472 The American Naturalist. [May, 
“When we are first able to perceive nuclei with the most perfect 
lens yet constructed, we find them to be mere specks. By close 
observation we are able to perceive that the albuminoid substance 
is consumed, and that the nuclei grow, and in a short time are 
developed living organisms, just ready to emerge from the first 
stage of their existence.” 
“ Bacilli by generation are a product of the properties of the 
products of the earth, where they first originate. Properties of the 
earth’s products are a substance that we can usually taste.” 
“Intelligence is an imponderable substance, grown and pro- 
duced by the animal kingdom, and as it and bacteria are products 
of products of the earth, they may be called kingdoms of growth. 
Human intelligence is a product produced by the animal man, the 
seat of which is located by phrenologists in his brain, in no less 
than thirty-five sections, and like all organisms in nature, may be 
classed into genera, species, and varieties.” 
“Should any error of fact or otherwise occur in my explana-. 
tions, or should any phenomena in nature appear that no place 
can be found in my hypothesis, or a desire for further explanation 
on the subject, I would like to be informed of the fact, and what it 
is. Ifa fallacy, wherein does it lay—GerorGE Davis; address, 
2613 First Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.” 
~ Wecan assure a long-waiting world that if Mr. Davis attempts 
the Unnatural History the result will be a complete success. 
—TuE commission selected to examine and report on suitable 
locations for national reservations of land for the purpose 0 
creating public parks has donea good work. They have selected 
about one hundred ‘tracts from all parts of the country, whi 
will be recommended to Congress for adoption. To the Yellow- 
stone, the Yosemite, and the Sequoia Parks will be added z5 
or more from nearly every state and territory of the Union. 
This is a measure which the scientific sentiment of the country 
‚will universally sustain. The preservation of tracts of forest, if 
only of limited extent, is highly important ; and the preservation 
of game commends itself to everybody. Reasonable hunters are 
rare, and a good many men consider themselves sportsmen who 
