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Eizal, the Filipino scliolar, upon Eaee Diiier- 

 ences,' in which he shows how difficult it is to 

 get an unprejudiced estimate of the Filipino 

 character. 'Gold Mining in the Elloudike' is 

 described by Henry A. Meiers, and Edwin G. 

 Dexter has 'A Study of Twentieth Century 

 Success,' showing the elements of success as 

 based upon an analysis of the information 

 given in 'Who's Wlio in America.' William 

 FI. Burr discusses 'The Panama Route for a 

 Ship Canal,' and Woodrow Wilson tells of 

 'Princeton in the Nation's Service.' Finally, 

 W J McGee has a timely article on 'The An- 

 tillean Volcanoes,' and there are sundry inter- 

 esting items in 'The Progress of Science.' 



In The American Naturalist for June, J. 

 F. McClenden gives 'The Life History of 

 Ululu hyalina Latreille' and Wesley E. Coe 

 discusses 'The Nemertean Parasites of Crabs,' 

 concluding that all of the species show great 

 similarity of structure, that they are true par- 

 asites and that some species are widely dis- 

 tributed. H. V. Wilson, in an article 'On 

 the Asexual Origin of the Ciliated Sponge 

 Larva,' shows that Ojima's recent observations 

 seem to bear out his own conclusions as to 

 this method of propagation in Esperella, fihrex- 

 ■ilis. J. E. Duerden, in a paper on 'Aggre- 

 gated Colonies in Madreporarian Corals,' 

 shows that these are probably due to the coal- 

 escence of larvEB or young forms and not to 

 fission. Under the title 'Utah Chilopods of 

 the Geophilidse,' Ealph V. Chamberlain de- 

 scribes sis new species and gives keys showing 

 the position of the new forms in their genera, 

 as well as for the identification of those al- 

 ready known from the West. In considering 

 'Color Variations of the Common Garter 

 Snake' Edwin C. Eckel comes to the conclu- 

 sion that the two subspecies of Eutcenia sir- 

 talis, obscura and pallidula, are of doubtful 

 value, while in 'Notes on the Dispersal of 

 Sagartia Luciw Verrill ' G. H. Parker presents 

 evidence that the species is spreading north- 

 wards and eastwards. Under ' Correspondence' 

 Dr. C. E. Eastman criticises Patten's recent 

 paper on the Ostracoderms and particularly 

 the conclusion that they are nearly related to 

 the Ai'thropods. 



The South African Museum has issued 

 Parts VI. to VIII. of the second volume of 

 its Annals, the principal paper being by W. 

 F. Purcell, 'On some South African Arach- 

 nida belonging to the Orders Scorpiones, 

 Pedipalpi and Solfugse.' This comprises a 

 revision of the South African species 

 of the genus Parahuthus, descriptions of 

 seven new species and three new varieties 

 of scorpions; one new pedipalp, nine new 

 species and one new genus {Chelypus) of 

 Solfuga;, together with lists of new localities 

 for various species and notes on local varia- 

 tions. G. A. Boulenger gives a ' Description of 

 a New Silurid Fish of the genus Gephyroglan- 

 ic, from South Africa,' and Walter E. Collinge 

 presents some notes 'On a Further Collection 

 of South African Slugs with a Check List of 

 Known Species.' 



The Plant World for May, a little belated, 

 contains a paper by Cora H. Clarke, entitled 

 'New Missionary Work,' being another plea 

 for the preservation of our wild flowers. Eo- 

 land M. Harper gives some 'Notes on Elli- 

 ottia recemosa' giving an account of the 

 rediscovery of this rare shrub after an inter- 

 val of twenty years. A. H. Curtiss continues 

 'Among Florida Ferns,' and there are the 

 customary briefer articles, including an ac- 

 count of the aims of the Wild Flower Preser- 

 vation Society. 



In The Museums Journal of Great Britain 

 the most important article is the fifth and last 

 paper on ' Hygiene as a Subject for Museum 

 Illustration.' This completes a careful and 

 detailed outline of the subject with diagrams 

 showing a proposed arrangement of a Mu- 

 seiun of Hygiene. With this, June, number 

 the Journal completes its first year and Mr. 

 Howarth is to be congratulated on the suc- 

 cessful termination of his first year as an 

 editor. 



The American Museum Journal for May 

 and June notes the progress in the installa- 

 tion of the series showing the development of 

 the horse and the successful completion of 

 the Saturday afternoon talks on ornithology. 

 The supplement, this time under the modest 



