THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



lot, both of which are of material foreign to the island. All 

 stages of manufacture are shown in this interesting series of shell 

 implements. 



The Eighth International Geographic Congress is to be held 

 in this country in September. The sessions begin in Washing- 

 ton, September 8th, and continue in Philadelphia, New York, 

 Niagara Falls and Chicago, and close in St. Louis on the 20th. 

 The Congress, while in New York from the 13th to the 15th of 

 September, will hold its sessions in the Museum. 



Professors Albert S. Bickmore and Franz Boas and Dr. 



E. O. Hovey have been appointed delegates to represent the 

 ]\Iuseum at the Geographic Congress. 



The Department of Conchology has received as a gift from 



F. A. Constable, Esq., a noteworthy collection of Hirase shells 

 from Japan. The collection was made by Mr. Hirase himself, 

 which is a guarantee of its uniform excellence. The specimens 

 comprise land, fresh-water and brackish-water forms, and rep- 

 resent a total of 357 species. This collection illustrates in part 

 the new genera and species which Dr. Pillsbry of Philadelphia 

 has recently founded on Japanese shells. 



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