Dr. A. H. Chivers of the department of Botany has recently published "A Monograph of the Genera Chaetomium and Ascotricha." This article on fungi is issued as a memoir of the Torrey Botanical Club of New York City. The work consists of a monograph of the two genera of fungi and includes description and systematic arrangement of the many species which the author has been able to gather from various parts of the world.
An interesting, booklet of forty pages is "The Manual of Mount Sunapee," edited by Philip W. Ayres for a committee of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, of which Rev. O. S. Davis 'B9 is chairman. It is the aim of this booklet to make known to the general public the beauties and attractions of the Mount Sunapee Reservation. Chapters are devoted to the geological history of Mt. Sunapee, to the trees and shrubs, the flora, the birds and the ferns. Dr. A. H. Chivers contributes the chapter "The Flora other than Trees and Shrubs of Mt. Sunapee and Vicinity."
Professor J. W. Goldthwait contributes "The Occurrence of Glacial Drift on Magdalen Islands" to Museum Bulletin 14, issued by the Geological Survey of the Canada Department of Mines.
Professor W. K. Stewart is the author of "William II of Germany" in the Dial of May 27. This article is a review of five books about the Kaiser.