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never have been written, for Recliis, who is a Sociahst in politics 

 an 1 wlio in 1871 was captured in Paris in the ranks of the Com- 

 mune, had been condemned to penal servitude for life in New 

 Caledonia, and he never would have been able to collect his 

 material and write his book in tliat far-off Pacific island. Reclus 

 was then 41 years old, and was already celebrated as a geographi- 

 cal authority. The hopes of his life, all the brilliant promise of 

 his literary career, seemed in a moment blasted. The news of his 

 great misfortune shocked the scientific men of all nations. In 

 England they were prompt to act, and a petition, signed by all 

 the scientific men of eminence in the country, was addressed to 

 Thiers. The appeal was heard and the penalty of deportation 

 was commuted to a sentence of perpetual banishment from France. 

 Eeclus has never since set foot upon his native soil, though the 

 greatest work of his life has been brought out by Paris publishers. 

 It is in Italy and Switzerland that he has been laboring for seven- 

 teen years on his " New Universal Geography,'' and the former 

 political convict has produced on an average a volume a year, 

 each book as large as a volume of the "New American Cyclo- 

 paedia." 



— Babyhood discusses in its April number the question whether 

 children can outgrow catarrh. The writer, Dr. D. B. Delavan, 

 takes strong ground against the popular idea that time will work 

 a cure in the case of chronic catarrh and shows clearly the danger 

 of neglect. Another important medical article is that on '' Head- 

 aches of Children," by Dr. C. L. Dodge. The mothers themselves 

 contribute a number of interesting letters to the " Parliament " on 

 such topics as " Baby's Naps," " Rational Dress for Little Girls," 

 "Gardening for Children," "The Traditions of the Elders,'' " Cor- 

 poral punishment." etc. 



— " Mutual Aid among Animals," by Geo. B. Walsh, is a notable 

 article among the many good things in Outing for April. The 

 article illustrates a pretty side of animated nature, and goes to 

 show that mutual aid among animals is as apparent to the close 

 observer as is the mutual struggle for supremacy. 



— Houghton, Mifflin & Co. announce that they have in prepara- 

 tion a "History of the United States," by Mr. John Fiske, for the 

 special use of schools. Mr. Fiske's world-wide reputation as a 

 writer and scholar leads us to expect from him a School History 



CALENDAR. 



Women's Anthropological Society of 

 America, Washington. 



April 3.— Miss Woodhull, Report on Col- 

 lege Extension; Mrs. Tullock, Report on 

 Work of Deaconesses; Mrs. Kane, Report 

 on Working Girh' Clubs. 



Biological Society, Washington. 



March 19. — The principal paper of the 

 evening was: The Biological Basis of Psy- 

 chology, by Professor Lester F. Ward. C. 

 D. Walcott, On the Discovery of Certain 

 Cambrian Fossils on the Coast of Massachu- 

 setts ; F. H. Knowlton, The Fossil Flora of 

 the Bozeman Coal- Field; C. W. Stiles, Notes 

 on Parasites : Strongylus rubidus, HassaU 

 and Stiles, 1893; H. E. Van Deman, Varia- 

 tions in the Fruit of Hicoria Pecan. 



April 3. — The principal paper of the even 

 ing was: The Interdependence of Plants 

 and Insects, by Professor C. V. Riley. C. 

 Hart Merriam, The Distribution of Tree 

 Yuccas (illustrated) ; H. E. Van Deman, 

 Variations in the Fruit of Hicoria Pecan; 

 C. W. Stiles, Notes on Parasites: Two Stages 

 in the Life History of Distoma magnum, 

 Bassi, 1875 (F. americana, HassaU, 1891). 

 Philosophical Society, Washington. 



April 6. — T. Russell, River Stage Predic- 

 tions; J. P. Iddings, A Study of a Dissected 

 Volcano; Waldemar Lindgren, The Silver 

 Deposits of Lake Valley, New Mexico. 



Anthropological Society, Washington. 



April 5. — Symposium on the Nomenclat- 

 ure and Teaching of Anthropology. Opened 

 by Dr. Daniel G. Brinton of Philadelphia. 



Society of Natural History, Boston. 



April 6. — Percival Lowell, Shinto Occult- 

 ism, God-Possession of the People; Harold 

 0. Ernst, Some of the Advances in Bacteri- 



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