Miscellaneous Intelligence. 399 



paper by Charles Schaeffer on New Bruchidae, with notes on 

 known species and list of species known to occur at Brownsville, 

 Texas, and in the Huachuca Mts., Arizona. Pp. 291-396. 



10. University of Illinois Bulletin. Volume IV, No. 3. Pp. 

 30, 5 figs. TTrbana. — This bulletin contains a report by Edward 

 Bartow, for the year ending Aug. 31, 1906, entitled: Chemical 

 and Biological Survey of the Waters of Illinois. 



11. Bulletin, No. 1, of the Carnegie Foundation for the 

 Advancement of Teaching. Pp.45. March, 190V. — The import- 

 ant question as to whether universities which are technically 

 state institutions should profit by 'the Carnegie Fund for retiring 

 allowances is discussed in the present Bulletin from the stand- 

 point of these institutions. The following papers are included : 

 Memorandum from the Officers of the National Association of 

 State Universities ; another from Dr. Maurice Hutton, Acting 

 President of the University of Toronto ; and a third from Pro- 

 fessor Henry T. Eddy, of the University of Minnesota. Dr. 

 Henry S. Pritchett, President of the Carnegie Foundation, pre- 

 sents the subject fully and impartially in a paper prepared 

 expressly for the benefit of the Trustees. Although no final 

 decision of the question has thus far been reached, it is stated in 

 the introduction that an unofficial expression of opinion indicated 

 that a large majority of the Trustees were opposed to placing 

 retiring officers of state institutions upon the Carnegie founda- 

 tion. 



12. D ictionnaire- Manuel- Illusive, de Geographies par Albert 

 Demangeon. Pp. 860. Paris, 1907 (Librairie Armand Colin). 

 — This Dictionary is one of a series dealing with different sub- 

 jects in science, letters, and the arts. It gives more than 850 

 closely printed pages, the vocabulary including not only names of 

 prominent places, with statements in regard to them, but also 

 definitions of general terms more or less closely related to the 

 different branches of geography. In the case of important geo- 

 graphical divisions, the definitions are much extended and are 

 often accompanied by illustrations and maps. The variety and 

 fullness of the information contained in this compact manual 

 should give it a wide sphere of usefulness. 



13. Self - Propelled Vehicles • by James E. Homans. Pp. vii, 

 598. New York, 1907 (Theo. Audel & Co.). — The sixth edition 

 of a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care 

 and management of automobiles, covers the subject from tire to 

 steering-wheel. About four hundred illustrations and diagrams 

 aid in making the fundamental principles of the machine and its 

 management intelligible even to those who are less mechanically 

 inclined. The chapter on "care and operation " is a short cut to 

 a valuable fund of information that is usually obtainable only by 

 long and varied experience. There can be no question but that 

 a study of this book would bring to many owners increased 

 pleasure in the use of an automobile, and a corresponding diminu- 

 tion of business to the repair men. A complete index makes the 

 contents readily available. d. a. k. 



