Il4 Sheppard: Yorkshire's Contribution to Science. 
In June, 1910, appeared vol. I., No. 1, of— 
THE COUNTRY-SIDE MONTHLY. 
royal 8vo, 42 pages in two columns, price 4d. From a reference 
on page 4 it seems clear that ‘ Country Queries and Notes’ had 
suddenly expired and that no index was published. All seemed 
to go well with the first four parts of the new series, and then 
with vol. I., No. 5, which was issued for two months, namely, 
October and November, 1gto, there is added to the title ‘ with 
which is incorporated Science Gossip and County Queries and 
Notes.’ Vol. I., apparently concluded with the December 
number, No. 6, the last page being 258. By January, IgII, 
vol. II., No. 1, appeared, the volume being concluded with No. 
6, for June, the last page being 240. Vol. III., contained the 
parts July-December, rg1I, 210 pages. Hitherto we see that six 
parts constituted a volume. Vol. IV., part 1, contains an apology 
from the editor for the absence of any issue during December, and 
No. 1, 28 pages, is for January and February, and contains the 
title and index, (4 pages), to vol. III. All went well until No. 
5, for June, which ended with page 156. There was no No. 6, 
but by July the title was again altered to— 
THE COUNTRY-SIDE 
and was marked ‘ New Series,’ but was numbered vol. IV., No. 7, 
the paging starting with 157. It was continued until December, 
1912, the last page being 536. There was no index nor title. This 
volume contains II parts issued during 1912. 
During 1913, twelve monthly parts were issued forming 
vol. V., but again there is neither title nor index. During 1914 
the publication again ceased, as we find in the press for February, 
IQI5, 
“THE COUNTRY-SIDE LEAFLET 
has been established to fill the gap caused by the suspension of 
Country Side during the war.’ 
(To be continued). 
:O0:—— 
We have received the Transactions and Journal of Proceedings, 1913-14, 
third series, volume two, of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural 
History and Antiquarian Society, royal 8vo, 298 pages. Among many 
interesting papers we note: ‘ White Quartz Pebbles and their Archaeo- 
logical Significance,’ by Nona Lebour; ‘A List of the Coleoptera of the 
Solway District,’ by B. M’Gowan; ‘ Dumfries: Its Burghal Origin,’ by 
G. Neilson, and ‘ Further Excavations at the King’s Castle, Kirkcud- 
bright,’ by J. Robison. The following statement by Miss Lebour was a 
little unexpected: ‘It is a curious fact, as Mr. Gatty pointed out to me, 
that the white quartz pebbles give out a bright spark when struck together, 
and even when struck under water the light emitted is almost better.’ We 
certainly doubted this, but the statement proved to be true when put to 
the test. 
Naturalist, 
