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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 



Mr. R. Standen writes ' Notes on the Cave Spider — Meta mevandi in 

 The Lancashire Naturalist for September. 



]Mr. A. H. Patterson contributes some fascinating ' Rough Notes on the 

 Fish and Fisheries of East Suffolk ' to the October Zoologist. 



A valuable paper on ' The Insect and Allied Pests of the Hop ' 

 appears in The Journal of the Board of Agricultural for October. 



j\Ir. J. Wilson has a thoughtful paper on ' The Scandinavian Origin of 

 the Hornless Cattle of the British Isles ' in The Scientific Proceedings of 

 the Royal Dublin Society (N.S. Vol. XII., No. 1 5, 1909). It has some notes 

 on old Yorkshire, Durham, etc., breeds. 



There is an interesting article on ' The Genus Chermes in its relation to 

 Forestrv,' by Dr. R. S. MacDougall, in the Journal of the Board of Agri- 

 culture for September. This principally refers to the disease of the larch 

 tree, which seems to be extending in recent years, and it gives a life history 

 of the aphis. 



We learn from The Qttarry that the steady demand for Whitby jet 

 goods which has taken place recently looks like bringing about a revival of 

 this industry. The stocks of raw material having been almost used up, 

 arrangements have been made for the re-opening of the mines between 

 Staithes and Rosedale. 



The Hull Literary Club Magazine (Vol. III. part 5), besides containing 

 reports of the various papers read at the club's meetings, contains the 

 President's address on ' The Evolution of an English City ' [Hull], and 

 ' Friends from My Bookcase,' by Alderman Brown, in which many local 

 books and MSS. are described in detail. 



With the October number of the old-established Geological Magazine,. 

 the Editor appeals for further support to secure that the journal may be 

 continued. In order that it may be on a business footing in future, it ^nll 

 be necessary to increase ,the price to 2 /- per month, and from fifty to one 

 hundred additional subscribers must be obtained. 



W^e are glad to see that The Country Home has been considerably en- 

 larged and improved, without an increase in the price. With the October 

 issue the publishers. The Sphere and Tatler Ltd., have produced a 

 most desirable magazine for all lovers of the country, at the small price of 

 6d. The articles deal with gardening, nature study, old English homes, 

 china, pets, greenhouses, etc., and the illustrations are as beautiful as the}^ 

 are numerous. 



Christ's College Magazine, No. 70 (Cambridge University Press), is a 

 ' Darwin Centenary Number,' and contains much interesting matter relat- 

 ing to our greatest naturalist, including some letters hitherto unpublished. 

 Mr. T. E. Pickering writes on ' Darwin's Shrewsbury Days ' ; Mr. A. E. 

 Shipley, on ' Charles Darwin at the Universities, Edinburgh — Cam- 

 bridge ' ; The Master of Christ's College on ' Christ's College in the years 

 preceding the entry of Charles Darwin ' ; ' Darwin and the Linnean 

 Society,' by Dr. B. Day don Jackson ; ' Letters from Charles Darwin to 

 Alfred Russel ^^'allace ' with notes b}' Mr. Francis Darwin ; ' Present-day 

 Darwinism,' by L. Doncaster ; ' Dar\\'in's "Animals and Plants",' by Mr. 

 F. H. A. jNIarshall ; and ' Plants named after Darwin,' by Dr. B. Da^^don 

 Jackson. As a frontispiece is an excellent view of the room occupied by 

 Charles Darwin at Christ's College, of which all ' Christians ' at Cambridge 



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