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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  text 
  is 
  frequently 
  elucidated 
  by 
  diagrams 
  representing 
  

   lines 
  of 
  descent. 
  The 
  author 
  then 
  discusses 
  the 
  geological 
  and 
  

   geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  plants, 
  the 
  interdependence 
  between 
  

   animals 
  and 
  plants, 
  and 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  environment 
  upon 
  plant-life. 
  

   Professor 
  Campbell's 
  original 
  work 
  upon 
  the 
  archegoniates 
  and 
  

   the 
  lower 
  monocotyledonous 
  plants 
  has 
  particularly 
  fitted 
  him 
  for 
  

   writing 
  a 
  book 
  of 
  this 
  character. 
  a. 
  w. 
  e. 
  

  

  7. 
  Botanizing 
  ; 
  a 
  Guide 
  to 
  Field- 
  Collecting 
  and 
  Herbarium 
  

   Work 
  ; 
  by 
  William 
  Whitman 
  Bailey, 
  A.M., 
  Professor 
  of 
  Bot- 
  

   any 
  in 
  Brown 
  University; 
  pp. 
  ix 
  + 
  142, 
  with 
  frontispiece 
  and 
  15 
  

   figures 
  in 
  text. 
  Providence, 
  R. 
  I., 
  1899 
  (Preston 
  & 
  Rounds 
  Com- 
  

   pany). 
  — 
  The 
  Botanical 
  Collector's 
  Handbook, 
  published 
  by 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Bailey 
  nearly 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago, 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  botanists 
  

   and 
  will 
  give 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  matters' 
  treated 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  work. 
  

   The 
  new 
  book, 
  however, 
  is 
  entirely 
  rewritten 
  and 
  has 
  incorporated 
  

   in 
  it 
  many 
  new 
  and 
  important 
  observations 
  and 
  directions. 
  In 
  

   discussing 
  the 
  collection 
  and 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  willows, 
  the 
  

   mosses, 
  the 
  Algae 
  and 
  the 
  Fungi, 
  the 
  author 
  has 
  engaged 
  the 
  help 
  

   of 
  specialists. 
  a. 
  w. 
  e. 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  The 
  Life 
  of 
  James 
  Dwight 
  Dana, 
  Scientific 
  Explorer, 
  Min- 
  

   eralogist, 
  Geologist, 
  Zoologist, 
  Professor 
  in 
  Yale 
  University; 
  by 
  

   Daniel 
  C. 
  Gilman, 
  pp. 
  1-409. 
  New 
  York, 
  1.899 
  (Harper 
  

   Brothers). 
  — 
  In 
  this 
  biography, 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  describes 
  as 
  

   " 
  personal 
  rather 
  than 
  scientific," 
  an 
  admirable 
  sketch 
  is 
  given 
  of 
  

   both 
  the 
  personality 
  and 
  work 
  of 
  one 
  who 
  for 
  a 
  full 
  half-century 
  

   was 
  a 
  central 
  figure 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  in 
  

   North 
  America. 
  Had 
  he 
  not 
  left 
  the 
  impress 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  upon 
  the 
  

   very 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  sciences 
  he 
  advanced, 
  such 
  a 
  brief 
  sketch 
  

   would 
  be 
  far 
  from 
  satisfactory. 
  Brief 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  one 
  catches 
  from 
  

   its 
  reading 
  the 
  inspiration 
  of 
  the 
  busy 
  life 
  and 
  is 
  overwhelmed 
  

   with 
  the 
  prodigious 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  accomplished 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  

   lifetime. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  has 
  performed 
  his 
  part 
  with 
  great 
  skill, 
  adding 
  to 
  

   his 
  wide 
  knowledge 
  of 
  science 
  a 
  keen 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  personal 
  

   characteristics 
  of 
  Professor 
  Dana, 
  with 
  whom 
  few 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  

   survive 
  him 
  (due 
  to 
  his 
  delicate 
  health) 
  had 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  inti- 
  

   mate 
  acquaintance. 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  sentence 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  Guyot, 
  written 
  two 
  days 
  after 
  

   his 
  fifty-second 
  birthday, 
  vividly 
  expresses 
  the 
  noble 
  spirit 
  of 
  his 
  

   life. 
  "I 
  feel 
  anxious 
  to 
  work, 
  and 
  work 
  effectually, 
  while 
  the 
  day 
  

   lasts, 
  having 
  a 
  constantly 
  augmenting 
  realization 
  of 
  the 
  greatness 
  

   and 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  to 
  keep 
  science 
  headed 
  aright 
  

   in 
  these 
  times." 
  (p. 
  330.) 
  w. 
  

  

  2. 
  November 
  Meteors 
  of 
  1899. 
  — 
  Further 
  reports 
  confirm 
  the 
  

   comparatively 
  slight 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  Leonid 
  shower 
  this 
  year. 
  

   The 
  maximum 
  density 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  occurred 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  

   November 
  14-15, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  clear 
  in 
  Canada 
  and 
  neighboring 
  

  

  