520 Scientific Intelligence, 



5. Flora of Glacier National Park, Montana; by Paul C. 

 Standley. Part 5 of volume 22 of Contributions from the U. S. 

 National Herbarium, pp. 235-438, plates 33-52 and index (U. S. 

 National Museum). — The many visitors to the Glacier National 

 Park will be grateful to the author for making accessible to them 

 this work on the varied flora of the Park. 



6. The Topographical Survey of the United States. — A very 

 important bill has recently been brought before Congress calling 

 for the completion within twenty years of a general utility topo- 

 graphical surve}^ of the territory of the United States. The bill 

 provides for the utilization of the services and facilities of such 

 agency or agencies of the Government as now exist, or may here- 

 after be created, and the allotment of funds to them from the 

 appropriation here authorized, or from such appropriation or 

 appropriations as may hereafter be made. 



The sum of $37,200,000 is authorized to be appropriated for 

 the purposes named; the amounts available being specifically 

 given for the twenty years from that ending June 30, 1923. It is 

 greatly to be hoped that this bill may be promptly enacted. 



7. Report of the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, 

 for ^he year eliding June 30, 1920. — Much interesting informa- 

 tion is given in this report. The Library contained on the date 

 named upward of 2,831,000 books and pamphlets, in addition to 

 the manuscripts, maps and charts, music and prints. Many 

 important additions of special character, war material and others 

 are enumerated. 



8. The Maine Naturalist : Journal of the Knox Academy 

 of Arts and Sciences on the Fauna, Flora and Geology of Maine. 

 Vol. I, No. 1. Pp. 1 to 40 ; six plates. Thomaston, April 25, 

 1921. — This new periodical, to be issued April and October 1st, 

 at the annual cost of one dollar, will be welcomed by all who 

 know the varied interests of Maine in natural history; it is 

 edited by A. H. Norton of Portland and Prof. A. 0. Gross of 

 Brunswick. This first number contains eleven papers. 



Obituary. 



Professor George Frederick Wright died at his home in Ober- 

 lin, Ohio, on April 20 at the age of eighty-three years. He was 

 early interested in glacial phenomena and published many papers 

 upon these subjects. His best known book is his ''Ice Age in 

 America and its bearings on the Antiquity of Man" (see (3) 

 vol. 38, p. 412, 1889 of this Journal; this work went through five 

 editions. Other important books are: "Man and the Glacial 

 Period" (1892); "Asiatic Russia" in two volumes (1902); 

 "Origin and Antiquity of Man" (1912); " Story of My Life and 

 Work" (1916). Professor Wright was an editor of the Biblio- 

 theca Sacra beginning with 1884, and in addition to his glacial 

 studies, he was the author of numerous papers and volumes on 

 various religious subjects. His life was long, active and useful. 



