26o The Museums' Association, 



A.R.C.A. ; ' The Necessity for Aesthetic Harmony between 

 Museums and Galleries and their Contents/ by Sir Walter 

 Armstrong ; ' Art and the Child,' by Mr. Percy Bates ; ' The 

 Organization of Exhibitions of Foreign Art in England,' by 

 Mr. H. D. Roberts ; ' The Care of Paintings, Drawings, En- 

 gravings and other Art Treasures,' by Mr. E. R. Dibdin ; ' The 

 Exhibition of Reproductions of Greek Sculpture,' by Mr. H. H. 

 Mullen ; ' The Bird Collections at Dublin,' by Mr. A. R. Nichol ; 

 ' Experiments in Museum Work,' by Mr. E. L. Gill ; ' The 

 Artists and the Gallery,' by Mr. D. O'Brien ; ' The Dry Sand 

 Process for Cleaning Skeletons,' by Dr. R. F. Scarff ; ' Ventila- 

 tion and Humidity of the Atmosphere in Museums,' by Dr. 

 F. A. Lucas ; ' Museum Guides : Real and Ideal,' by Mr. T. 

 Sheppard. 



A public lecture was given on Friday by the Director of 

 the Welsh National Museum (Dr. W. E. Hoyle) on ' Museums : 

 Interesting and Otherwise.' In addition to the preceding, 

 there were many informal discussions bearing upon various 

 subjects. 



The Local Committee presented each delagate and associate 

 with an admirable guide to Dublin, and the members also had 

 facilities with regard to railway and tram rides, etc. 



For the 1913 Conference, which will be held at Hull a year 

 hence, Mr. E. Howarth, F.Z.S., F.R.A.S., Curator of the Sheffield 

 Museum and Art Gallery, will be President, and it is a com- 

 pliment to Hull that Mr. Sheppard is one of the two Vice- 

 Presidents. 



In the Entomologist' s Record (Vol. XXIV., No. 6), Prof. T. Hudson 

 Beare gives a ' Retrospect of a Coleopterist for 191 1.' 



In the Irish Naturalist for July, Prof. Patten has a paper on ' Wrens 

 on Migration observed at the Tuskar Rock and Lighthouse.' 



' On the Recognition of two stages in the Upper Chalk ' is the title 

 of a paper in the Geological Magazine for July, by Mr. Jukes-Brown. 



' The Thatching of Ricks ' is a useful paper in the Journal of the Board 

 of Agriculture for July. The Board has also issued a pamphlet on Mustard ■ 

 Beetles, as Leaflet No. 163. 



The Micrologist for July contains a well-illustrated article on the Com- 

 mon Starfish, by G. A. McKechnie, and another on ' Vernal Unfolding and 

 Autumn Defoliation,' by Abraham Flatters. 



Obituary notices in reference to R. W. C. Shelf ord, J. G. Keulemans, 

 and E. A. Fitch, appear in the Zoologist for July, and to Prof. J. B. Smith, 

 in the Entomologist' s Record recently published. 



The Nature Photographer contains an editorial note emphasizing the 

 great difficulties of nature photography (which, by the way, we hardly 

 agree with), and Mr. E. J. Bedford has an illustrated note on British 

 Orchids. 



In the Entomologist' s Monthly Magazine for July, Mr. N. H. Joy pro- 

 vides a Table of British Species of the Coleopterous Genus Gyrophcena ; 

 the Rev. F. D. Morice contibutes ' Help Notes towards the determination 

 of British Tenthredinidcs,' and Dr. J. H. Wood supplies ' Notes on British 

 Phora.' 



Naturalist, 



