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markable success was obtained in the experi- 
ments. Particulars are also given as to 
how these varieties compare with the stand- 
ard sorts in cultivation and notes on their 
adaptability to the different climates of 
Canada. 
‘The Scientific Work of Professor Charles 
F. Hartt,’ by Professor G. U. Hay, M.A.., 
Ph.B. A tribute to one of Canada’s most 
illustrious sons who laboured successfully in 
the field of Geological Science, first in 
Canada, then in Cambridge and later in 
Brazil, where he fella victim to yellow fever, 
in 1878, at Rio Janeiro, where he held the 
post of Director of the Geological Com- 
mission. 
‘ Recent additions to the Injurious Insects 
of Canada,’ by Dr. James Fletcher, F.L.5S., 
ete. This paper treats of the several inju- 
rious species which have attracted public 
attention by their ravages upon crops of all 
kinds for the last twenty years. It will 
form a most practical as well as scientific 
treatise on a subject of vital importance to 
Canada. 
‘Catalogue of Canadian Proctotrypide,’ 
by W. Hague Harrington, Esq. Two hun- 
dred species are enumerated, most of which 
come from Ottawa and its vicinity. De- 
scriptions of new species are given and 
notes on the habits of several species added. 
‘On the Origin of the Silvery Appearance 
in the Integument of Fishes,’ by Professor 
E. E. Prince, B.A., F.L.S., and ‘Some 
Chitinous Elements in the Larval Skeleton 
of Fishes which appear to be Primitive,’ 
by Professor E. E. Prince, also form two 
interesting contributions to the science of 
biology. 
‘The Geology of the more important 
Cities in Eastern Canada’ is the title of a 
paper by Dr. H. M. Ami. Geological tables 
have been drawn up for St. John (New 
Brunswick), Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, 
Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton and London. 
_ Professor T. Wesley Mills, of McGill Uni- 
SCIENCE. 
[N. S. Vou. X. No. 237. 
versity, entertained Section IV. with an in- 
tensely fascinating subject, ‘An Investiga- 
tion of the Physiology of the Brain of the 
Bird,’ together with ‘An Examination of 
some points in the Psychology of that Ani- 
mal.’ Two pigeons whose brains had been 
almost entirely removed and wounds healed 
have been subjected to close examination 
and their behavior noted. Upwards of 
four months have elapsed since the opera- 
tion was performed, and Dr. Mills awaits 
further developments before submitting the 
healed parts to a microscopical examina- 
tion. : 
On the evening of the 23d of May—an 
evening with our Canadian poets and 
writers was held with immense success. 
Dr. W. H. Drummond, of Montreal ; Wil- 
fred W. Campbell, of Ottawa; W. A. 
Frazer, of Toronto ; W. J. Phillip-Woolley, 
of British Columbia; Attorney-General 
Longley, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; Duncan 
C. Scott, of Ottawa; Dr. Louis Fréchette, 
Laureate of the Académie de France, of Mon- 
treal, and Revs. Frederick G. Scott, of 
Drummondville, Quebec, and “Archbishop 
O’Brien, of Halifax, took part. 
At the public meeting Professor Ruther- 
ford, assisted by Professor John Cox, of the 
Physics Laboratories, McGill University, 
described and illustrated ‘ Wireless Teleg- 
raphy’ to a large audience with marked 
success. 
H. M. Amr. 
Orrawa, June, 1899. 
SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 
The Anatomy of the Central Nervous System of 
Man and of Vertebrates in General. By PRo- 
FESSOR LUDWIG EDINGER, M.D. ‘Translated 
from the Fifth German Edition by WINFIELD 
S. Hatt, Po.D., M. D., assisted by P. L. 
Houianp, M.D., and E. P. CAruron, B.S. 
The F. A. Davis Co. Pp. 446. Figs. 258. 
Few books could be more welcome in an ac- 
ceptable English dress than the last edition of 
Edinger’s ‘ Vorlesungen ueber den Bau der Ner- 
