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intimate knowledge of the history and literature of these 

 countries. In conjunction with Sir Lambert Playfair he 

 compiled for the Boyal Geographical Society a Bibliography 

 of Morocco ; whilst the Transactions of the learned societies 

 contain many papers by him on the glaciers, the fauna, and 

 the flora of the Northern and Arctic regions. Of about thirty 

 volumes which he wrote or edited, the best known are perhaps 

 his ' Manual of Botany,' ' Baces of Mankind,' ' Countries of the 

 World,' ' Our Earth and its Story,' and ' The Story of Africa,' 

 all of which, except the first, were published by Messrs 

 Cassell & Co. At the time of his death he was translating 

 and editing for the Hakluyt Society an edition of Leo 

 Africanus. In addition to these, he wrote an endless number 

 — it is said nearly 3000 — scientific articles and reviews. He 

 was President of the Boyal Physical Society and a Vice- 

 President of the Botanical Society, and, as. I have already 

 said, was the first President of this Society. Dr Brown died 

 at his residence at Streatham, London, on October 26, 1895, 

 at the early age of fifty-three, leaving a widow and three 

 children — two sons and a daughter — to mourn his loss. He 

 was interred at Norwood Cemetery on October 30. 



EXHIBITS IN NATURAL HISTORY. 



The following were the chief objects of interest in Natural 

 History and Microscopy exhibited during the Session :— 



By Mr W. Forgan, FR.M.S. 



The Zeiss vertical illuminator ; a Zeiss homogeneous oil-immersion T \ 

 object-glass ; a new apochromatic object-glass, 36 mm., by Zeiss. 



By Mrs Sprague. 



Flexible stone from Agra ; Pinna shell with byssus ; Nest of North- 

 American humming-bird ; a collection of plants from Iceland. 



By Mr Bruce Campbell. 

 Two nests of the Long-tailed Tit, from Dalmeny. 



By Mrs Carphin. 



Lizards, Chameleon, Snake, and Beetles from Alexandria ; three species 

 of Tetrodon and two of Diodon. 



By The Secretary. 

 Physcia ciliare, a lichen from Old Calabar. 



