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shire).’ There is a strong ‘footprint’ flavour about the 
publication as, indeed, there should be. One of the illustrations 
we are kindly permitted to give for our members. 
EAST ANGLIAN PRE-HISTORIANS. 
The Proceedings of the Pre-historic Society of Kast Anglia 
for 1913-14, conclude the first volume, and contain pages 
385-491 and numerous plates. In view of the small subscription 
to the society the publication is remarkably large, and contains 
a great variety of papers more or less bearing upon the Society’s 
work as defined by its title. Much seems to be made of the 
scratchings and other microscopic characters of flint flakes ; 
in some cases far too much we fear. Personally we agree 
with Colonel Underwood that ‘ what have been looked upon as 
deep glacial stria may be simply weathered out scratches, 
the initial stage of which did not require very much pressure 
to produce.’ We congratulate the editor, Mr. W. G. Clarke, 
for his efforts in preventing the proceedings being quite a ‘one 
man’ show. 
BELFAST NATURALISTS. 
The Annual Report and Proceedings of the Belfast Natural- 
ists’ Field Club (N.S. Vol. 7, pt. 1), contain a record of the 
recent jubilee meeting of the Belfast Society. There is also an 
account of the Club’s meetings and records. The Presidential 
Address of the Rev. Canon Lett is ‘A Chat about Linné’ ; 
Mr. G. Livens refers to ‘ Plants in Relation to their Surround- 
ings’; ‘The History of Irish Woods and Trees,’ by Mr. A. 
Henry ; ‘ How to recognise our Common Wood Lice,’ by Mr. 
N. H. Foster ; and the ‘ History of the Rosapenna Sandhills,’ 
by Mr. R. J Welch. Mr. Waterhouse also gives his report on 
the Birmingham meeting of the British Association. 
THE SOUTH EASTERN NATURALIST. 
Under this heading have been published the Transactions 
of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, for 1914 
(cxxiv. + 83 pp.). The first section is devoted to an elaborate 
report of the Nineteenth Annual Conference held at Bourne- 
mouth, and the second to the papers etc., presented ; the 
publication being edited by Dr. William Martin. Among the 
items printed are the presidential address of Dr. Chalmers 
Mitchell, on ‘ Science and Life’; ‘ Vegetation of the Bourne- 
mouth District,’ by Mr. W. M. Rankin; ‘The Scenery of 
Bournemouth and its Geological History,’ by Dr. W. T. Ord ; 
“Flora of the New Forest,’ by the Rev. J. E. Kelsall ; 
“ Applied Science and the Patent System,’ by Mr. A. F. Raven- 
shear ; ‘ Problems in Coast Erosion,’ by Mr. E. A. Martin; and 
“The Alum Trade in the 15th and 16th centuries, and the begin- 
nings of the Alum Industry in England,’ by Mr. Rhys Jenkins ; 
the last two items have a distinctly Yorkshire interest. 
1915 Feb, 1. 
