250 Notes and Comments. 
NOTES ON CETACEA. 
The British Museum (Natural History) has issued Dr. S. F. 
Harmer’s ‘ Report on Cetacea, stranded on the British Coasts 
during 1914.’*_ It is illustrated by maps which clearly indicate 
the various occurrences of cetacea stranded on the coasts of 
the British Islands during the year. In the northern counties 
we notice records of Pilot Whale at Brunton Burn; White- 
beaked Dolphins at Amble and Redcar ; Bottle-nosed Whale 
at Blyth; Common Porpoise at Barrow-in-Furness, Mable- 
thorpe, Sutton-on-Sea, and Skegness. 
LORD AVEBURY.T 
The various books written by Lord Avebury, better known 
as Sir John Lubbock, are perhaps as widely read as are those 
of any scientific writer ; not only by the person with scientific 
tastes, but equally by our friend, the ‘ man in the street.’ His 
writings certainly had and still have a charm ; the subjects he 
wrote ‘about were well chosen and popular, and he seemed to 
be equally able to clearly express himself, whether dealing with 
Prehistoric Times, Wild Flowers and Insects, Ants, Bees and 
Wasps, the Collembola and Thysanura, Marriage, Totemism 
and Religion, Scenery of England, the Use of Life, Peace and 
Happiness, or Municipal and National Trading. His books 
and addresses deal with subjects as varied as can well be 
imagined. 
A POPULAR SCIENTIST. 
Lord Avebury himself probably held more honourable 
positions in the various scientific societies of the world than 
any man of his time. In addition to all this he was a most 
successful man in business, a rare character in a scientist. 
True, it has been said of him that ‘ bankers considered him a 
great scientist and men of science a great banker.’ We feel 
sure we can say that Mr. Hutchinson has succeeded in dis- 
abusing the reader of any impression that this epigram may 
have suggested. Mr. Hutchinson has also succeeded in pre- 
senting a very readable and valuable record of the life and 
achievements of one who did his best to educate and elevate 
his fellow men and women. Lord Avebury, both by lectures 
and by books, tried to prove that, whatever happens, life is 
worth living, and certainly thousands of those who may have 
had doubts on the matter, had these doubts dispelled after 
reading ‘ The Use of Life,’ or other of his books of a similar 
nature. 
* 4to., 16 pages, Is. 6d. 
+ Life of Sir John Lubbock: Lord Avebury ; by Horace G. Hutchinson, » 
2 vols., 338+334 pp. London: Macmillan & Co., 30s. net. 
Naturalist, 
