Miscellaneous Intelligence. 89 



that it deserves a place in every laboratory where miscroscopical 

 investigations are pursued. w. e. c. 



3. Souvenirs Entomologiques : Etudes sur V Instinct et lesMoeurs 

 des Insectes (Dixieme serie); par J. H. Fabbe. Pp. 353. Paris 

 (Ch. Delagrave). — The present work comprises the tenth volume 

 of studies by this author on the instincts and habits of insects. 

 The enthusiasm of the true naturalist appears on every page, and 

 the accounts of his interesting observations on the family life of 

 some of the common insects of Europe are written in popular 

 language with all the charm of a story book. w. e. c. 



4. Papers and Addresses of the Ninth Annual Session of the 

 American Mining Congress, 1906. Pp. 151. Denver, 1907 (pub- 

 lished by the Congress at the office of the Secretary). — The 

 ninth annual meeting of the American Mining Congress was 

 held in Denver from October 16th to 19th, 1906. The volume 

 now issued contains the annual address of the President, J. H. 

 Richards, with a series of papers by different authors. Among 

 the latter may be noted one on the Development of Metal Mining 

 in the Western States, by W. Lindgren ; another on the Mineral 

 Resources of Utah, by J. Derne ; on the Geological Distribution 

 of Gold, by T. A. Rickard ; on the Copper Deposits of Washing- 

 ton, by A. W. Mclntyre. 



5. JRicerche lagunari per cura di G. P. Mageini, L. de 

 Maechi, T. Gstesotto. N. 4-5 (N. 1-2 della serie biologica), 

 Programma di ricerche biologiche Lagunari. N. 6, Le attuali 

 conoscenze sulla flora Lagunare ed i problemi che ad essa si col- 

 legano di A. Beguijstot. N. 7, Prima relazione annuale. — These 

 papers, as the titles indicate, are parts of a series of studies on 

 the fauna, the flora, and their physical and chemical environ- 

 ments ; as found in the lagoons at the head of the Adriatic Sea. 



J. B. 



6. Die Eistrift aus dem Bereich der Baffin- It ai beherrscht von 

 Strom und Wetter ; von Dr. Ltjdwig Mecking. Pp. 135 with 

 2 plates and 3 figures. Part 7, January 1906 (Siegfried Mittler 

 und Sohn), Berlin. — This work is a critical study of the part 

 played by ocean currents and by winds in governing the paths of 

 ice drift around Greenland and in the Arctic Archipelago. A 

 bibliography of the subject is appended. j. b. 



7. OstwahVs Klassiker der Exahten Wissenschaften. Leipzig 

 (Wilhelm Engelmann); 1907. — Recent publications are the fol- 

 lowing (see also p. 40, May, 1907): 



Nr. 159. — Chymische Versuche, einen wahren Zucker aus ver- 

 schiedenen Pflanzen, die in unseren Landern wachsen, zu ziehen ; 

 von A. S. Maeggeaf. 



Anleitung zum Anbau der zur Zuckerfabrication anwendbaren 

 Runkelriiben und zur vortheilhaften Gewinnung des Zuckers aus 

 denselben ; von F. O. Achaed. 



Die beiden Grundscriften der Riibenzuckerfabrikation. Her- 

 ausgegeben von Edmund O. von Lippmann. 



