 



Obituary:— P. Fischer.- G. Gordon.— L. Chabry.— H. Rink.— D. S. 



Moncrieff.— J. Yilanova y Piera 74 



Neinrs of Universities, Museums, and Societies 77 



Correspondence 80 



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