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Vol. I. No. 10. 



Ratui^al 



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£ ]V[oiithly I^evieW of Scientific Progress. 



DECEMBER, 1892. 



CONTENTS. 



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Notes and Comments . . ''21 



The Interior of the Earth— The Thames as an Agent in the 

 Dispersal of Plants— An Ancient Lake-Yillage in Somer- 

 setshire — The Study of Living Protoplasm — Rabbits — 

 Fossil Rhinoceroses— Late Flowering Plants— Tea. 

 I. Further Observations on the Permanence of Oceans and Con- 

 tinents. By Professor James D. Dana, LL.D. ; W. T Blan- 

 ford, LL.D., F.R.S. ; A. J. Jukes-Browne, B.A., F.G.S., and 



others '^^'^ 



II. An Evolutionist in East Africa. By Frank Finn, B.A., F.Z.S. 744 

 III. Note on Sexual Selection. By Alfred R. Wallace, LL.D. . 749 



lY. An Advance in Our Knowledge of Seedlings. By A. B. Rendle, 



M.A., F.L.S ''SI 



Y. Exploration in New Guinea. By Henry O. Forbes, F.R.G.S. 766 



YI. The Migration of Birds ''''2 



Some New Books ''^^ 



Beauties of Nature. By Sir John Lubbock, Bart.- Great 

 World's Farm. By S. Gaze.— Modern Science in Bible Lands. 

 By Sir J. W. Dawson.— Curiosites de I'Histoire Naturelle. 

 By H. de Yarigny.— Experimental Evolution. By H. de 

 Yarigny.— Elementary Biology. By H. S. Campbell.— Intro- 

 duction to Study of Botany. By A. Dendy and A. H. S 

 Lucas.— Castorologia. By H. T. Martin.— Marine Shells of 

 S. Africa. By G. B Sowerby.— Mountaineering. By C. T. 

 Dent. — Works of Reference. 



Obituary ''9* 



F. Schwatka— T. J. Moore -J. Plant— Y. de Robillard. 



News of Universities, Museums, and Societies 796 



Observations and Correspondence 800 



Dr. A. Irving.— Dr. H. de Yarigny. 



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