176 Literary Notices. 



Weber, Ernst, Ursachen und Folgen der Rechtshandigkeit. Marhold, Halle. Pp. 116. 1905. 



Dr. Weber, after reviewing the facts of right-handedness and left-handedness 

 in animals, children, primitive and civilized races, discusses in turn the following 

 theories which have been advanced in explanation of the phenomena: i. Asym- 

 metry of blood supply. 2. Position of the fetus. 3. Position of the center ol 

 gravity in the body. 4. Chance. 5. Position of the organs of the body, as 

 indirect cause. The first four of these so-called causes of right-handedness the 

 author shows to his satisfaction to be results rather than causes of the phenomenon 

 under consideration; the last-named theory he plausibly defends. 



A second portion of the book deals especially with the consequences of right- 

 handedness. This also is chiefly historic. Most attention is given to the effects 

 of right-handedness on the brain, and of writing as a cause of the unilaterally 

 developed speech center. 



The book is of value primarily because it brings together many interesting and 

 important facts concerning the subject, as well as a list of references. 



R. M. Y. 



BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. 



Wajren, John. The Development of the Paraphysis and the Pineal Region in Necturus maculatus. 

 Reprinted from The American Journal oj Anatomy, Vol. 5, No. i, Dec. 1905. 



Harper, E. H. Reactions to Light and Mechanical Stimuli in the Earthworm, Perichaeta bermudensis 

 (Beddard). Reprinted from 5/o/. ^u/to/n, Vol. 10, No. i, Dec. 1905. 



Watson, George A. The Mammalian Cerebral Cortex, with Special Reference to its Comparative 

 Histology. I. Order Insectivora. Preliminary Communication. Reprinted from the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Royal Soc, London. Read December 14, 1905. 



Johnston, J. B. The Cranial Nerve Components of Petromyzon. Reprinted from Morph. Ja^huch 

 Vol. 34, No. 2. 1905. 



Mills, Charles K. and Weisenburg, T. H. Word-blindness, with the Record of a Case due to a 

 Lesion in the Right Cerebral Hemisphere in a Right-handed Man; with some Discussion of 

 the Treatment of Visual Aphasia. Reprinted from Medicine, Nov. 1905. 



Berger, E. W. Habits and Distribution of the Pseudoscorpionidae, principally Chelanops oblongus, 

 Say. Reprinted from O/i/o A''ar«ra//i?, Vol. 6, Dec. 1905. 



Schofield. The IManagement of a Nerve Patient. Philadelphia: P. Blakistotis Son & Co. 1906. 



Banchi, A. Di un Nucleo non Descritto del Rombencef alo (Nucleo Superiore del Corpo Restiforme)» 

 Reprinted from Rivista di Pat. Nerv. e Ment., Vol. 10, fasc. 9, Sept. 1905. 



Bancroft, Frank W. On the Validity of Pfliiger's Law for the Galvanotropic Reactions of Para- 

 mecium. (Translated from Pfliiger's Archiv, Bd. 107, S. 535-556.) University of California 

 Publications, Physiology, Vol. 2, No. 19, Nov. 1905. 



Wilson, J. G, The Structure and Function of the Taste-buds of the Larynx. Reprinted from Brain, 

 Part no, pp. 339-351. 1905. 



Esterly, C, 0. Some Observations on the Nervous System of Copepoda. University of California 

 Publications, Zoology, Vol. 3, No. I, Jan. 1906. 



Bradley, 0. Charnock. On the Development of the Hindbrain of the Pig. Reprinted from Journ . 

 Anat. and Physiol., Vol. 40. 1906. 



