1897.) Scientifie News. 991 
The new series of the Journal will be conducted by an editorial board 
chosen by the Council of the Institute, Professor John H. Wright, of 
Harvard, being the Editor-in-Chief. The publishers will be the Mac- 
millan Company, New York. 
The Academy of Sciences at Berlin has made the following grantsin 
the aid of research :—Prof. Engler, 2000 mk. for African botany; Dr. 
R. Hesse, 500 mk. (eyes of lower marine animals) ; Prof. H. Hürthle, 
850 mk. (study of muscles) ; Prof. Cohen, 1500 mk. (meteorites); Dr. 
G. Lindau, 900 mk. (Lichens) Prof. R. Bonnet, 800 mk. (blood vessels) ; 
Dr. Lühe, 2000 mk. (fauna of north African salt lakes); Prof. F. 
Frech, 1500 mk. (geology); Dr. G. Brandes, 300 mk. (Nemertines). 
The total attendence of the German Universities for the summer 
semister of 1897 is reported as follows: Berlin, 5163 ; Munich, 4033 ;. 
Leipzig, 3221; Bonn, 2015; Breslau, 1646: Halle, 1641; Freiburg 
1544; Würzburg, 1443; Heidelberg, 1322; Tübingen, 1301; Göt- 
tingen, 1229; Erlangen, 1153; Marburg, 1097; Strasburg, 1047 ; 
Greifswald, 853 ; Kiel, 764; Jena, 754; Konigsburg, 787; Giessen, 
692; Rostock, 509; Münster, 497. 
We learn from the Botanical Gazette that Mr. William Wesley 
Woolen, a prominent citizen of Indianapolis and a member of the 
Indiana Academy of Sciences, has indicated his intention of presenting 
to the city a tract of fifty-six acres of land to be used as a botanical 
garden and ornithological preserve. The tract is easily accessible and 
is admirably adapted to these purposes. The details of management, 
etc. are now under consideration. 
The U.S. Fish Commission is engaged in stocking the Penobscot 
river with the California quinnat salmon. Last year over 2,000,000 
fry were turned loose in the river while in August of this year 35,000 
young about two inches in length were put into the water, while 20,000 
more are to be liberated soon. It will be some time before the results 
of these attempts can be ascertained, but even moderate success would 
fully repay all the outlay. 
Henry Holt & Co. have recently published The Elements of Com- 
parative Zoology by Prof. J. Sterling Kingsley of Tufts College. While 
containing the usual text-book information, it is more than usually full 
of laboratory illustration, and makes a special feature of suggestive 
questions under “ Comparisons.” Thesame house has issued, Laborat 
Directions in General Biology by Harriet Randolph, instructor in 
Bryn Mawr College. 
The Plant World, a new illustrated monthly botanical journal, is 
announced, to be published by Willard N. Clute & Co., Binghamton, 
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