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connection with certain lines of work. The first of these is 

 edited by Professor Baumgarten, formerly of Konigsberg, at 

 present of Tubingen. This annual bears the somewhat lengthy 

 title, Jahresbericht uber die Fortschritte in der Lehre von den 

 patliogenen Mikroorganismen, umfassend Bacterien, Pilze und 

 Protozoen. The first volume covered the literature for 1885, 

 and the ninth volume (for 1893) is now in course of publica- 

 tion. The second of these is the Jahresbericht uber die Fort- 

 schritte der Thierchemie, edited by Prof. Richard Maly, of 

 which the first volume, published in 1873, at Vienna, covers 

 the literature for 1871. The series is still continued, but the 

 volumes make their appearance considerably belated. 



Finally, I ought to allude I cannot do more than that 

 to the botanical Jahresbericht, the first of whose bulky volumes 

 was issued in 1873 by Professor Just. In appearance and 

 arrangement of the contents this series has been closely 

 imitated by the younger zoological Jahresbericht (begun in 

 1879). 



We now come to the two great zoological records. Those 

 which have been mentioned above are (with the exception of 

 the Botanischer Jahresbericht and the reports in the Archiv fur 

 Naturgeschichte) all prepared in the interest of medical men, 

 and treat their various subjects mainly, if not exclusively, from 

 the medical standpoint. The two publications now to be men- 

 tioned are, on the contrary, adapted primarily to the needs of 

 zoologists. I refer, of course, to the Zoological Record and to 

 the Zoologischer Jahresbericht, issued by the Zoological Station 

 at Naples. 



The Zoological Record was founded by Dr. Albert C. L. G. 

 Giinther, who states in the preface to the first volume, covering 

 the literature of 1864, that "the object of the Record is to 

 give in an annual volume reports on, abstracts of, and an index 

 to the various zoological publications which have appeared in 

 the preceding year ; to acquaint zoologists with the progress of 

 every branch of their science in all parts of the globe ; and to 

 form a repertory which will retain its value for the student of 

 future years." The Zoological Record has to a certain extent 

 attained its objects, and is, indeed, an invaluable aid in finding 



