NOTICES. 



INSTKI'CTKIN IN I'H OTO('. K APH Y.— We have 

 pleasure in aniioiinciiiK that Mr. Senior, our photoRraphic 

 editor, is giving a course of instruction in photography at the 

 Central N'oiuig Men's Christian .Association. Tottenham Court 

 Uoad. on Friday evenings. 



FIRST .All"). — We have received a well-illustrated little 

 booklet, dealing with Famous .Airmen and their Equipments, 

 from Messrs. Burroughs, Wellcome & Company, which also 

 contains some useful notes on first aid. 



F .\ B R E ' S W O R K S.— Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton 

 announce that they will publish this autumn the first volume 

 of the collected works of J. H. Fabre, the eminent French 

 naturalist, which will be issued under the title of " The Life 

 of the Spider." 



;:00 LOGICAL LITERATURE.— We have received from 

 Mr. Felix L. Dames, of Steglifz, Berlin, his one hundred and 

 twenty-fifth catalogue of /Zoological Works — two thousand 

 five hundred odd in number. They are classified under 

 various useful headings, and among them are many books 

 and papers which are not often seen in second-hand lists. 



SECOND-HAND APPARATUS.- From Mr. C. Baker 

 comes a classified list of second-hand instruments, which is 

 issued three times a year. As on previous occasions, we 

 commend its seventy-four pages to those who need good 

 microscopes, lenses, and other apparatus of first-class quality, 

 at reasonable prices. 



We have received as well Messrs. Clarke & Page's second- 

 hand list, which should also be consulted. 



THE TAIT MEMORIAL.— The committee appointed to 

 suggest the form which the memorial to Professor Tail should 

 take recommends the raising of a fund of from ^"20,000 to ;f 25,000 

 for the purpose of endowing a second Professorship in Natural 

 Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. Pamphlets dealing 

 with Professor Tait and his work, as well as the need for the 

 Professorship, have been issued, together with the names of 

 the general committee, who appeal for subscriptions to be sent 

 to the honorary treasurer. Sir George M. Paul, 16, St. .Andrew's 

 Square, Edinburgh. 



SELBORNE CENTRAL LECTURES.— The Selborne 

 Society has arranged the following central lectures for the 

 coming session : — 



1912. 

 Nov. 11. — " Fairy Flies and their Hosts" 



Fred Enock. F.L.S., F.E.S. 



,, 25. — " The Elizabethan Playhouses of London " 



William Martin, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. 



Dec. 9.—" English Cathedrals " (Second Series) 



Charles E. Kevser. M..A.. F.S.A. 

 1913. 

 Jan. 9. — Special Children's Lecture on " Dew, Hoar Frost and 

 Cloud" Si'KNCER Fletcher, F.R.A.S. 

 ,, 20.— " On Minor Planets " 



A.C.D.Crommelin. B.A.,D.Sc.. F.R.A.S. 

 Feb. 17. — " Fibres and Fibre Lore " 



C. AiNSWORTH Mitchell, B..\., F.I.C. 

 Mar. 3. — " Byways of Biology " 



James Sai-nders, .A.L.S. 



The lectures will be given in the Theatre of the Civil 

 Service Commission. Burlington Gardens, New Bond Street, 

 at 6.30 p.m., except Mr. Enock's, which will be at 6.45, and 

 the Children's Lecture, which will take place on a Thursday, 

 at a time to be announced. Members may personally introduce 

 one friend. Tickets to Members, price 6d, each ; to Non- 

 Members, Is. 



"THE "THIRD HAND" THUMB MAGNIFIER.— 

 Our readers may remember that we described and illustrated 

 in our microscopical column an ingenious contrivance called 

 the " Focostat," which consisted of a lens fastened on to one's 

 dissecting needle or pen. The " Third Hand " magnifier is a 



larger lens, which by means of .a clip, as its name implies, 

 can be attached to the thumb, and it will prove extremely 

 useful where the hand to which it is fastened need not be 



Figure 472. The "Third Hand" Thumb Magnifier. 



moved. The magnifier is well adapted for reading fine scales 

 (see Figure 472), and even for domestic purposes, such as the 

 threading of needles. It has been brought out by "Third 

 Hands " Patents, Limited, of City Road. 



THE MUNICIPAL MUSEUM, HULL.— On Wednesday 

 evening, the 16th October, a new gallery was opened at the 

 Municipal Museum, Hull, which is to be entirely devoted to 

 the illustration of local mammals. The specimens include 

 several historical examples from the collection of the late 

 Sir Henry Boynton, and other sources, and some of them 

 are the last records of the kind for the district. The collection 

 is arranged in specially-made cases, in which the animals are 

 shown in their natural surroundings, in addition to which 

 there are several large groups showing male, female and young 

 of Otters, Badgers, Hedgehogs, Deer, Foxes, and so on. On 

 the occasion mentioned the curator, Mr. T. Sheppard, gave an 

 address on the Mammals of the East Riding of Yorkshire. 



FORGED EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES.— Within recent 

 years a great demand has arisen for rejics of .Ancient Egypt, 

 and large sums of money are spent by the public each year in 

 the purchase of scarabs, pottery, figures, and so on. which are 

 said to have been taken from the tombs in that country. 

 Many of these objects are frauds, and of quite recent 

 manufacture, but as the itinenant sellers have a most 

 plausible manner and a glib tongue. tra\ellers are frequently 

 taken in, and pay large sums of money for worthless 

 specimens. It is with the object of giving some guidance 

 to those interested in Egypt and its antiquities that Messrs. 

 A. & C. Black are publishing a book, by Dr. T. G. 

 Wakeling, entitled. " Forged Egyptian .Antiquities," which 

 will be illustrated with many examples of objects usually 

 offered for sale. 



HORNIMAN MUSEUM LECTURES. — We have 

 received a list of the ten free public lectures which will be 

 given in the Lecture Hall, Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, 

 at 3.30 p.m., on Saturday afternoons. We print the titles of 

 those which still remain to be given at the time of going to 

 press : — 

 Nov. 2. — " The Botany of Bread " 



Miss E. M. Delf. B.A. 

 9. — " Money before Coins" Mr. A. R.Wright, F.R.X.I. 

 ., 16 — " .Animal Parasites and their Life Histories " 



Dr. W. a. Cunningtox, M..\. 

 ., 23. — " .A Folk-lore Tour in Brittany" 



Mk. Edward Loveit. 

 ,, 30. — " Tlie Origin and Historv of Dogs " 



Mr. H. N. Milligan, F.Z.S. 

 Dec. 7. — " Shoes and Sandals of the Past " 



Mr. a. R. Wright, F.R.A.L 

 .. 14. — " Women's Work in Central .Africa '' 



Dr. W. .a. Cinmngtox, M.A. 



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