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WE have recently received a copy of the thirty-first edition of the “Naturalists' Diary” (Salem, Mass., U.S.A.: The Cassino Press. 3 dollars). It contains the names, addresses and special subjects of professional and amateur naturalists of North and South America, etc. This list will prove very useful to naturalists in the United States, since for that country it seems comprehensive; but in other countries, such as Great Britain, its usefulness is impaired by the sparsity of entries. For example, for the State of New York alone there are about four hundred and fifty entries, while for the whole of Great Britain there are only eleven; for France, six and for Germany, six. The list should prove useful, however, to naturalists outside the United States who wish to get in touch with their American contemporaries. Appended to this directory is a short list of scientific periodicals. While in the compilation of such a list it is naturally essential to be selective, it is difficult to understand what policy was adopted by the compilers, since it is rather inconsistent. Most of the periodicals are American; but even here it is difficult to see why the Journal of Applied Physics should be included in a list for naturalists, and the Botanical Gazette omitted. Again, among the British journals is included the Journal of the Chemical Society, but not the Aquarist and Pondkeeper or Discovery. Of foreign journals, only Scientia and Helvetica Physica Acta are mentioned, whereas journals of international appeal to naturalists, such as Ghronica Botanica, are omitted. The price for a paper-covered book of about 230 pages is high.
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A Naturalists' Directory. Nature 143, 297 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143297a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143297a0