REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 



In the 'Pen Portrait.' in the June 'Yorkshire Notes and Queries' is an 

 account of the doings of the curator at the Hull Museum. 



The late W. Ackroyd (Halifax) contributed, a note on the ' Luminiferous 

 Ether as an Element ' to the ' Chemical NevvS ' (Vol. 91, ?^o. 2,355). 



The 'Annual Statement of the Geolog-ical Society of London for 1904' 

 shows 'balance in favour of the society 2,539,' which amount does not 

 include the value of stock, collections, etc. 



The ' Fifteenth Report of the British Association Geological Photo- 

 graphs Committee ' includes particulars of a fine set of Yorkshire photo- 

 g-raphs by Messrs. W. Jerome Harrison and Godfrey Bing-ley. 



Under the title 'Where Shall I Spend My Holidays,' the Bootle Public 

 Library has issued a penny pamphlet g-iving ' some aids to a decision 

 (Topog-raphical, Antiquarian, Literary).' It contains a classified list of 

 ' Books and Maps in the Central Public Library [Bootle] relating- to Holiday 

 Resorts within the British Isles.' It has been compiled by Messrs. C. H. 

 Hunt and W. T. Montgomery. 



The ' Report of the Corresponding Societies' Committee of the British 

 Association' is of particular value to Natural History Societies. In addition 

 to a record of the Committee's year's work, it has a list of the papers 

 published in the Transactions, etc., of the various societies connected 

 with the Association. It can be obtained from the offices of the Association, 

 Burlington House, for one shilling. 



' The Fifty-second Report of the Nottingham Naturalists' Society, for 

 1903-4,' has just been received. In addition to the Rules, Balance Sheet, 

 List of Members, etc.. it contains two useful contributions by Prof. J. W. 

 Carr, viz., 'Nottinghamshire Arachnida ' and 'Nottingham Natural History 

 Notes for 1903-4.' In the latter the more interesting- records of mammals, 

 birds, reptiles, plants, algse, etc., are enumerated. 



The 'Twelfth Quarterly Record of the Hull Museum' (Publication 

 No. 24) contains several illustrated articles dealing- with local antiquities. 

 Amongst the subjects treated are : — 'The Dandy Horse,' ' Lights of Other 

 Days,' ' British Gold Coins,' ' Old Spinning Wheels,' ' Old Archery Clubs,' 

 ' Wilberforce Relics,' ' Derby Bisque Ware,' as well as numerous shorter 

 notes. The publication is sold by A. Brown & Sons, Hull, at one penny. 



' The Science Year Book, Diary, Directory, and Scientific Summary, 

 1905' (King-, Sell & Olding-, London; 5s.) is a most useful annual, and 

 should be on the desk of every scientific man. It is particularly 

 useful to those interested in Astronomy, Meteorolog}', etc. A valuable 

 feature is the Summary of Science Prog-ress, under various heads and by 

 well known authorities. There is also a Biographical Directory, Diary, 

 etc. As part of the year has now elapsed, we notice the publishers are 

 offering- the remaining stock at 2S. 6d. Buy it. 



Mons. A. Doigfneau has issued a useful volume dealing with Pre-historic 

 Archseolog-y. It is entitled ' Nos Ancetres Primitifs,' and is published by 

 C. Clavreul, of 2, Rue de Furstenberg-, Paris, at 5 francs. It contains 

 a useful and carefully-compiled summary of our present knowledge of the 

 pre-historic remains in France. The first chapter deals with the general 

 question of the antiquity of man ; then follows a series of chapters deal- 

 ing- with the various phases of progression in man's handiwork from the 

 eolithic to the neolithic periods. The several types of implements repre- 

 sented in our neig-hbou ring- country have been classified in a more elaborate 

 method than those of Britain, as shown by the writings of Prestwich, Lyell, 

 Lord Avebury, and others. These types are carefully figured and described 

 in the present work. Unfortunately it has no index, and the paper wrappers 

 do not escape the effects of postal transit so well as a stronger cover 

 would. 



1905 August I. 



