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SCIENCE. 



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the cross-section of the pupa of a bee (p. 

 199) and the expert will certainly not regard 

 an illustration of this kind as a triumph of 

 the art of photomicrography. Nevertheless 

 many of the figures, particularly those in the 

 chapter on birds, are of an unusually high 

 order. Although the book cannot be described 

 as a well-balanced zoology, and is open to seri- 

 ous objections as a laboratory guide, its clear 

 and truthful presentation of many elementary 

 facts will certainly gain for it a wide circula- 

 tion. G. H. Parker. 

 Harvard University. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND ARTICLES. 



We note a little tardily The Plant World for 

 March which contains articles on 'American 

 Botanical Gardens,' by John W. Harshberger, 

 a sketch of Lewis David von Schweinitz, by C. 

 L. Shear and John Stuart Mill and 'Botanical 

 Study,' by E. J. Hill. In the supplement 

 Charles L. PoUard continues the description of 

 the families of the Order Ericales. 



The Osprey for April has a paper on 'The 

 Feeding Habits of the Coot and Other Water 

 Birds,' by Barton W. Evermann, and one on 

 the 'Birds of the Marianne Islands and their 

 Vernacular Names,' by W. E. Safford. The 

 supplement, devoted to the General History of 

 Birds, discusses the question of molt. 



The Museums Journal of Great Britain for 

 April has a flattering article on ' The Museums 

 of Chicago,' by E. A. Bather, being a review of 

 Dr. Meyer's memoir. But it is to be feared 

 that we are not so well up in the matter of 

 museum methods and general appreciation of 

 museums as Mr. Bather thinks: it is one of 

 the numerous cases of distance, etc. William 

 E. Hoyle notes 'Some Useful Applications of 

 Card Catalogues' and we have the usual num- 

 ber of interesting notes which do credit to 

 Mr. Howarth's industry as an editor. 



The publication of the Biological Bulletin 

 will be resumed in June, when the first and 

 second parts of Volume III. will be issued. It 

 will be published as heretofore, under the au- 

 spices of the Marine Biological Laboratory, 

 and its scope will include zoology, general biol- 

 ogy, and physiology. The editorial staff con- 



sists of Professors E. G. Conklin, Jacques 

 Loeb, T. H. Morgan, W. M. Wheeler C. O. 

 Whitman, E. B. Wilson and Frank E. Lillie, 

 managing editor. In regard to the Bulletin 

 Professor Lillie says : " There is in America 

 no journal that takes the place of the Biol- 

 ogisch.es CentraTblatt or the Anatomischer 

 Anzeiger in Germany, although there is 

 abundance of material to support such a pub- 

 lication. It is hoped that the Bulletin may 

 occupy this field, and meet the need for rapid 

 publication of results; the editors, therefore, 

 undertake to issue one number each month, 

 making two volumes a year, if the material 

 offered is sufficient. The subscription price of 

 the Bulletin has been fixed at three dollars 

 for a volume of 300 pages ; the low price makes 

 it necessary to limit the length of the articles, 

 and to exclude all lithographic plates. In no 

 case will articles of more than twenty-five 

 pages be included in any single number; but, 

 in some cases, longer articles may be accepted, 

 and published in installments. The cost of 

 illustrations above $10 for any single article 

 will be charged to the author, as will also be the 

 cost of unusual alterations in the proof. The 

 Bulletin will undoubtedly meet a real need; 

 but the responsibility for its success rests with 

 American biologists, and the editors there- 

 fore confidently appeal to them for their sup- 

 port. This can be most practically given in 

 the two forms of subscriptions and contribu- 

 tions to its pages." All communications, sub- 

 scriptions, and manuscripts should be sent 

 to the managing editor, the University of 

 Chicago, September 15 to June 15, or Wood's 

 HoU, Mass., June 15 to September 15. 



The Journal of Mycology, of which seven 

 volumes were published from 1885 to 1894, 

 is now resumed by Dr. W. A. Kellerman, Ohio 

 State University, Colmnbus, Ohio, at the 

 former price, namely, one dollar per year. It 

 will be issued quarterly, the May number be- 

 ing the first for 1902 (Vol. 8) ; but the second 

 number will appear early in June. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 

 AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 



The April meeting of the Physical Society 

 was held at Columbia University on April 21, 



