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collection from British East Africa deposited 

 by Mr. Geo. L. Harrison, Jr., and the Porter 

 Philippine collection — have greatly increased 

 the value of the ornithological department of 

 the museum and the Tristram collection brings 

 the total number of specimens up to nearly 

 sixty thousand. 



Through the generous gift of Mrs. Eussell, 

 the library of the late Professor Israel C. Rus- 

 sell has become the property of the University 

 of Michigan; and by her request it will be 

 kept separate to form the nucleus of a De- 

 partmental Library of Geology. The regents 

 of the university in accepting the gift author- 

 ized changes in the museum building — at 

 present the home of the geological department 

 — and in a few weeks the books will be ar- 

 ranged upon shelves in a new geological sem- 

 inary room to be known as the * Israel C. 

 Russell Room ' and prepared as a memorial 

 to this distinguished geologist. The collection 

 which thus comes into the possession of the 

 University of Michigan is especially rich in 

 the separate publications of geologists; and 

 these, like the reports and bound volumes of 

 the collection, are to be entered in the main 

 library catalogue of the university. An ap- 

 peal will be made to working geologists here 

 and abroad in the hope that they will place 

 upon their exchange lists in place of Professor 

 Russell's name the name 'Russell Library,' 

 continuing the old address, University of 

 Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., U. S. A. Con- 

 tributions to the collection will be acknowl- 

 edged by the university librarian, promptly 

 entered in the catalogue, and sent to the Rus- 

 sell Room, where they will at once be access- 

 ible to all students of geology. A similar re- 

 quest will be made of the directors of geolog- 

 ical surveys and of other geological institu- 

 tions, in order that the very valuable series 

 of their publications may be kept complete. 

 It is thought that means wiU be found to con- 

 tinue the subscription on behalf of the library 

 to the important geological and geographic 

 journals which were regularly taken by Pro- 

 fessor Russell. Printed address slips for mail- 

 ing or expressing publications will be supplied 

 upon application either to the university libra- 



rian or to Professor W. H. Hobbs, in care of 

 the university. If notified in advance, the 

 library will generally be willing to pay the 

 charges upon express packages. A consider- 

 able number of separate copies of several of 

 Professor Russell's shorter papers are still 

 available for distribution. If geologists will 

 indicate what papers they already possess, the 

 attempt will be made to supply the deficiencies 

 as far as is possible. 



At a cabinet meeting held in Paris on 

 October 30 a measure was approved providing 

 for the abolition of the death penalty. 



The library of the late Dr. Willard Parker, 

 containing 4,000 volumes, was formally pre- 

 sented to the Medical Society of the County 

 of Kings, October 16. The presentation was 

 made by Dr. Willard Parker, his son, who will 

 be made an honorary member of the society. 



The Central Committee for Scientific Re- 

 search on the Brain, appointed by the Interna- 

 tional Association of Academies, has recog- 

 nized the Senckenberg Neurological Institute, 

 Frankfort on the Main, as an international 

 institute for the purpose. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEW8. 



By the will of Mr. John Daglish, Armstrong 

 College, Durham, will ultimately receive a 

 bequest of £30,000 and the residue of the 

 estate. 



At the University of Nebraska the wing of 

 the new museum building is approaching com- 

 pletion. It is four stories high and is fire- 

 proof throughout. The 'Temple,' intended 

 for the use of the various societies of the 

 university, is well under way. It occupies a 

 quarter of a city block, being nearly 140 feet 

 square, and is to have four stories. It is 

 built of white sandstone and bronze brick. 



New buildings for a mining and metallurg- 

 ical department at the University of Leeds 

 are about to be erected. Plans have been 

 approved and tenders invited; and it is ex- 

 pected that the new buildings will be ready 

 by next session. The capital fund raised for 

 building and endowment purposes as part of 

 the £100,000 required by the Privy Council 

 now amounts to some £75,000. 



