1897.] Scientific News. 1065 
(1). G. de Mortillet—Prehistoric Anthropology; Paleontology by 
regions ; Prehistoric and Protohistoric of divers countries. 
(2). Capitan—Pathological Anthropology ; maladies arising through 
auto- intoxication or auto-infection. Their role in anthropology. 
(3). André Lefévre—Ethnography and Linguistics; The Origin 
and Development of the French Language. 
(4). Georges Hervé—Ethnology ; Ethnology of Europe. First, 
The Ibero-Aquitains and the Basque Question ;-second, The European 
Blonde Populations. 
(5). J. V. Laborde—Biological Anthropology ; The Transformation 
and the Equivalence of the forces of Biological Anthropology; The 
Nerve Cell or Neuron according to the Modern Conception ; The Spe- 
cial Senses of Hearing and of Sight (organic and functional evolution). 
(6). P. G. Mahoudeau—Zoological Anthropology ; The Zoological 
Origin of Man. 
(7). Franz Schrader—Geographical Anthropology; Earth and 
Man ; Oceanica and Africa. 
(8). L. Manouvrier—Physiological Anthropology ; The Anatomical- 
physiological Components of Character. 
(9).—Ch. Letourneau—Sociology (History of Civilization) ; Mental 
Evolution in the various Races and Societies. 
(10). A. de Mortille-—Comparative Ethnography ; Ceramics among 
Primitive Peoples, Ancient and Modern. 
The courses are open to the public and are gratuitous. 
Recent deaths: Ferdinand Béclard, paleontologist in the Brussels 
Museum.—Prof. Michael Angelo Consoli, botanist, at Palermo, May 
13th, aged 85.—Dr. Heydenreich, lepidopterist, at Osnabruck, May 
18th.—Dr. J. Braxton Hicks, well known for his papers on zoology 
and botany, at the age of 74.—Dr. Holmgren, professor of physiology 
in the University of Upsala, and well known for his researches on color 
blindness, aged 66.—Rev. Robert Hunter, botanist, at Epping Forest, 
England, February 25th, aged 74.—Jules Jullien, of Havre, student of 
Polyzoa.—Dr. Anders Johann Malmgren, the well known student of 
northern annelids and fishes, at Uleaborg, Finland.—Dr. Felix Georg 
Hermann August Mojsisovies, Count of Mojsvar, professor of zoology 
in the Technical School and custodian of the zoological collections in 
Graz, August 27th—Alfred Moquart, professor of anatomy at Brus- 
sels, June 5th, aged 42.—Dr. Jules Bernard Luys, neurologist, at the 
age of 69.—Dr. G. Ossonski, geologist, at Tomsk, Siberia, April 6th.— 
Franz Pulozky, author of the Copper Age in Hungary and former 
director of the National Hungarian Museum at Budapest, aged 82.— 
