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subject, give us a revised issue of ' Forest Entomology.' To enumerate 

 the many errors would not answer any good purpose, but we would suggest 

 to Mr. Gillanders that he hand the book to some qualified entomological 

 friend, for he apparently has several — with the request that he corrects it. 

 Had this been done at' an earlier stage, there would probably have been 

 nothing to grumble at. As it is the book might be read with profit by 

 those interested in forestry. The publishers have done their share well. 



' One and AH Gardening, 1909 ' (92 Long Acre, W.C, 2d.), contains 

 articles on ' Electricity and Plant Growth,' ' The Magic Circle in Plant 

 Life,' ' In the Track of the Fungus Hunter,' and others likely to interest 

 our readers. 



Hull Museum Publications. Nos. 53, 54, 56, 57 and 58. Hull : A.. 

 Brown & Sons, Ltd. One penny each. 



This quintette of pamphlets maintain the high standard of excellence 

 set by their fifty odd predecessors. Their range is a very wide one, a bare 

 enumeration of the subjects dealt with would occupy more space than we 

 can afford ; and we can only briefly mention some of the more interesting. 

 No. 53 contains an interesting account of a most valuable addition to the 

 exhibits in the shape of a model of a tunnel shield, scale one inch to a foot, 

 made and presented by a distinguished engineer, a native of Hull, where 

 he received his early training. Apart from the monetary value of the 

 donation, it is said to have cost about ^^700, its value as an educational 

 exhibit in a city like Hull is inestimable. 



Geologists and Palaeontologists will welcome the catalogue of the 

 Lether collection, and the descriptive account of Eyyon ? antiqmts Broderip 

 from the Lias. Antiquaries will revel in the accounts of old agricultural 

 implements, gibbet irons, man-traps, and spring-guns, old engravings. 



Flint Axe=Head from Flamborough. 



maps and deeds, and last, but not least, the pamphlet dealing with for- 

 geries and counterfeit antiquities, in which, as a matter of course, the career 

 of Flint Jack, facile pvinceps of his class is retold. Short notes on various 

 branches of Natural History are also included. 



No. 57 is devoted to the Annual Report for 1908, which provides 

 interesting reading. We are pleased to see that the safety of the building 

 in Albion Street has been increased by the removal of the electric light 

 meters from the inside to the outside of the building, and that by a resolu- 

 tion of the Council, the Museums are now open to the public on Sunday 

 afternoons from 2-30 to 5 p.m. We note that this is merely as an experi- 

 ment for six months, but we should imagine that if the attendances during 

 the first three months of this year are in keeping with those for the last 

 quarter of 1908, as detailed in this report, Sunday opening will have passed 

 the experimental stage, and that the hours will be extended from 2 to 

 7, or it may be 8 o'clock. The figures given shew an average of 297 visitors 

 per hour at Albion Street, and 34 at Wilberforce House, which seems fairly 

 high, when one considers the limited time within which visits may be made. 



The accompanying illustration, from one of the pamphlets, is a re- 

 duced drawing of a very fine polished flint axe-head recently obtained at 

 Flamborough. E. G. B. 



1909 May I- 



