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GENERAL REVIEWS. 



The Foraminifera : An introduction to the study of the Protozoa. By 



Frederick Chapman. 8vo. pp. xv and 354, pis. i— 14, and 42 figs, in 



text. London : 1902. Longmans, Green and Co. 



Mr. Chapman's work supplies students of the Foraminifera with a concise 



and authoratative guide, which has long been desired, and will, we feel sure, 



meet with a ready welcome. 



After a general introduction on the nature and occurence of Foraminifera, 

 their structure, classification and reproduction, the author devotes a chapter to 

 the structure and plans of growth of the shell ; a further chapter deals in an 

 interesting manner with the various ideas of the early writers concerning the 



nature of Foraminifera. Chapter vi is devoted to a consideration of the 

 various classifications which have been used by different investigators ; 

 chapters vii to xvi are confined to a systematic review of the different families, 

 genera, etc. ; chapter xvii to a survey of the various geologic foraminiferal 

 faunas ; chapter xviii to the geographical distribution ; chapter xix to the 

 collecting, examination and mounting, the work concluding with a useful 

 series of bibliographical lists, comprising the more important works. 



Mr. Chapman has given students of this interesting order of protozoa a 

 valuable handbook, which few will omit to avail themselves of. 



EDITOR'S NOTES. 



We regret to have to record the decease of Alpheus Hyatt, one of the 

 foremost authorities upon the fossil Cephalopoda, which occurred at 

 Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., on January 15th ; also of Professor A. G. Wetherby, 

 an American conchologist, on February 15th ; and that of J. C. Mansel- 

 Pleydell, on May 3rd. 



We again appeal to those subscribers whose subscriptions to volumes vii, 

 viii, and ix are in arrear, to kindly; forward the same. A third request will 

 surely not be necessary. 



The publication of the Journal involves a considerable expenditure of time 

 and labour, in addition to an annual financial loss ; unless the subscriptions 

 are forthcoming at the commencement of each year, it will be impossible to 

 carry it on. 



