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336 NOTES AND NEWS. 
In the ‘ Bibliogr. Zool. et Geol.’ of Agassiz (iv. p. 560) it is stated 
(probably on the authority of Jardine) that there is an edition 
bearing the date 1793. No copy of this appears to be forthcoming, 
and it is probable such an edition never existed. The same may be 
said of the supposed paring edition of 1830 (tom. cit., pp. 560-561— 
where it is described as a ‘ New edit. Edinb. and Lond., 1830, 12°’). 
Mr. Martin includes this edition in his ‘Summary,’ but as he supplies 
no information it is to be supposed he has not handled a copy. 
Another Jardine edition, described as of 18° size, is stated (p. 561) 
to have been published in 1839. Strangely enough, Jardine himself 
oo the fourth volume of Agassiz’s ‘ Bibliographia,’ and it is 
cult to understand how he allowed these errors to pass—if 
errors t ec 
The sisi of the ‘* Bowdlerized’ Lady Dover edition in 
America is very imperfect. It was first published in that country in 
1841 (not 1843), and since that date probably not fewer than a score 
reprints of this and of other editions have appeared. For some of 
them see Dr. Elliott Cones (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., ii. p. 402). 
only translation of ‘ White’s ‘Selborne’ appears to be that 
by sive and, as Mr. Martin has not printed the title-page, it may 
prove of interest if here transcribed :—White’s Beytrage | zur } 
Naturgeschichte von England. | Aus den Englischen iibersetzt | 
und | mit Anmerkungen begleitet | von | Friedrich Albrecht Anton 
Meyer, |. ..|..j Berlin, 1792. | . . | [r6mo. pp. 1-168]. 
The White-Marsham diiddnsnteias was printed originally In 
the ‘ Trans. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc.,’ vol. ii., pp. 133-195. It has 
since been reprinted 
A real blemish in the book is that it is undated, and we trust 
this is not the fault of the compiler. The bibliographical part would 
have been greatly improved had the name of the editor and the date 
been printed in the margin opposite the various editions. Those 
who use the book will experience difficulty in speedily referring to 
the editions and the difficulty is all the greater through the boo 
gala, no index. W.C.J.R.B. 
t. Leonards-on-Sea. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
We are in re eceipt of a copy of the ‘ Weekly Columbian’ for July 28th, 1897; 
published at Westminster, British Columbia, in which is a long and interesting 
Prince, ion. vi ly 
our ey pat amas orth-countryman is sparing no pains to keep himself fally 
informed on matters affecting his official Y dates, especially as there are now eo 
ey various changes in the fishery regulations for the Dominion. We wis 
of. Prince every success, both in his scientific and in his official work. 
Naturalist, 
