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Departments it will contain full abstracts of ex- 
perimental work carried on in the following in- 
stitutions: the Medical School of Harvard Uni- 
versity, the Experimental Laboratories of the 
Massachusetts General and the Boston City 
Hospitals, the Physiological and Biological De- 
partments of the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, and Clark University. The num- 
bers of the Journal will be issued promptly 
after each meeting of the Society, furnishing a 
very rapid means of communication of the 
results of investigation. There will be pub- 
lished at least ten numbers a year—running 
from October to June. The subscription price 
will be $2.00 a year. 
Messrs. Henry Youne & Sons, Liverpool, 
announce the publication of the ‘Bulletin of 
the Liverpool Museums,’ issued by authority of 
the City Council. It will be edited by Pro- 
fessor H. O. Forbes, Director of the Museums. 
Messrs. G. P. PurNAm’s Sons have, in course 
of publication, in cooperation with Messrs. 
Bliss, Sands & Co., of London, a series of 
scientific hand-books to be issued under the title 
of ‘The Progressive Science Series.’ The gen- 
eral editorial supervision of the series will be 
in the hands of Mr. F. BE. Beddard, M.A. 
(Oxon), F.R.S. Each yolume will be complete 
in itself and will be devoted to one distinctive 
subject. It is not proposed to consider the 
series from the purely technical side of the 
various sciences, but social and economic ques- 
tions will be considered from their scientific 
aspect. In each treatise it will be the endeavor 
of the author to present not merely a study of 
his subject in its present status, but also to in- 
dicate the probable lines of future investiga- 
tions. The publishers promise that the volumes 
will be fully illustrated, in so far as the subject 
matter calls for illustrations, and will be suit- 
ably and attractively printed and bound. 
Among the earlier volumes that have been ar- 
ranged for are: 
‘The Earth’s Structure,’ by Professor Geikie. 
‘Volcanoes,’ by Professor Bonney. 
‘The Science of Ethics,’ by M. Berthelot. 
‘The Cell and Cellular Reproduction,’ by Professor 
Hertwig. 
‘The Animal Ovum,’ by the editor, Professor Bed- 
dard. 
SCIENCE. 
[N. S. Von. VI. No. 148. 
THE Royal Society of Victoria has issued the 
ninth volume of the new series of its proceed- 
ings, containing papers read before the Society 
during 1896. These are seventeen in number, 
including several valuable contributions to the 
natural history, geology and anthropology of 
Victoria. 
THE International Journal of Microscopy and 
Natural Science, edited since its foundation, six- 
teen years ago, by Mr. Alfred Allen, and pub- 
lished by Messrs. Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 
London, has been discontinued with the present 
issue. 'The editor explains that this is due to 
the sales not being sufficient to pay the printer’s 
bills, but that the Postal Microscopical Society, 
with which the Journal was connected, will be 
continued. 
THE University of the State of New York, 
following the plan it has adopted of lending to 
the schools libraries and pictures, offers to make 
loans of specimens of natural history from the 
State collections. 
Art the recent meeting of the Medical Asso- 
ciation of Central New York papers were pre- 
sented on expert testimony in medico-legal 
cases, and a committee reported in favor of a 
change of the statutes, requiring all medical 
testimony to be brought in by a commission ap- 
pointed to examine the subject, the medical ex- 
perts being appointed by the Court as referees, 
and being paid by the county, not being al- 
lowed to receive fees from either the defense or 
the prosecution. 
At the opening meeting of the Royal Photo- 
graphic Society, London, the President, the 
Earl of Crawford, made his annual address, his 
subject being ‘Weights and Measures as they 
are used in Photography.’ He spoke especially 
of the importance of using the metric system in 
photography, and urged makers to use the 
metric dimensions in their cameras, plate- 
holders, etc. 
THE London Times reports that the experi- 
ments in wireless telegraphy which are being 
made near Dover by the Post Office authorities 
are being continued, and have reached an in- 
teresting stage. They are continued daily with 
varying results, according to atmospheric con- 
