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Vol. IV; No. 24. 



Ratuf^al 



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K jVEonthly I^evieW of Scientific Ppogress. 



FEBRUARY, 1894. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Notes and Comments 81 



Education by Experiment — Mathematical Biology — Jamaica 

 and Scientific Federation— Counsel's Opinion — The Growth 

 of a Madrepore Coral— Geology of New Zealand—" A 

 Naturalist's Notes off Mull." 



I. Neuter Insects and Lamarckism. By VI. Piatt Ball 91 



II. Natural Science in Japan. II.— Present. By F. A. Bather, 



M. A., F.G.S 98 



III. The Influence of Yolcanic Dykes upon Littoral Life and Scenery. 



By James Hornell 112 



lY. The La Plata Museum. By R. Lydekker, B.A., F.Z.S 117 



Y. Plant Diseases and Bacteria. By George Murray, F.L.S 129 



YI. The Causes of Yariation in the Composition of Igneous Rocks. 



By Professor H. J. Johnston-Lavis, M.D., F.G.S 134 



Some New Books 141 



The Macleay Memorial Yolume. Edited by J. J. Fletcher. — 

 The Earth before the Appearance of Man. By F. Priem. — 

 Suicide and Insanity. By S. A. K. Strahan. — The Dispersal 

 of Shells. By H. W. Kew. — Romance of the Insect World. 

 By L. N. Badenoch. — Peches et Chasses Zoologiques. By 

 Marquis de Folin. — Outline of the Geology of Maryland. By 

 G. H. Williams and W, B. Clark.— The Mineral Resources of 

 W^estern Australia. By A. F. Calvert.- Woodwardian 

 Museum Catalogue of Fossils. By H. Woods. 



Obituary :— A. M. Marshall. R. Spruce.— R. Bentley.— Sir Samuel 

 Baker. — P. Yan Beneden.— J. Boehm.— Baron K. von Kuester. — 



J. Plant 150 



News of Universities, Museums, and Societies 156 



Correspondence :— G. Murray.- F. A. Bather.— Prof. T. E. Thorpe 159 



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