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oi parts, dates, editor's name and titles, and the fact that it 

 is iHustrated, occupies 41 Hnes, whereas practically all t\x(* 

 information could have been given in four. This, howeverj 

 is a detail. 



JAWS OF ANCIENT MEN. 



Dr. W. Martin's presidential address on ' Science and 

 Industries ' is given in extenso, Mr. William Huntly Martin 

 gives his first experience in diving ; Mr. E. A. Martin writes 

 on ' Skulls and Jaws of Ancient Man and His Implements.' 

 In this the writer has very closely followed the views expressed 

 in Dr. Keith's ' Antiquity of Man,' even falling into the same 

 error as Dr. Keith with regard to the Ipswich Skeleton, which 

 Mr. Martin, faithfully following Dr. Keith, says 'must be pre- 

 Chellean,' being evidently unaware than since Dr. Keith's 

 book was printed the original discoverer of the skeleton, Mr. 

 J. Reid Moir, has admitted that it is of comparatively recent 

 date. This fact has been recorded in Nature and in The 

 Natttralist, and other publications, which have apparently 

 escaped Mr. Martin's notice. Other papers are : — ' Are 

 Acquired Characters Inherited ? ' by Prof. E. W. MacBride ; 

 ' London Tokens,' by W. Dale ; ' Notable Trees and Old 

 Gardens of London,' by B. D. Jackson ; ' Abnormal Atmos- 

 pheres and the Means of Defence against them,' by J. S. 

 Haldane ; ' The Associations of the Chelsea Physic Garden 

 with the History of Botany,' by Prof. G. S. Boulger. 



HANDBOOK OF REGIONAL GEOLOGY. 



Perhaps one of the most remarkable books dealing with an 

 interesting aspect of British Geology, has recently appeared in 

 English, but printed and published in Germany during the 

 third year of the Great War. The book is probably one of a 

 series which was started before war was declared, but it 

 has been printed while the war has been in progress. The 

 volume contains no fewer than 354 pages, and hails from 

 Heidelberg. It is remarkably well illustrated by maps, 

 sections and diagrams, and forms part 20 (Band 3, i) of a 

 Handbuch der regionalen Geologic.' The publication is 

 issued under the general editorship of Dr. Evans, and is writ- 

 ten by Messrs. P. G. H. Boswell, G. A. J. Cole, A. M. Davies, 

 C. Davison, J. W. Evans, J. W. Gregory, A. Harker, O. T. 

 Jones, P. F. Kendall, L. Richardson, W. W. Watts, and 

 H. J. O. White. We believe there are very few copies in this 

 country, but one is to be seen in the Library of the Geological 

 Society of London. 



FAMOUS YORKSHIRE BOTANISTS. 



At a recent meeting of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, 

 Mr. H. J. Wilkinson, the hon. curator of the botanical collection, 



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