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  Intelligence. 
  

  

  jag, 
  at 
  Louisville, 
  of 
  April 
  2, 
  1894. 
  228 
  pp., 
  4to, 
  with 
  portraits 
  

   and 
  other 
  illustrations. 
  Louisville, 
  Ky., 
  1895. 
  — 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  

   Rafinesque, 
  has, 
  in 
  this 
  sumptuous 
  volume 
  and 
  the 
  kindly 
  sketch 
  

   of 
  Dr. 
  Call, 
  all 
  the 
  generous 
  treatment 
  and 
  honor 
  that 
  the 
  eccen- 
  

   tric 
  naturalist 
  could 
  have 
  reasonably 
  desired. 
  The 
  many 
  puz- 
  

   zling 
  problems 
  which 
  Rafinesque 
  left 
  behind 
  him 
  in 
  consequence 
  

   of 
  his 
  eagerness 
  and 
  keenness 
  of 
  eye 
  in 
  noting 
  distinctions, 
  but 
  

   hasty 
  work 
  in 
  naming 
  and 
  describing 
  genera 
  and 
  species, 
  thereby 
  

   duplicating 
  names 
  already 
  accepted, 
  and 
  multiplying 
  names 
  with 
  

   imperfect 
  descriptions, 
  or 
  with 
  no 
  descriptions 
  at 
  all, 
  have 
  given 
  

   much 
  labor 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  would 
  do 
  him 
  justice, 
  and 
  led 
  some 
  to 
  

   question 
  whether 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  scientific 
  papers 
  is 
  

   not 
  time 
  lost. 
  Dr. 
  Call 
  gives 
  a 
  lifelike 
  picture 
  of 
  the 
  enthusiastic 
  

   naturalist 
  and 
  a 
  judicious 
  account 
  of 
  his 
  work 
  ; 
  and 
  while 
  admit- 
  

   ting 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  peculiarly 
  bad, 
  rightly 
  claims 
  that 
  

   what 
  is 
  good 
  should 
  be 
  accepted. 
  The 
  volume 
  closes 
  with 
  a 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  prepared 
  bibliography. 
  This 
  Journal 
  contains 
  some 
  of 
  

   Rafinesque's 
  earlier 
  papers 
  in 
  its 
  first 
  volume, 
  and 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   biographic 
  sketch 
  and 
  review 
  of 
  his 
  botanical 
  work 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Gray, 
  

   in 
  volume 
  xl, 
  p. 
  221, 
  1841. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  Mineral 
  Collector. 
  — 
  With 
  the 
  February 
  number, 
  this 
  

   periodical 
  has 
  concluded 
  its 
  first 
  volume. 
  It 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  " 
  the 
  

   interests 
  of 
  the 
  collector, 
  student, 
  dealer 
  and 
  miner 
  of 
  mineral 
  

   specimens 
  " 
  and 
  contains 
  much 
  both 
  in 
  articles 
  and 
  informal 
  notes 
  

   that 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  and 
  value 
  to 
  those 
  mentioned 
  and 
  hence 
  deserves 
  

   their 
  support. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  through 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  under 
  the 
  

   editorship 
  of 
  Albert 
  C. 
  Bates 
  and 
  Arthur 
  Chamberlain; 
  and 
  the 
  

   ensuing 
  year 
  Mr. 
  Chamberlain 
  will 
  take 
  charge 
  alone. 
  The 
  sub- 
  

   scription 
  price 
  is 
  one 
  dollar 
  per 
  year 
  (editorial 
  address, 
  26 
  John 
  

   St., 
  New 
  York 
  City). 
  

  

  4. 
  Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  London. 
  — 
  The 
  Bigsby 
  medal 
  has 
  

   been 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  London 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Charles 
  D. 
  Walcott, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  

  

  5. 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Canada. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  George 
  M. 
  Dawson 
  has 
  

   been 
  recently 
  made 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Canada, 
  

   in 
  place 
  of 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  R. 
  C. 
  Selwyn, 
  who 
  has 
  retired 
  at 
  an 
  advanced 
  

   age. 
  

  

  OBITUARY. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Arthur 
  Catley, 
  F.R.S., 
  the 
  eminent 
  mathema- 
  

   tician 
  of 
  Cambridge, 
  England, 
  died 
  January 
  26 
  in 
  his 
  seventy- 
  

   fourth 
  year. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  F. 
  Buchanan 
  White, 
  distinguished 
  for 
  his 
  labors 
  in 
  

   entomology 
  and 
  botany, 
  died 
  at 
  Perth, 
  Scotland, 
  December 
  3d. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Murray 
  Thomson, 
  Professor 
  of 
  Experimental 
  Science 
  at 
  

   Roorkee, 
  India, 
  died 
  January 
  13th 
  in 
  his 
  sixty-first 
  year. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Karl 
  von 
  Haushofer, 
  Professor 
  of 
  Mineralogy 
  at 
  Munich, 
  

   died 
  early 
  in 
  January. 
  

  

  