THE YOUNG 



REVIEW. 



THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS' 

 DIRECTORY. 



Years ago, when Mr. Stainton issued a 

 list of British Entomologists, every one 

 wondered at the large number, but Mr. 

 Stainton's work is completely eclipsed by 

 the production of our American friends. 

 The title of the work is "The International 

 Scientist's Directory, containing the Names, 

 Addresses, Special departments of Study, 

 etc., of Amateur and Professional Natural- 

 ists, Chemists, Physicists, Astronomers, &c., 

 &c., in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and 

 Oceania, compiled by Samuel E. Cassino." 

 It is not a new publication, for the intro- 

 duction tells us that " the arrangement and 

 general character of the Directory is the 

 same as that for 1881." Indeed, it is too 

 complete and perfect in the present edition 

 for it to have been the first. It is a work of 

 300 pages, each containing from forty to 

 fifty names and addresses of "scientists" 

 (to use the American term), with their 

 special study and a number of other parti- 

 culars. We give two from the first page as 

 a sample of the work : — 



"Aaron, Eugene M., P.O., Box 2,500, 

 Philadelphia. Lepid. Rare butterflies bought, 

 especially Hesperidse. C. Ex. Will furnish 

 mineralogists, conchologists, botanists, orni- 

 thologists, &c., with their desiderata in ex. 

 for butterflies. 



"Adams, W. H., Elmore, Peoria Co., 

 Arch., Palao,, Mm. C. Offers fossil fruit, 

 leaves, and other fossils of the coal measures 

 in ex. for specimens in Arch., of any kind or 

 country, or limited number of fine minerals. 

 Scientific societies and colleges requested 

 to correspond, to whom I will send first 

 package." 



The portion devoted to Great Britain 

 occupies 85 pages, and must contain nearly 

 4000 names, addresses, &c. The particulars 

 are perhaps not so full as in the American 



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portion, and those marked " C" as having 

 a collection, or "Ex" asdesiring to exchange 

 specimens are not so numerous, but as these 

 particulars are only obtainable by direct 

 communication from the persons themselves, 

 this is not to be wondered at. We have 

 tried in vain to find any well known name 

 not given in the book, but of course, among 

 so many the greater number are unknown 

 to us. The range of subjects may be 

 gathered from the fact that over 100 

 contractions are used to express the differ- 

 ent branches of science followed, as in the 

 above example. The usefulness of such a 

 book is not to be calculated, especially to 

 those who desire to exchange with natura- 

 lists in other countries, or who follow some 

 branch of study that has but few devotees, 

 and in which they would be glad to know 

 who are their fellow workers. The book is 

 published in Boston, U.S., by S. E. Cassino, 

 and the price is two Dollars. It is very 

 neatly printed, but has only paper covers, 

 which are perhaps deemed servicable enough 

 for an annual publication. 



LIVE ANIMALS. 



In our last issue, in commenting upon the 

 Parcels' Post, we stated that we had written 

 to the Postmaster General on the subject, 

 informing him that entomologists were, as 

 he doubtless knew, in the habit of sending 

 living larvae, pupae, &c. by post, notwith- 

 standing that "Live Animals" were 

 prohibited from being so sent, and asking 

 that some regulation should be framed 

 allov/ing these, at any rate, to be sent by 

 the Parcels' Post when carefully packed, 

 instead of compelling the evasion of the law 

 as practised at present. To this we 

 received a reply which seemed to be studi- 

 ously evasive of the point at issue. Our 

 readers will find it on page 165, and will 

 notice that it states that it is " not intended 



