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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  Director. 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  14 
  ; 
  by 
  Frank 
  Leverett 
  and 
  Frederick 
  

   W. 
  Sardeson; 
  with 
  a 
  chapter 
  on 
  climatic 
  . 
  conditions 
  in 
  Minne- 
  

   sota, 
  by 
  U. 
  G. 
  Pursell. 
  — 
  This 
  bulletin 
  discusses 
  the 
  surface 
  

   formations 
  and 
  agricultural 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  south 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   state. 
  

  

  4. 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  South 
  Australia. 
  — 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  7 
  

   is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  "Phosphate 
  Deposits 
  of 
  South 
  Australia" 
  and 
  

   has 
  been 
  prepared 
  by 
  R. 
  Lockhart 
  Jack. 
  The 
  most 
  valuable 
  

   deposits 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  lime 
  phosphate, 
  almost 
  invariably 
  found 
  in 
  

   close 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  Cambrian 
  limestones. 
  As 
  the 
  Cam- 
  

   brian 
  series 
  is 
  very 
  largely 
  developed 
  and 
  has 
  only 
  been 
  pros- 
  

   pected 
  for 
  phosphates 
  within 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  of 
  transport 
  

   facilities, 
  it 
  is 
  reasonable 
  to 
  expect 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  phos- 
  

   phate 
  bodies 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  discovered 
  and 
  developed. 
  The 
  alumin- 
  

   ium 
  phosphate 
  exists 
  in 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  at 
  St. 
  Johns 
  and 
  

   elsewhere 
  but 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  not 
  practically 
  available. 
  

  

  5. 
  Vertebrate 
  Zoology; 
  by 
  Horatio 
  Hackett 
  Newman. 
  

   Pp. 
  xiii, 
  432, 
  with 
  217 
  figures. 
  New 
  York, 
  1920 
  (The 
  Macmil- 
  

   lan 
  Company). 
  — 
  Teachers 
  of 
  the 
  comparative 
  anatomy 
  of 
  ver- 
  

   tebrates 
  have 
  long 
  felt 
  the 
  need 
  of 
  a 
  suitable 
  book 
  to 
  supplement 
  

   the 
  practical 
  dissections 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory. 
  This 
  need 
  is 
  ade- 
  

   quately 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  book, 
  which 
  gives 
  a 
  fairly 
  

   comprehensive 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  classification, 
  relationships 
  and 
  

   natural 
  history 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  classes 
  of 
  vertebrates. 
  Particular 
  

   emphasis 
  is 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  groups 
  as 
  indicated 
  

   by 
  the 
  ancestral 
  forms 
  in 
  the 
  paleontological 
  record. 
  The 
  

   important 
  theories 
  concerning 
  the 
  ancestry 
  of 
  the 
  vertebrates 
  are 
  

   discussed, 
  and 
  the 
  living 
  forms 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  supposed 
  to 
  

   represent 
  ancestral 
  types 
  are 
  described 
  in 
  detail. 
  The 
  organ 
  

   systems 
  of 
  the 
  representative 
  examples 
  of 
  each 
  class 
  are 
  properly 
  

   left 
  for 
  the 
  teacher 
  to 
  describe 
  as 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  the 
  explanatory 
  

   lectures 
  which 
  will 
  naturally 
  accompany 
  the 
  laboratory 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  aim 
  and 
  general 
  conceptions 
  of 
  the 
  book 
  are 
  admirable 
  

   and 
  the 
  subjects 
  are 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  well 
  presented. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  

   errors 
  and 
  inconsistencies 
  of 
  statement, 
  however, 
  indicate 
  hasty 
  

   proof-reading. 
  The 
  illustrations 
  are 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  merit. 
  

  

  w. 
  r. 
  c. 
  

  

  6. 
  Mendelism; 
  by 
  Reginald 
  Crundall 
  Punnett. 
  Fifth 
  

   edition 
  ; 
  pp. 
  xv, 
  219 
  ; 
  with 
  7 
  plates 
  and 
  52 
  text-figures. 
  Lon- 
  

   don, 
  1919 
  (Macmillan 
  & 
  Co.). 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  interest 
  now 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  problems 
  of 
  inheritance 
  

   is 
  well 
  attested 
  by 
  the 
  wide 
  circulation 
  which 
  this 
  book 
  has 
  had^ 
  

   since 
  its 
  first 
  appearance 
  in 
  1905. 
  Six 
  editions 
  have 
  been' 
  

   printed 
  in 
  England 
  and 
  America, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  trans- 
  

   lated 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  Swedish, 
  German, 
  Russian 
  and 
  Japanese. 
  

   The 
  book 
  gives 
  an 
  excellent 
  general 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  progress 
  

   made 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years 
  in 
  this 
  important 
  branch 
  of 
  

   biology. 
  It 
  is 
  clearly 
  written, 
  with 
  the 
  avoidance 
  of 
  unneces- 
  

   sary 
  technical 
  terms, 
  and 
  is 
  well 
  illustrated 
  by 
  diagrams, 
  text- 
  

   figures 
  and 
  colored 
  plates. 
  

  

  