406 Scientific Intelligence. 



J. L. Woetman, pp. 1-18; Art. IX, On the divisions of the White 

 River or lover Miocene of Dakota, by J. L. Woetman, pp. 95- 

 106; Art. XI, Ancestors of the Tapir from the Lower Miocene of 

 Dakota, by J. L. Woetman and Charles Earle, pp. 159-180; 

 Art. XVII, Fossil Mammals of the upper Cretaceous beds, by 

 II. F. Osborn, pp. 311-330 ; Art XVIII, Characters of Protoceras 

 (Marsh), the new Artiodactyl from the lower Miocene, by II. F. 

 Osborn and J. L. AVortman, pp. 351-3*72. 



2. Biological Lectures delivered at the Marine Biological Labo- 

 ratory of Wood's Soil, in the summer session of 1893. 242 pp. 

 Boston, 1894 ^Ginn & Co.). — This is a series of lectures by origi- 

 nal investigators discussing the live problems in the several fields 

 of their work, designed particularly for special students already 

 acquainted with the principles of biological research. 



The subjects discussed are the Mosaic Theory of Development, 

 by E. B. Wilson ; The Fertilization of the Ovum, by E. G. Conk- 

 lin ; On some facts and principles of Psychological Morphology, 

 by J. Loeb ; Dynamics in Evolution, by J. A. Ryder ; On the 

 nature of Cell organization, by S. Watase ; The inadequacy of 

 Cell-theory of Development, by C. O. Whitman; Bdellostoma 

 Dombeyi, Lae., by Howard Ayres; The influence of external 

 conditions on Plant Life, by W. P. Wilson ; Irrito-contractility 

 in Plants, by J. Muirhead Macfarlane; The Marine Biological 

 Stations of Europe, by Bashford Dean ; and an appendix on the 

 Work and Aims of the Marine Biological Laboratory, by C. O. 

 Whitman, the Director. 



3. Star Catalogue. — The late Dr. Peters and his assistant, 

 Charles A. Borst, at the Litchfield Observatory were preparing 

 an extensive Star Catalogue. The ownership of the manuscript 

 and of the Catalogue has been the subject of legal contest. 



The. decision was in favor of Dr. Peters ; but the Court of 

 Appears has recently reversed the decision and ordered a new 

 trial. It is to be hoped that under some agreement of the parties 

 the Catalogue may now be completed by Mr. Borst, and pub- 

 lished without further delay. h. a. n. 



The Rensseher grit Plateau in New York, by T. Nelson Dale. Extracts from 

 the 13th Ann. Rept. of the Director, IT. S. G. S. 1891-2, pp. 291-340, with Plates 



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Washburn Observatory of the University of Wisconsin. Vol. VIII. Meridian circle 

 observations 1887-1892. Part I. Results of meridian circle observations, 1888- 

 1890, by Prof. S. J. Brown, U. S. N., Albert Flint and H. V". Egbert. With an 

 introduction by George C. Comstock, Director, pp. 1-300, 1892. Part II, Me- 

 ridian circle observations of Mars at the opposition of 1892, prepared for publica- 

 tion by Albert S. Flint, Assistant Astronomer, pp. 301-327, 1893. 



Ein geologischer querschnitt durch die Ost-Alpen nebst anhang iiber die sog. 

 Glarner doppelfalte, by A. Rothpletz. — (E. Schweitzerbart'sche Verlangshand- 

 lung, Stuttgart. 1894. pp. 268. 1 long plate and 115 cuts in the text.) 



A Ireatise on Elementary Hydrostatics, by John Greaves, 204 pp., Cambridge, 

 1894. (Macmillam & Co., New York, price $1.00.) 



