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able suggestion: ‘* There can be no doubt that the time has arrived 
when a process akin to the consolidation of legal statutes is desir- 
literature is very scattered, and so are the types; a few I have not 
been able to see, and do not even know where they are.” Ever 
author. By the use of the word ‘ suppression” the writer 
seems to imply that Brown was in so ay prevented from pub- 
lishing wo Mr. Maide would have done well fo have con 
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‘ Monthly,’ or perhaps the ‘ Edinburgh’) upon the Latinity of the 
published portion of the Prodromus, and that he took these so much 
Be that as it may, there is absolutely no foundation for Mr. Maiden’s 
suggestion that Brown “ was controlled in this respect by superior 
i ul 
e shall look with interest for the continuations of Mr. Maiden’s 
works, the value of which is greatly enhanced by their useful plates. 
Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg. iv Heft. i. Characeen. By 
~ L. Hourz. 8yo, pp. vi, 186. With woodcuts. Leipzig. 1908. 
Price 5s. 
Tus = elaborate work is divided into two parts, com- 
sing 
generally, and the second to the species oceurring in the province. 
The account of the structure (sect. 1-8) is illustrated by a number 
of figures after Migula; in sect. 4 are enumerated the princi 
‘Works on the order; and sect. 5-7 relate to: the position, sub- 
