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Tunder which the writers worked. While they may occasionally 

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— Messrs. D. Appleton & Cos list of autumn announcements 

 includes, among other titles, " An Attic Philosopher in Paris," by 

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 "Colette;" " The Story of Columbus," by Elizabeth Eggleston 

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 ;Songs, " edited by Ralph Caine, with frontispiece after Angelica 

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— The Quarter Centennial Programme of the Kansas Academy of 

 Science, held at Atchison, Oct. 12, 1893, contained the following 

 papers: The Descent of Facial Expression, A. H. Thompson, To- 

 peka; Notes on the Distribution of Kansas Rushes and Sedges, M. 

 A. Carlton, Manhattan; Notes on Ampelopsisquinquefolia Michx., 

 Variation, E. B. Knerr, Atchison; The Relations of the Composite 

 Flora of Kansas, A. S. Hitchcock, Manhattan; A List of Flower- 

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 ing the months of April, May, September, and October, 1890-93, 

 W. E. Castle, Ottawa; Some Ornamental Kansas Stones, S. W, 

 Williston, Lawrence; The Analysis of Kansas Building Stones, 

 E H. S Bailey and E. C. Case, Lawrence; Some Notes on Con- 

 densed Vegetation.in Western Kansas, Minnie Reed, Manhattan; 

 The Organization and Work of Local Scientitic Clubs. T. H. Dins- 

 more, Emporia; On the Horse Flies of New Mexico and Arizona, 

 C. H. Tyler Townsend, Las Cruces, N. M. ; Note on Peculiar 

 Acalyptrate Muscid found near Turkey Tanks, Arizona, C. H. 

 Tyler Townsend; The Characteristics of the Glacial Area of 

 North-east Kansas, Robert Hay, Junction City; Kansas Niobrara 

 Cretaceous, S. W. Williston, Lawrence; The Variation in Chemi- 

 cal Composition of Plants Collected at Different Seasons of the 

 Year, Illustrated by the Common Dandelion, L. E. Sayre, Law- 

 rence; Joseph Savage — A Memorial, Robert Hay; Astronomical 

 Phenomena in 1893, T. H. Dinsmore; Notes on a Pink Barite 

 Found ia Atchison Limestone, with Analysis, E. B. Knerr; Notes 

 on Colorado " Mountain Le.ather," with Analysis, E. B. Knerr; 

 Notes on Comparative Insect Anatomy (a Laboratory Guide), V. 

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 Area of Missouri, E. Haworth, Lawrence; On Para-chlor-meta- 



CALENDAR OF SOCIETIES. 



Philosophical Society, Washington. 



Oct. 15. — Obituary notice of Mr. A O. 

 Aldis, by Mr, Jos. K. McCammon ; Obituary 

 notice of Mr, William Ferrel, by Mr. Cleve- 

 land Abbe; Obituary notice of Mr. J. E. 

 Hilgard, by Mr. O. H. Tittmann; Obituary 

 notice of Mr. C. H. Nichols, by Mr. J. M. 

 Toner; Obituary notice of Mr. C. C. Parry, 

 -by Mr. F. H. Knowlton; Obituary notice of 

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Biological Society, Washington, 



Oct. 33. — The principal topic of the even- 

 ing. Botanical Nomenclature: (a) The 

 Present Status of Botanical Nomenclature, 

 by F. C. Coville; (b) Report on the Botani- 

 •cal Congress at Genoa, by Geo. Vasey ; (c) 

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 New Reservoir, Washington, D,C,, and at 

 Mount Vernon, and Discovery of a Second 

 Specimen of Saul's Oak (Quercus Prinus -i- 

 alba), by Lester F. Ward ; The Fauna and 

 Flora of Roan Mountain, North Carolina, by 

 C. Hart Merriam. 



Engineer's Club, Philadelphia, 



Oct. 1. — Strickland L. Kneass, The His- 

 tory and Development of the Injector; Carl 

 G. Barth, Distribution of Pressure in Bear- 



Publications Received at Editor's Office. 



FoREL, F, A, Le Leman, Tome I, Lausanne: F. 

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Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Vol, I,, No, I., 

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 Magazine Association, 8°, Paper, 176 p. 50c. 



Lodge, Oliver J, Lightning Conductors and Light- 

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MoNTMAHON AND BEAUREGARD, A Course on Biol- 

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U, S, Department of Agriculture. Report of the 

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