1896.] Recent Books and Pamphlets. 205 



The following, from page 135, will show many teachers that much 

 may be learned from this book : " Some two or three years ago, a lead- 

 ing eastern seedsman conceived of a new form of bean-pod which would 

 at once commend itself to his customers. He was so well convinced of 

 the merits of this prospective variety, that he made a descriptive and 

 " taking" name for it. He then wrote to a noted bean-raiser, describ- 

 ing the proposed variety and giving the name. ' Can you make it for 

 me?' he asked. 'Yes, I will make you the bean,' replied the grower. 

 The seedsman then announced in his catalogue that he would soon in- 

 troduce a new bean, and, in order to hold the name, he published it 

 along with the announcement. Two years later I visited the bean- 

 grower. ' Did you get that bean ? ' I asked. 'Yes; here it is.' Sure 

 enough, he had it, and it answered the requirements very well." 



— Charles E. Bessey. 



RECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. 



Annual Report State Geologist of New Jersey for the year 1894. Trenton, 

 1895. From the Survey. 



Barboza du Bocage. — Herp&ologie d' Angola et du Congo. Lisbonne, 1895. 

 From the author. 



Baur, G.— Die Palatingegend der Ichthyosauria. Aus Anat. Anz., Bd. r, 

 Nr. 14. 



Ueber den Proatlas einer Schildkrote (Platypeltis spimfer Les.). Aus 



Anat. Anz., Bd. X, Nr. 11. From the author. 



Brewer, W. H. — Atmospheric Phenomena in the Arctic Regions in their Re- 

 lation to Dust. Extr. Yale Scientific Month, June, 1895. From the author. 



Bronn, H. G— Klassen und Ordungen des Their-Reichs, Sechster Bd. V 

 Abth. 42, 43 u 44, Lief. Leipziz, 1895. 



Bulletin No. 30, 1894, and 31, 1895, Agric. Exper. Station Rhode Island Col- 

 lege Agric. and Mechanic Arts. 



Bulletin No. 44, 1895, Agricultural Experiment Station University of Wffoon- 



Bulletin No. 57, 1895, Massachusetts State Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Bulletin No. 112, 1895, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Bulletins V ing Experiment Station. Laramie, 1895. 



Bulletins Nos. 30, 31 and 32, Hatch Experiment Station, Amherst, 1895. 

 Cambridge Natural History, Vol. V. Peripatus, Adam Sedgwick Myria- 

 pods, F. G. Sinclair. Insects, David Sharp. London and New York, 1895. 



Campbell, D. H.— The Structure and Development of the Mosses and the 

 Ferns. London and New York, 1895. From the Pub., Macmillan & Co. 



Check-List of North American Birds. 2d Ed. New York, 1895. From the 

 Am. Ornithol. Union. 



