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SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XIX. No. 470 



Regarded as a college exercise it deserves cordial praise ; but as a 

 contribution to historical literature it cannot be said to have much 

 value. 



— In the second of The Century's articles on " The Jews in New 

 York," in the February number, social customs, weddings, 

 schools, etc., are treated, and the illustrations Include several 

 views of the new Temple Beth-El, the interior of the Progress 

 Club, etc. 



— A recent number of " The World's Great Explorers " series 

 (Dodd) is Captain Albert Hastings Markham's " Life of Sir John 

 Franklin." The story of the life of such a man, a skilful sailor, 

 an ardent explorer, an able administrator, and a daring and suc- 

 cessful Arctic navigator to whom the world owes, directly and in- 

 directly, its knowledge of a very large portion of the Arctic basin, 

 should not remain untold, especially in view of the meagreness of 

 hitherto published authentic material. The closing chapters, 

 treating of the various expeditions despatched in search of Frank- 

 lin, contain valuable suggestion and comment as to the conduct of 

 navigators exploring high latitudes. The volume is provided with 

 the maps and charts requisite to intelligent reading, as well as 

 with several illustrations. 



— The late Henry Edwards, the actor, wrote more than 150 

 books, pamphlets and articles, chiefly on topics of Natural History, 

 and all these were published at various times and in various 

 places. Mr. William Bentenmuller, of the American Museum of 



Natural History, has contributed to The Canadian Entomologist 

 (London, December, 1891, Vol. 23, No, 12) a complete list of these 

 writings. It fills more than eight pages, and it is strikingly sug- 

 gestive of the an]ple learning and devoted labor of the author, 

 whose place among men of science was even more distinguished 

 than his rank upon the stage. 



— In the February Atlantic, Professor Rodolfo Lanciani, author 

 of " Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries," con- 

 tributes a paper on " The Pageant at Rome in the Year 17 B.C.," 

 giving the details of some inscriptions very recently discovered 

 commemorating the celebration of secular games under Augustus, 

 for which Horace wrote his famous " Carmen Seculare." 



— A new danger threatens English publishers. In future they 

 vrill have to be careful that the titles of the works they publish 

 correspond with the contents, otherwise they will lay themselves 

 open to a prosecution for obtaining money under false pretences. 

 Such is the lesson taught by a recent decision of Sir Frederick 

 Darley, the Chief-Justice of New South Wales. A Sydney firm 

 issued a work in two volumes entitled " Australian Men of Mark." 

 A subscriber refused to pay, on the ground that his biography 

 was not included in the work, as was promised. The publishers 

 sued him; the Chief- Justice went through the book and declared 

 that no action could lie, inasmuch as the book was not what it 

 professed to be. The people whose biographies it contained had a 

 mere local celebrity in the towns where they resided. They were 



CALENDAR OF SOCIETIES. 



Philosophical Society, Washington. 



Jan. 30. — Joseph LeConte, The Relation 

 of Philosophy to Psychology and to Physi- 

 ology. 



Society of Natural History, Boston. 



Feb. 3.— J. Eliot Wolfif, the Geology of 

 the Crazy Mountains, Montana; Walter G. 

 Chase, The Scenery, Glaciers, and Indians 

 of Alaska. 



Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston. 



Feb. 3.— Arthur L. Goodrich, The Water- 

 ville Valley ; Roswell B. Lawrence, Middle- 

 sex Fells; Charles E. Fay, An Excursion 

 Over the Whiteface Tripyramid Ridge. 



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WANTED.— Books on the Magic Lantern. Will 

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