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If (lies arc flie because they fly, 



And fleas are fleas because they flee, 



Then bees are bees because they be. — Yale Recorder. 



The London jMuseum has issued a ' Guide to the Anglo-Saxon Corridor,' 

 8 pp. price 3d. 



' Local War Records ' by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Onslow, appears 

 in Vol. XXXIIL of Surrey Archaological Collections. 



The editor of Tlie Archives of the Cambridge University Forestry 

 Association appeals for a few dusters and three door-frames. 



Wither-Tip and Brown Rot of Plum {Molinia cinerea var. pruni) is 

 the title of Leaflet No. 367 issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries. 



The Haworth Ramblers' Programme dealing with the Harden Valley 

 and Bingley, contains many notes on the Geology, Archaeology, etc., of 

 the district. | 



The ' Manchester Conference Souvenir Number ' of The Library 

 World is well prepared. It contains a criticism of the articles by a 

 ' B. F. ' in the Library Association Record, to which we had occasion 

 to refer recently. 



' Contributed Papers,' is the title of a pamphlet issued in connexion 

 with the South-eastern Union of Scientific Societies' recent Conference 

 at Reading. The papers bear upon the Archaeology, Botany, Zoology, 

 and Geology of the area. 



We learn from the daily press that ' Some massive bones, apparently 

 of a prehistoric monster, were disinterred by archaeologists at Heath, 

 Bedfordshire, but after a long and patient investigation were found to 

 be those of a cart-horse.' 



' Matters of ancient gravel and their (sic) contents, and questions 

 of a long-ago geographical past, occur to one, when anticipating this 

 visit,' is a sample of the pabulum offered to the South-eastern Naturalists 

 by the editor of their Bulletin. 



Mr. H. Wade, of Barnsley, while staying at Scarborough in August, 

 reports a specimen of a locust 2f " long, which his sister picked up on the 

 shore of the North Bay. Mr. W. J. Clarke identifies it as a migratory 

 locust from south-east Europe. 



The Irish Naturalist for August is largely occupied by a paper on 

 ' The Post-Glacial Climatic Optimum in Ireland.' Jt deals with the 

 late estuarine clays, and should be read by those interested in the post- 

 glacial fauna and flora of these islands. 



We learn from The Publishers' Circular that 'Publicity Student (38), 

 possessing fei'tile brain, unconventional ideas, untiring energy, desires 

 appointment with publishers where energy can be exclusively devoted 

 to publicity.' A certain East Anglian Society should secure his services. 



The Hon. Treasurer of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union (Mr. E. 

 Hawkesworth, Sunnybank, Crossgates, Leeds) complains that several sub- 

 scriptions to the Union are still due. As postages are very heavy now, 

 perhaps any member who has not paid will send his subscription as soon 

 as possible. 



The Hornsea Urban District Council has just issued an ' Official Guide 

 to Hornsea,' by Frederick Lord (22 pp.). It contains many views of 

 Hornsea — old and new, and brief references to the geology, botany, 

 conchology, etc., of the district. Unfortunately the guide is not dated. 

 It can be obtained from the secretary of the Council, free. 



A preliminary meeting in connexion with the British Association 

 visit to Hull in 1922 has just been called by the Lord Mayor. There 

 was a representative gathering, and a strong committee was formed. 

 The Town Clerk (Mr. H. A. Learoyd), and the Museums Curator, Mr. 

 T. Sheppard, were nominated as Hon. Secretaries for the meeting, and 

 the City Treasurer, Mr. T. G. Milncr, as Hon. Treasurer. These nomina- 

 tions have been accepted by the Association. 



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