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SCIENCE. 



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plates, contained in Mr. Scudder's monumental 

 work upon the Butterflies of New England. 



The book is a very convenient manual for 

 use on the part of beginners residing in New 

 England and the Middle States, the species 

 treated being for the most part the butterflies 

 commonly found in these sections of our coun- 

 try. The instructions for collecting, rearing, 

 and studying butterflies are brief, but most ex- 

 cellent. 



The interest in the study of natural science is 

 rapidly increasing, ' nature study,' so-called, 

 having found a prominent place in the work of 

 our common schools. Such brief compends as 

 these, which are strictly accurate, and adapted 

 to the wants of the ordinary teacher and pupil, 

 are therefore certain to receive favorable at- 

 tention, and more and more to attract a widen- 

 ing circle of readers and purchasers. The book 

 has already proved its worth, as have all the 

 writings of its learned author, and the issue of 

 this second edition should be cause for congrat- 

 ulation alike to author and publishers. 



W. J. Holland. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND ARTICLES. 



The Popular Science Monthly for August has 

 for its frontispiece a portrait of Professor R. S. 

 Woodward, President of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, while the 

 first article, ' Rhythms and Geologic Time,' by 

 G. K. Gilbert, is the address of the recent Presi- 

 dent of the Association. R. W. Wood de- 

 scribes 'The Photography of Sound Waves,' 

 Havelock Ellis discusses ' The Psychology of 

 Red,' Simon Newcomb continues his ' Chapters 

 on the Stars,' and James Collier has the third 

 of his papers on ' Colonies and the Mother 

 Country.' Carl H. Eigenmaun discusses the 

 'Causes of Degeneration in Blind Fishes,' 

 stating that all indications point to use and dis- 

 use as the effective agents in moulding the eye. 

 William Baxter, Jr., treats of 'The Evolution 

 and Present Status of the Automobile,' and A. 

 W. Greely summarizes the ' Scientific Results 

 of the Norwegian Polar Expedition.' The De- 

 partments of Discussion and Correspondence, 

 Scientific Literature, and The Progress of Sci- 

 ence are well filled. 



Bird Lore for August opens with the first in- 

 stalment of a paper on ' The Orientation of 

 Birds,' by Capt. Gabriel Reynaud, of the French 

 Army, who takes the ground that there is a 

 ' sense of direction.' William Brewster con- 

 tributes ' A Study of a Lincoln's Sparrow,' and 

 Harry S. Warren treats of ' The Birds that 

 Pass in the Night.' There are numerous notes 

 and book notices. The Editor discusses the 

 proposed agreement with the Millinery Mer- 

 chants' Protective Association regarding the use 

 of American birds, and Mabel Osgood Wright 

 treats of the same subject under the reports of 

 Audubon Societies, taking the ground that no 

 compromise can be made, that unless all birds 

 can be protected none should be. It is to be 

 feared that we are, on a smaller scale, to have 

 a repetition of the differences existing between 

 prohibitionists and advocates of high license on 

 the liquor question. 



Here Barth, Leipzig, has begun the publica- 

 tion of a journal entitled Zeitschrift filr Tuher- 

 kulose und Heilstatiivesen edited by Professors 

 Gerhardt Frankel and von Leiden. The first 

 number contains a series of important articles, 

 including contributions in French and English. 

 Dr. J. C. Arthur, Purdue University, has 

 retired, owing to ill health and pressure of work, 

 from the position of responsible editor of the 

 Botanical Gazette which he has filled for the 

 past fourteen years. The journal is now edited 

 by Professor John M. Coulter and Professor C. 

 R. Barnes, with other members of the botanical 

 staff" of the University of Chicago. Professor 

 Arthur becomes an associate editor, the other 

 American associate editors being Professor 

 Robert A. Harper, University of Wisconsin ; 

 Professor Volney M. Spalding, University of 

 Michigan ; Professor Roland Thaxter, Harvard 

 University, and Professor William Trelease, 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. 



DISCUSSION AND COBBESPONDENCE. 



INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC 

 LITERATURE. 



To THE Editor of Science : I am author- 

 ized by the Secretary to bring to your attention 

 the fact that, after a number of discussions by 

 scientific representatives of nearly all nations, 



