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and its occurrence in Pennsylvania and Maryland is attested by 

 numerous accessible specimens. In the citation of the literature 

 of ferns, the past ten years is hardly represented, although this 

 has been a most fruitful period as regards publications on ferns. 

 On the whole, the position taken by the author in reference to 

 nomenclature will be likely to please the strict scientist, since it 

 most correctly represents the radical side of the question. The 

 conservative should value it also, for this very reason, even if he 

 cannot agree with the author's conclusions. It is to be regretted, 

 however, that Prof. Underwood has taken so radical a stand in a 

 book, which like this, is used largely as a manual in the schools. 

 It certainly opens the way for a conservative rival. The great 

 mass of independent fern students will scarcely be inclined to 

 accept all these changes, and the young student, fresh from school, 

 will have to unlearn many names and acquire new ones before he 

 will be fitted to converse understandingly upon ferns. 



Those who are interested in archaeology will find Prof. 

 Moorehead's "Prehistoric Implements"* a volume well worth a 

 place among their books. It contains illustrations of nearly 

 three thousand specimens of Indian relics, accompanied by a 

 copious text describing the objects and the places in which they 

 were found, together with a discussion of their uses. Seemingly 

 all the forms in North America are figured. Pottery, pipes, 

 drills, ornaments, ceremonials, pestles, axes and arrowheads are 

 shown alongside of many other objects whose use is still a 

 matter of uncertainty. Prof. Moorehead is well known as an au- 

 thority in his chosen field, but in order to secure accuracy he has 

 had the text pertaining to each section of North America pre- 

 pared by specialists residing in their respective sections, to which 

 are added many notes by the author. The archaeology of each 

 section, thus treated by itself, renders a reference to the forms of 

 any region very easy. The book is printed on good paper, sub- 

 stantially bound in cloth and will be found to answer most of the 

 questions the young collector is likely to ask. 



"Prehistoric Implements; a Reference Book." by Warren K. Moore- 

 head, Saranac Lake, N. Y.. 1900. Published by Robert Clarke & Co , Cin- 

 cinnati. 8 vo. 424 pp. Price, $2.30. 



