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elected a member of the Academy of Sciences in the place of 
Charles Robin, 
—F. L. Cornet, who has been a special student of the Cre- 
taceous and Tertiary formations of Belgium, died at Mons on 
e 20th of January, aged fifty-two years. 
—Dr. K. Oebbecke, of Munich, is called to the chair of Min- 
eralogy and Geology at the University of Erlangen. 
—In the recent death of Professor Edward L. Youmans science 
has lost a most untiring advocate and disseminator. The value 
dered his labors more difficult. But in spite of these obstacles 
his success in his chosen field of instructor and disseminator of 
positive knowledge, was probably greater than that of any other 
American, 
—We much regret to have to notice the suspension of the 
German scientific periodical, Kosmos, a high-class journal con- 
ducted with much ability. 
