THE WEST-AMERICAN SCIENTIST. 



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BOOKS AND PAPERS 



Those desiring a more intimate 

 knowledge of the development 

 theory, more popularly known as 

 Darwinism or the theory of 

 evolution, are referred to a brief 

 simple statement for general read- 

 ers by Prof. J. Y. Bergen, Jr., and 

 Fanny Bergen, published by Lee 

 & Shepard, Boston. 16 mo. cloth, 

 ill. 1884, $1.25. 



The first number of the Journal 

 of Mycology has appeared, con- 

 taining descriptions of many new 

 fungi, edited by Prof. A. Keller- 

 man, Manhattan, Kansas, monthly, 

 $1 per year. 



Mining and Scientific Press; a 

 paper devoted mainly to min- 

 ing affairs. Published by Dew- 

 ey & Co., S. F., at $3 per year. 



The Naturalists' Leisure Hour : 

 published monthly by A. E. Foote 

 1223 Belmont avenue, Phila., at 

 75 cents per year is invaluable to 

 the book buyer and contains much 

 of interest to anyone. 



Tidings from Nature is a month- 

 ly published at Rutland Yt., at 25 

 cents per year, devoted to young 

 naturalists. 



Drugs and Medicines of North 

 America: a quarterly devoted to 

 the complete discussion of the 

 medicinal plants of North Amer- 

 ica, by J. U. and C. G. Loyd, and 

 is a most thorough work, high- 

 ly creditable to the publishers 

 and authors and should be in 

 the hands of every physician. 

 Medicinal plants will be illustra- 

 ted with full-page engravings. 

 Price $1 per year, 30 cents per 

 number. Sample pages with pros- 

 pectus on application. 



The Microscopical Bulletin, a 

 bi-monthly, published by Jas. W. 

 Queen & Co., opticians, 924 Chest- 

 nut street, Philadelphia, contains 

 much matter of interest to micro- 

 scopists and well worth the 25 

 cents a year charged. 



Editors are respectfully invited 

 to exchange. We would ask pub- 

 lishers, authors, and societies to 

 send us their publications, espe- 

 cially those referring to the Pa- 

 cific coast or of general interest to 

 biologists. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



A course of popular lectures 

 under the auspices of the Society 

 of Natural History has been com- 

 menced at San Diego. The first 

 of the series was delivered on the 

 3rd instant by Mrs. Elizabeth 

 Surr, recently from London, Eng- 

 land. Her subject, "The Beauti- 

 ful," was treated in a combined 

 practical and poetic manner which 

 gave general satisfaction to her 

 hearers. 



The crisis in the grain trade and 

 the American and Indian compe- 

 tition in this commodity, are the 

 topics of the day in Russia, and 

 are being discussed in no less than 

 three societies in St. Petersburg, 

 each devoting more than one ses- 

 sion to these topics. — [Science. 



Quarter sections of our native 

 woods, five inches in length, 25 

 cents each, by mail. Smaller 

 specimens (^xlx5 inches) 60c. per 

 dozen varieties by mail. 



Sample packets of native seeds 

 25 cents. 



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