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p. 558. The Faraglione Rock near Capri is not 

 blackish. 



P. 565. The Amphisbffinidffi are represented on the 

 map as occurring all over Africa ; but none are known 

 from north of 12'lat. X. except the Mediterranean forms 

 confined to the Atlas and the territory between it and 

 the sea. 



P. 644. The range of the Croialinae extends to Celebes 

 {Lackcsis wagleri). 



In matters of nomenclature, some inconsistency is dis- 

 played in the termination of the names of orders and 

 suborders, and the use of the term " Sauria " for a 

 group embracing lizards and snakes is unjustifiable. 



The illustrations are for the greater part original, and 

 many are actually taken from living specimens. So 

 great a training is required to depict properly the atti- 

 tudes of any class of animals, and especially the often 

 mysterious-looking creatures which form the subject of 

 the book under review, that only artists who have made a 

 speciality of it can be expected to furnish nearly faultless 

 work, which even then may be spoilt to a certain 

 extent, so far as technical details are concerned, 

 through the intervention of the engraver if, as in the 

 present case, his services have also to be enlisted. It 

 will, therefore, not be unnatural if an expert may find 

 fault with a few of the illustrations in this book. For 

 instance. Fig. 23 represents a difference between the 

 heads of the male and female crested newt which does 

 not really exist ; Fig. 31 shows Bombinator is;neus with 

 the eyes much too far apart, Fig. 91 a T/ionyx with 

 azygous frontal bone, and Fig. 103 a ventral view of the 

 hand of Ptychozoon with the inner finger longer than the 

 outer, which is just the reverse of nature. But all the 

 figures are marked by a freshness which makes up for 

 any shortcomings, and many may be pronounced as 

 exceptionally good. 



In concluding the review I would express the opinion 

 that by this handsome volume a very important addition 

 to science has been made : that the beautiful illustrations, 

 together with the clear and charming accounts of the life- 

 histories which it contains, will do much to popularise the 

 study of a rather neglected section of zoology ; and that 

 lovers of Reptiles, of which there are more than one 

 generally thinks, will feel that the new knowledge imparted 

 to them emanates from one who is thoroughly in sympathy 

 with their enthusiasm. G. A. Boulengek. 



THE FORTHCOMING MEETING OF THE 

 BRITISH ASSOCIA TION. 



TN the two articles which have already appeared (May 

 ■*■ 23 and July 18) upon the meeting of the British 

 Association, to be held at Glasgow on September ii-iS, 

 the general arrangements made for the scientific and 

 social pleasures of the members have been described. 

 It is now possible to give an epitome of the programme 

 of the meeting and a forecast of the work of the sections. 

 The sections do not meet on September 11 and Septem- 

 ber 19, but on all intervening days. 



Epitome of Programme. 



Wednesday, September 11. — President's address in St. 

 .-Xndrew's Hall. 



Thursday, September 12. ^Conference of delegates of 

 corresponding societies ; inauguration of new anatomical 

 buildings at the University, and the opening of the 

 museum in connection therewith ; reception and conver- 

 sazione in the City Chambers, by invitation of the Lord 

 Provost and Corporation of Glasgow. 



Friday, September 13. — Garden party at Overtoun, 

 Dumbartonshire, by invitation of the Lord and Lady 

 Overtoun ; lecture in St. Andrew's Hall, by Prof W. 

 Ramsay, F.R.S., subject : inert constituents of the 



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atmosphere ; smoking concert in Berkeley Hall of St. 

 Andrew's Halls. 



Saturday, September 14. — Excursions; lecture to, 

 artisans in St. Andrews Halls, by Mr. H. J. Mackinder, 

 subject : the movements of men by land and sea. 



Sunday, September 15. — Official sermon in the Cathe- 

 dral, by the Rev. Pearson M'Adam Muir. 



Monday, September 16.— Garden party in the Botanic 

 Gardens and Queen Margaret College, Glasgow, by in- 

 vitation of the Lord Blythswood, president of the 

 Glasgow Philosophical Society, and Lady Blythswood ; 

 lecture in St. Andrew's Hall, by Mr. Francis Darwin, 

 F.R.S., subject : movements of plants. 



Tuesday, September 17. — Special visits to public works ; 

 conference ot delegates of corresponding societies ; 

 conversazione in the Exhibition Buildings, by invitation 

 of the president, the chairman and the executive council 

 of the Glasgow International Exhibition .Association, 

 1901. 



Wednesday, September 18. — Concluding general meet- 

 ing ; excursion to Paisley and luncheon in the Town 

 Hall, by invitation of Sir Thomas Glen Coats, Bart.; 

 reception and conversazione in the galleries of the 

 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours, 

 153, Sauchiehall Street, by invitation of the president 

 (Sir Francis Powell, P.R.W.S.) and the council; "at 

 home " in the Art Club, by invitation of the president 

 (Mr. J. E. Christie) and the committee of the Glasgow 

 Art Club ; reception and conversazione in the Glasgow 

 School of Art, by invitation of the chairman (Mr. James 

 Fleming) and the governors ; reception and conversa- 

 zione in the galleries of the Royal Glasgow Institute of 

 the Fine Arts, by invitation of the president fSir John 

 Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., M.P.) and the council of the 

 Institute ; annual inspection and dinner of the Clyde 

 Navigation Trustees, to which a selected number (pro- 

 bably thirty) of members of the British Association will 

 be invited ; dinner by the Faculty of Physicians and 

 Surgeons to a selected number of the medical members 

 of the British Association. 



By kind permission of the owners, a large number of 

 shipbuilding yards, public works, &c., in Glasgow and 

 district will be available to the inspection of members 

 during the meeting. Details as to days and times are 

 given in a special handbook and guide that is being 

 prepared by the local committee. 



In addition to the information given in N.\TURE of 

 July 18 with regard to the sectional meetings, the fol- 

 lowing provisional programmes of sections. have been, 

 received. 



The president's address to Settion B (Chemistry) will 

 be on the position of British chemistry at the dawn 

 of the twentieth century. In this address Prof Percy 

 Frankland, F.R.S., will direct attention to the factors 

 which have been instrumental in promoting the growing 

 activity in original investigation during the past twenty 

 years. He will also point out the disadvantages at the 

 present time incidental to university education, and will 

 indicate some of the more important reforms which are 

 required in the immediate future. Other papers which 

 have been arranged for this Section are, bridged 

 rings, by Prof Perkin : the present position of 

 electrochemical industries in this country and abroad, 

 by Dr. Shields ; the chemical exhibits at the Glasgow 

 Exhibition, by Dr. Lewkowitsch ; and ocean salt 

 deposits, by Dr. E. F. .A.rmstrong. The last paper may 

 possibly be read at a joint meeting of Sections B and C. 

 Prof Letts will read papers on the chemical changes 

 which occur during the contact of sewage with '' bacteria 

 beds," and on the assimilation of ammonia by the sea- 

 weed Ulva latissima. 



In addition to Mr. J. Home's presidential address, 

 on recent advances in Scottish geology, to Section C 

 ^Geology), the following papers, among others, will be 



