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MUSEUM NEWS. 



The Report for 1909 of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences, contains some interesting information in reference to the 

 method there adopted of keeping dry phints, and there is also an excellent 

 portrait of Robert Fulton. 



The report of the Curator of the Stockport Museum is included in the 

 report of the Borough Librarian and Superintendent of the Parks. The 

 principal addition has been a collection of 20 cases of British Mammals. 

 The birds have also received attention, and the rock specimens have been 

 overhauled. 



The Fifth Annual Report of the Manx Museum lias been issued under 

 the guidance of Mr. P. M. C. Kermode, who is thoroughly familiar with the 

 Archa?ological treasures of the island, and has done so much to preserve 

 them. The report contains illustrations of querns, etc., and there arc two 

 excellent plates of coins found on the island. 



Introduction to the Study of Minerals and Guide to the Mineral Col- 

 lections in the Kelvingrove Museum, i)y IVter Macnair, Glasgow, 1910 (70 

 pp. price 3d.). This valuable work is not only a guide to the exceptionally 

 fine collection of minerals at Glasgow, but may also be regarded as an 

 introduction to the study of minerals generally. There is an excellent 

 introductorv chapter, and a large number of illustrations showing the 

 systems of crystallization, forms of crystals, etc. As a frontispiece are 

 illustrations o"f the curious crystals of pseudogaylussite which occur in the 

 Clyde muds ; though oddly enough this name does not appear in tlie 

 index to the pamphlet. 



Catalogue of Antiquities in the Norwich Castle Museum (152 pp., price 

 not stated). Wc should like to congratulate Mr. F. Leney upon the 

 publication of the catalogue of the 1,320 Archaeological specimens 

 which are under his charge in the well-known museum at Norwich. Mr. 

 Lenev has verv carefully classified and described the whole of the specimens 

 in order of date, beginning with the Pre-historic period and ending with 

 ' By-gones ' of comparatively recent times. The museum is particularly 

 well represented in British and Roman remains. Many curators will envy 

 the fine series of specimens relating to Mediaeval and later periods, pre- 

 served at Norwich. The catalogue is illustrated, and is greatly increased 

 in value by the elaborate general index, and index of localities, which are 

 given. 



From thi' Manchester Museum we have received publication 68 dealing 

 with The Tomb of Two Brothers, by Margaret Alice Murray (80 pp., 21 

 plates, price 5/-). This contains a thoroughly detailed description of a 

 tomb of the Xllth dvnasty, discovered at Ryfeh, in 1907, which was 

 offered to the Manchester Museum for ;{500. Nearly ;^6oo was prcmptly 

 subscribed by friends of the museum, the balance being expended m the 

 publication o'f the report. The tomb contained two complete Sarcophagi, 

 with coffins and mummies ; two perfect boats with sailors [models],^ a 

 Canopic Chest, and five statuettes ; all of the finest work. One of the 

 bodies was of Nekht Ankh, and the other of Khnumn Nekht ; the former 

 being eunucoid, and exhibited many anatomical pecularities. The mum- 

 mies were unwrapped and scientifically examined at the ^Manchester Uni- 

 versity. There are reports on the anatomy of the mummies by Dr. John 

 Cameron ; the chemistry of the remains by Dr. Paul Haas, Professor H. B. 

 Dixon, and Mr. E. Linder ; the textile fabrics by Uv. T. W. Fox, and the 

 colouring matter of the fabrics by Professor Julius Hiibner. The illustra- 

 tions are all that could be desired ; the coloured plate of the mummy cases 

 forming the frontispiece being particularly fine. The only fault we can 

 possibly find with the book is its shape (size 9^ X 7 J ins.), which is different 

 from any other already issued by the Manchester Museum, and makes it 

 awkward for the publications of this institute to be kept together on one 

 shelf, 

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