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•exhibited without crowding- in any way, thus rendering- their 

 appearance very pleasing- indeed. Of particular value was the 

 •collection of photographs and water-colour drawings of old 

 parts of the town which are disappearing-, or have disappeared. 



A visit was next paid to the Chadwick Museum of Geology, 

 -Natural History, etc., which contains manv interesting- speci- 

 mens. There was evidence on all sides of activity, and specially 

 noticeable were the efforts being made in connection with 

 teaching the young. The Mayor kindly provided tea at the 

 Town Hall, after which the Chairman of the Museum Committee 

 (Alderman J. T. Brooks) gave an address on the history of the 

 three museums at Bolton, two of which had been visited that 

 afternoon. Subsequently the following papers vvere read and 

 discussed : — 'The Missing Link between the Home and the Art 

 Gallery,' by Mr. S. C. Horsfall ; 'The Relation of Museums 

 and Art Galleries to Schools of Art and Technical Schools,' by 

 Mr. F. Griffin; 'The Exhibition of Fresh Wild Flowers in 

 Aluseums,' by Mr. G. A. Dunlop ; and 'The Use of Mirrors for 

 Exhibiting- Coins, Medals, and other Objects,' by Mr. Entwistle. 

 The afternoon proved most pleasant and profitable. We are 

 indebted to Mr. W\ W^. Midgeley, the curator, for the loan of 

 the block accompanying these notes, the illustration being taken 

 from a capital little guide to the Hall-i'th'-Wood Museum, 

 which was distributed amongst the visitors. 



Bird Life Glimpses. By Edmund Selous. Georg-e Allen. 6s.net. 



Still they come, and Mr. Selous has been able to select a title for another 

 book on birds which is probabl_v different from that of any previously 

 printed bird book. The author, during- a three yeiars' stay at Ickling-ham, 

 in Suffolk, has evidently kept very careful observations upon the birds in 

 his district, and these he places before us in a book of over three hundred 

 cioseh--printed pag-es. Some of them are very interesting- indeed. Parts 

 of the book, however, are rather 'wordy' and indic^ite that the author is 

 able to write better at some times than at others. Mr. Selous evidenily 

 wishes to impress us with the fact that he is a scholar, judging- from ti,e 

 frequent quotations and expressions which he makes in various languages. 

 These, however, become irritating. There are eighteen illustriitions b}- 

 E. G. Lodg-e, all of which are excellent. 



Tlie Waveney Valley in the Stone Age. By W. A. Dutt. 



4T pp. and 4 plates. (To be obtained from the author at 438, London Road, 

 Kirkley, Lowestoft.) 



In this interesting little pamphlet Mr. Dutt presents in readable form 

 a g-eneral account of the Various stone implements which have been found 

 in the district, as well as of the deposits in which they occur. His summary 

 of our knowledge of the Palaeolithic implements and the famous Hoxne 

 beds is very useful. That part of the pamphlet dealing- with the Neolithic 

 Period is arranged under the heads of the various parishes in the district, 

 details of the finds in each being- g-iven. There are three plates of imple- 

 ments, but the types represented are not particularly rare, nor are the 

 ■specimens exceptionally fine. 



-1905 November i. 



