BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ETC. 103 



(nom. nov.) : S. Wilsoni Brand non Hemsl." — and reductions. 

 We are not convinced as to the desirability of the method of 

 citing periodicals which is becoming general — i. e. by the insertion 

 of the date of publication after the volume and before the page : 

 thus"Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxiii. (1897)88." This is right 

 when the volume is co-extensive with the year of publication, as 

 is the case with this Journal, but in the case of the Linnean 

 Society's Journals, the volumes of which usually extend over two 

 or more years, it seems to us that for the sake of accuracy in such 

 cases and for that of uniformity in others, it is better to adhere 

 to the earlier practice and to place the date at the end of the 

 citation. 



Theee is evidently room for a good proof-reader in Edinburgh. 

 The recent part (vol. xxiv. pt. 3) of the Transactions of the 

 Botanical Society contains obituary notices of George Stabler 

 and Kobert Pantling, who appear respectively as ** Stables " 

 (with a genus Stablesia) and " Panthing " ; and a paper of three 

 pages in No. 22 of the Notes from the Edinburgh Garden speaks 

 throughout of " Mr. A. Bennet (meaning Bennett) and of Eev. 

 M. J. " Berkley" (Berkeley), Eev. 0. M. " Fieldon " (Feilden) 

 and " bee " (beesj. 



Messes. Crosby Lockwood & Son send us a handy little 

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 this sufficiently characterizes its scope. It is nicely printed and 

 suitably illustrated. 



An important addition to the " Who's Who " class of book is 

 made by Messrs. Churchill in Who's Who in Science {International) 

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 is excellently printed, in double columns, and, so far as we have 

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 the principle which has guided the compiler in his selection, but 

 this on the whole is well made, though we miss certain names 

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 few slips: one such is the "Life of William" attributed to Dr. 

 Daydon Jackson — i. e. William Turner. The volume is a useful 

 addition to our works of reference. 



Messrs. Macmillan have published what is evidently an ex- 

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