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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  the 
  author's 
  skillful 
  hand 
  what 
  would 
  commonly 
  pass 
  for 
  an 
  

   insignificant 
  structural 
  detail 
  or 
  minor 
  imperfection 
  becomes 
  

   not 
  only 
  a 
  vivid 
  witness 
  of 
  an 
  adaptation 
  from 
  an 
  ancestral 
  struc- 
  

   ture 
  but 
  a 
  clue 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  it 
  may 
  in 
  later 
  generations 
  become. 
  

  

  The 
  title 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  dry 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  book, 
  and 
  the 
  sympa- 
  

   thetic 
  reader 
  will 
  doubtless 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  author 
  that 
  "the 
  

   human 
  skeleton, 
  so 
  often 
  associated 
  unthinkingly 
  with 
  the 
  grue- 
  

   some 
  symbolism 
  of 
  death, 
  is 
  actually 
  a 
  very 
  wonderful 
  and 
  

   animated 
  piece 
  of 
  architecture, 
  full 
  of 
  beauty 
  and 
  inspiration 
  

   for 
  one 
  who 
  looks 
  upon 
  it 
  with 
  a 
  seeing 
  eye 
  and 
  considers 
  its 
  age- 
  

   long 
  evolution 
  with 
  a 
  comprehending 
  and 
  sympathetic 
  mind." 
  

  

  w. 
  R. 
  c. 
  

  

  12. 
  Botanical 
  Abstracts, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  No. 
  1, 
  September, 
  1918. 
  — 
  

   This 
  new 
  monthly 
  periodical 
  intends 
  to 
  furnish 
  "abstracts 
  and 
  

   citations 
  of 
  publications 
  in 
  the 
  international 
  field 
  of 
  botany 
  in 
  its 
  

   broadest 
  sense." 
  Paleobotany 
  is 
  included, 
  along 
  with 
  botanical 
  

   education. 
  There 
  will 
  be 
  two 
  volumes 
  per 
  year, 
  each 
  with 
  about 
  

   300 
  pages, 
  and 
  the 
  price 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  is 
  $6.00 
  a 
  year. 
  

   The 
  editor-in-chief 
  is 
  Professor 
  Burton 
  E. 
  Livingston, 
  who 
  is 
  

   assisted 
  by 
  a 
  board 
  of 
  fifteen 
  men. 
  The 
  abstracts 
  are 
  classified 
  

   under 
  headings 
  and 
  the 
  authors 
  follow 
  alphabetically. 
  In 
  

   genetics 
  the 
  editor 
  does 
  not 
  limit 
  himself 
  to 
  botany, 
  but 
  includes 
  

   papers 
  treating 
  of 
  animals. 
  

  

  III. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  My 
  Reminiscences; 
  by 
  Raphael 
  Pumpelly. 
  Vols. 
  I 
  and 
  

   II, 
  pp. 
  844, 
  many 
  illustrations, 
  1918 
  (Henry 
  Holt 
  and 
  Co.). 
  — 
  

   For 
  profit 
  and 
  amusement 
  during 
  the 
  evenings 
  of 
  this 
  winter, 
  

   this 
  book 
  is 
  recommended. 
  It 
  abounds 
  in 
  humor, 
  good 
  stories, 
  

   and 
  anecdotes, 
  and 
  in 
  descriptions 
  of 
  most 
  trying 
  situations 
  and 
  

   tender 
  family 
  cares. 
  How 
  the 
  author 
  built 
  the 
  first 
  smelter 
  of 
  

   ores 
  in 
  Arizona 
  in 
  1860, 
  and 
  was 
  chased 
  by 
  the 
  Apaches 
  over 
  the 
  

   deserts 
  into 
  California; 
  how 
  lie 
  introduced 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  gunpowder 
  

   in 
  mining 
  operations 
  in 
  -Japan 
  in 
  1862; 
  how 
  he 
  was 
  among 
  the 
  

   first 
  to 
  locate 
  tin; 
  iron 
  mines 
  of 
  the 
  Menominee 
  and 
  Gogebic 
  iron 
  

   ranges 
  — 
  all 
  is 
  told 
  in 
  a 
  fascinating 
  way. 
  With 
  Pumpelly 
  the 
  

   render 
  tra 
  vels 
  intimately 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  northern 
  hemisphere 
  and 
  

   is 
  introduced 
  to 
  the 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  wilderness 
  and 
  the 
  civilized 
  

   areas 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  America, 
  but 
  in 
  Japan, 
  China, 
  Siberia, 
  Tur- 
  

   kestan, 
  Egypt, 
  and 
  Corsica, 
  as 
  well. 
  Student 
  days 
  at 
  the 
  min- 
  

   ing 
  school 
  of 
  Freiberg, 
  Germany, 
  between 
  1856 
  and 
  1859, 
  when 
  

   Professor 
  Cotta 
  was 
  there, 
  are 
  full 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  all 
  teachers 
  of 
  

   geology 
  and 
  to 
  mining 
  engineers. 
  Born 
  at 
  Owego, 
  New 
  York, 
  

   in 
  18.'{7, 
  Pumpelly 
  produces 
  these 
  two 
  volumes 
  in 
  1918, 
  in 
  the 
  

   spirit 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  man. 
  Get 
  acquainted 
  with 
  him, 
  and 
  let 
  him 
  

   lei 
  I 
  yon 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  his 
  pet, 
  Corsican 
  moufion! 
  C 
  S. 
  

  

  