336 Scientific Intelligence. 



intentional or "accidental " adulterations of foods. Both of the 

 treatises are also desirable additions to the library of every prac- 

 ticing physician. G. l. g. 



3. The Philippine Journal of /Science. Vol. I, No. 1 ; edited 

 by P. C. Freer. Co-editors; R. P. Strong and H. D. McCas- 

 key. Pp. 115, with 22 figures. Manila, 1906. Bureau of Printing. 

 — For four years past the Bureau of Government Laboratories of 

 the Philippine Islands has been active in research work, having 

 published thirty-six bulletins dealing particularly with subjects in 

 botany and zoology, and also with various tropical diseases. A 

 new Bureau of Science has now been formed by the consolidation 

 with it of the Bureau of Mines, and the Philippine Journal of 

 Science has been begun under the editorship of Dr. Paul C. Freer, 

 and with Richard P. Strong and H. D. McCaskey as co-editors, to 

 contain the researches carried on under the auspices, as well as 

 articles by others, in the Philippine Islands or adjacent countries 

 of the Orient, who are carrying on related scientific work. The 

 first number appeared in January, and contains articles by E. B. 

 Copeland on the Water Relations of the Coconut Palm (Cocos 

 nucifera), with introduction by Paul C. Freer ; by H. S. Walker 

 on the Coconut and its Relation to the Production of Coconut 

 Oil ; by P. G. Woolley on the Occurrence of Schistosoma Japoni- 

 cum vel Cattoi in the Philippine Islands ; and by R. P. Strong 

 on a Study of Some Tropical Ulcerations of the Skin with Refer- 

 ence to their Etiolog}^. Papers on^ systematic botany and mono- 

 graphs of various families and genera of Philippine plants will 

 appear from time to time as supplements. The subscription price 

 of the Journal is five dollars per year, and the supplements are 

 supplied to regular subscribers without additional charge. This 

 new Journal has a unique sphere and should prove of great value 

 to science. 



4. Guide to the Invertebrates of the Synoptic Collection in the 

 Boston Society of Natural History ; by J. M. Arms Sheldon". 

 Boston, 1905. (Published by 'the Society.) — The actual speci- 

 mens of the fossil and living animals in the synoptic collection of 

 invertebrates in the Museum of the Boston Society of Natural 

 History are accompanied by numerous diagrams and drawings. 

 These figures illustrate not only the microscopic forms but also 

 such anatomical structures, developmental stages, and other fea- 

 tures as are deemed of general interest and which are not dis- 

 tinctly shown in the specimens themselves. They are numbered 

 consecutively with the specimens which they accompany, the 

 whole series of 1264 numbers presenting a comprehensive view 

 of the natural history of the invertebrates. 



In this book of 505 pages, Mr. Sheldon gives a very interesting 

 description of the important features illustrated by each of these 

 1264 specimens and drawings. It is in no sense a mere cata- 

 logue, however, but a connected account of the salient features in 

 the whole field of invertebrate zoology. With this book in hand 

 one would be able to study to the best possible advantage the 

 collections displayed, for even without the collections the book is 

 entirely readable, interesting, and instructive. w. R. c. 



