382 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST.  [Vov. XXXII. 
The first of what promises to be a helpful series of guides in nature 
study has recently been issued by Mr. G. W. Carver, of the Normal 
and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee, Alabama, and, although it con- 
sists of only twelve small pages and costs but five cents, it is full of 
suggestions useful alike to teacher and pupil. 
The concluding numbers of vol. vii of the Journal of Compara- 
tive Neurology (March, 1898) contain the editorial announcement 
that with the next volume the efficiency of the journal will be greatly 
increased by the addition of a number of new collaborators, among 
whom are Dr. Adolf Meyer, Dr. B. F. Kingsbury, Prof. G. C. Huber, 
and Prof. Ludwig Edinger. The present numbers include, beside 
the usual literary notices, an article by the chief editor on Psycho- 
logical Corollaries of Modern Neurological Discoveries, Inquiries 
Regarding Current Tendencies in Neurological Nomenclature, by 
C. L. and C. J. Herrick, and a lengthy contribution on the Motor 
Nerve-Endings and on the Nerve-Endings in the Muscle-Spindles, by 
G. C. Huber and L. M. A. De Witt. 
The Psychological Index, No. 4, published under the auspices of 
The Psychological Review, contains a bibliography of the Literature 
of Psychology and Cognate Subjects for 1897. The 2465 titles are 
arranged in convenient subdivisions under eight general divisions, 
and the list is concluded with an excellent authors’ index. The 
Index aims at completeness, for which it begs the codperation of 
authors and publishers. 
The city of Geneva, Switzerland, has received the estate of 
Sécheron and 300,000 francs by the will of Philippe Plantamour, and 
will probably convert the estate into a botanic garden, thus supple- 
menting the present garden behind the university. 
The bill passed by the legislature of Maryland appropriating 
$50,000 for two years for the Johns Hopkins University has but two 
faults. It appropriates too little, and the appropriation is made for 
too short a time. There is nothing which has proved such a credit 
to the state of Maryland as this university, and its present serious 
financial condition is due to the depreciation of securities which it 
bought from the state. 
Cornell University will maintain a summer school of botany this 
year from July 5 to August 15. 
Professor A. E. Verrill, of Yale, has gone to the Bermudas with a 
party of students. : 
