THE WEST-AMERICAN SCIENTIST. 
BOOKS AND PAPERS 
Those desiring a more intimate 
knowledge of the development 
theory, more popularly known as 
Darwinism or the theory of 
evolution, are referred to a_ brief 
simple statement for general read- 
ers by Prof. J. Y. Bergen, Jr., and 
Fanny Bergen, published by Lee 
& Shepard, Boston. 16 mo. cloth, 
ill. 1884, $1.25. 
The first number of the Journal 
of Mycology has appeared, con- 
taining descriptions of many new 
fungi, edited by Prof. A. Keller- 
man, Manhattan, Kansas, monthly, 
$1 per year. 
Mining and Scientific Press; a 
paper devoted mainly to min- 
ing affairs. Published by Dew- 
ey & Co., S. F., at $3 per year. 
The Naturalists’ Leisure Hour: 
published monthly by A. E. Foote 
1223 Belmont avenue, Phila., at 
75 cents per year is invaluable to 
the book buyer and contains much 
of interest to anyone. 
Tidings from Nature is a month- 
ly published at Rutland Vt., at 25 
cents per year, devoted to young 
naturalists. 
Drugs and Medicines of North 
America: a quarterly devoted to 
the complete discussion of the 
medicinal plants of North Amer- 
ica, by J. U. and C. G. Loyd, and 
is a most thorough work, high- 
ly creditable to the publishers 
and authors and should be in 
the hands of every physician. 
Medicinal plants will be illustra- 
ted with full-page engravings. 
Price $1 per year, 30 cents per 
number. Sample pages with pros- 
pectus on application. 
A 
The Microscopical Bulletin, a 
bi-monthly, published by Jas. W. 
Queen & Co., opticians, 924 Chest- 
nut street, Philadelphia, contains 
much matter of interest to micro- 
scopists and well worth the 25 
cents a year charged. 
Editors are respectfully invited 
to exchange. We would ask pub- 
lishers, authors, and societies to 
send us their publications, espe- 
cially those referring to the Pa- 
cific coast or of general interest to 
biologists. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
A course of popular lectures 
under the auspices of the Society 
of Natural History has been com- 
menced at San Diego. The first 
of the series was delivered on the 
3rd instant by Mrs. Elizabeth 
Surr, recently from London, Eng- 
land. Her subject, “The Beauti- 
ful,’ was treated in a combined 
practical and poetic manner which 
gave general satisfaction to her — 
hearers. 
The crisis in the grain trade and 
‘the American and Indian compe- 
tition in this commodity, are the 
topics of the day in Russia, and 
are being discussed in no less than 
three societies in St. Petersburg, 
each devoting more than one ses- 
sion to these topics.—[ Science. 
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Quarter sections of our native 
woods, five inches in length, 25 
cents each, by mail. Smaller 
specimens (4x1x5 inches) 60c. per 
dozen varieties by mail. 
Sample packets of native seeds 
25 cents. 
