128 BOOK'NOTES, NEWS, ET0, 



for this decision; but Dr. Cooke "stands open to any proposal" 



for transferring the magazine to other hands, so that it would be 

 premature to announce its discontinuance. 



The first fascicle of British Eubi (see p. 30) is now ready for 

 distribution, as well as a similar series of British Characese, issued 

 by the Messrs. Groves, containing 30 specimens, — price one guinea, 

 carriage free, — for which application should be made to these 

 gentlemen at 58, Jeffreys Boad, Clapham Bise, S.W. We hope to 

 notice both fascicles in our next issue. 



We have received from Messrs. Cassell what seems likely to be 

 a valuable addition to our works of reference in the first issue of 

 The Year-book of Science (8vo, pp. lx. 473 : 7*. 6d.). It is edited by 

 Prof. Bonney, and the various branches of Science are undertaken 

 by competent hands. In Botany, Mr. Hemsley is responsible for 

 the Systematic and Geographical portion ; Mr. Massee and Prof. 

 Bower for Morphology and Biology ; Dr. Scott for Minute Anatomy ; 

 Mr. Thomas Hick for Paleobotany ; and Prof. F. W. Oliver and 

 Mr. F. E. Weiss for Physiology. The selection of papers and books 

 summarised is very good ; but it seems to us that the contents of 

 this Journal received somewhat scanty recognition. It is surely a 

 little odd that Mr. T. Kirk's letter on the islands of the New 

 Zealand group in the Linnean Society's Journal should be abstracted 

 at some length, while no notice is taken of his contribution on the 

 subject to our pages, in which new species are described. Mr. 

 Scott Elliot's Cape novelties, Mr. Lister's valuable contribution to 

 our knowledge of Mycetozoa, Mr. E. G. Baker's Malvacea, and Miss 

 Barton's account of the Galls on Rhodymenia, are only some of the 

 papers which demanded at least mention in such a summary as 

 this. The volume is beautifully printed and well indexed (although 

 we prefer one general index to separate enumerations of authors 

 and subjects) ; misprints are few, the most important we have 

 noticed being at the top of p. 409, where "forms" should be 

 " ferns." Mr. Elliot's name is indexed under "Scott," and a 

 hyphen, which the owner of the name does not employ, is intruded 

 to justify this error. 



( The first instalment of the "Biographical List of British and 

 Irish Botanists" (see p. 16) has been sent to press, and, although 

 the work will probably not be completed by June, it is hoped that 

 nothing will interfere with its steady progress and prompt issue. 

 The additions, both of names and details, are more numerous than 

 was expected, and the work will be extremely valuable for reference. 

 Those wishing to obtain copies on subscribers' terms should com- 

 municate at once with Messrs. West, Newman & Co., 54, Hatton 

 Garden, E.C. The subscription price is 8*. 9d. post free, but this 

 will be considerably raised immediately on publication. 



We 



of 



Cambridge, which took place on March 11th. A notice of his work 

 will appear in an early number of this Journal. 



Errata.— P. 68, line 9 from top, for " Ealing," read "Easling 

 line 30, for "Horlton," read "Harlton." 





