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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  of 
  Georgia 
  by 
  S. 
  W. 
  McCallie 
  (previously 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  Journal), 
  

   and 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  2, 
  giving 
  a 
  Preliminary 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Corun- 
  

   dum 
  Deposits 
  of 
  Georgia, 
  by 
  Francis 
  P. 
  King. 
  This 
  latter 
  report, 
  

   after 
  a 
  general 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  and 
  asso- 
  

   ciated 
  minerals, 
  discusses 
  at 
  some 
  length 
  the 
  special 
  corundum 
  

   deposits 
  of 
  Georgia. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  by 
  all 
  interested 
  of 
  much 
  

   value 
  as 
  bringing 
  together 
  many 
  facts 
  and 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  

   general 
  subject 
  with, 
  further, 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  new 
  mat- 
  

   ter. 
  

  

  III. 
  Botany. 
  

  

  1. 
  Practical 
  Botany 
  for 
  Beginners 
  ; 
  by 
  F. 
  O. 
  Bower, 
  F. 
  R. 
  S., 
  

   Regius 
  Professor 
  of 
  Botany 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Glasgow. 
  Mac- 
  

   millan 
  and 
  Co., 
  London, 
  1894. 
  

  

  Guide 
  to 
  the 
  Study 
  of 
  Common 
  Plants, 
  an 
  Introduction 
  to 
  

   Botany 
  ; 
  by 
  Volney 
  M. 
  Spalding, 
  Professor 
  of 
  Botany 
  in 
  the 
  

   University 
  of 
  Michigan. 
  D. 
  C. 
  Heath 
  and 
  Co., 
  Boston, 
  1895. 
  

  

  The 
  Elements 
  of 
  Botany 
  • 
  by 
  Francis 
  Darwin, 
  F. 
  R. 
  S., 
  

   Reader 
  in 
  Botany 
  in 
  Cambridge 
  University. 
  University 
  Press, 
  

   Cambridge 
  (England) 
  1895. 
  

  

  Elements 
  of 
  Botany 
  ; 
  by 
  J. 
  Y. 
  Bergen, 
  A. 
  M., 
  Instructor 
  in 
  

   Biologv, 
  English 
  High 
  School, 
  Boston. 
  Ginn 
  and 
  Co.. 
  Boston, 
  

   1896. 
  

  

  Laboratory 
  Practice 
  for 
  Beginners 
  in 
  Botany 
  ; 
  by 
  William 
  

   A. 
  Setchell, 
  Ph.D., 
  Professor 
  of 
  Botany 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  

   California. 
  The 
  Macmillan 
  Company, 
  New 
  York, 
  1897. 
  

  

  Lessons 
  in 
  Elementary 
  Botany 
  for 
  Secondary 
  Schools; 
  by 
  

   Thomas 
  H. 
  MacBride, 
  State 
  University 
  of 
  Iowa. 
  Allyn 
  and 
  

   Bacon, 
  Boston, 
  1896.. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  list 
  given 
  above, 
  we 
  have 
  enumerated 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  latest 
  

   works 
  for 
  beginners 
  in 
  Botany, 
  not 
  forgetting 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  

   earlier 
  books 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  subject, 
  or 
  some 
  aspects 
  of 
  it, 
  which 
  

   are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  yet 
  out 
  of 
  date. 
  In 
  such 
  longer 
  list 
  would 
  

   appear 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  many 
  authors 
  whose 
  efforts 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  

   sound 
  botanical 
  training 
  have 
  yielded 
  good 
  results 
  ; 
  results 
  which 
  

   have, 
  in 
  fact, 
  been 
  so 
  good 
  that 
  some 
  persons 
  might 
  be 
  tempted 
  

   to 
  ask 
  a 
  few 
  questions 
  regarding 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  these 
  newer 
  

   handbooks. 
  But, 
  of 
  course 
  the 
  answer 
  is 
  perfectly 
  simple; 
  every 
  

   instructor 
  has, 
  or 
  should 
  have, 
  decided 
  views 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  

   method 
  of 
  presenting 
  the 
  subject, 
  and 
  especially 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  

   plan 
  for 
  beginning 
  work. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  of 
  advantage 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   multiplicity 
  of 
  elementary 
  treatises, 
  provided 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  mis- 
  

   leading 
  : 
  by 
  inspection 
  of 
  these 
  the 
  teacher 
  of 
  beginners 
  can 
  com- 
  

   pare 
  different 
  methods 
  and 
  select 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  pupils 
  the 
  one 
  which 
  

   comes 
  nearest 
  to 
  his 
  own 
  ideal. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  mean 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  all 
  

   possible 
  methods 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  find 
  their 
  way 
  into 
  print, 
  but 
  we 
  

   do 
  think 
  that 
  at 
  least 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  are 
  sure 
  to 
  be 
  published. 
  

   Further, 
  we 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  handbooks 
  heading 
  this 
  notice 
  will, 
  

   if 
  taken 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  others 
  which 
  will 
  naturally 
  

  

  