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BELGIAN CONGO SANCTUARIES. MARY L. Jo:BE AKELEY .................. 289

SOME OF THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DROUGHT. PROFES- SOR HARLFEY J. VAN CLEAVE .................................................................................... 301

UNITS OF ENVIRONMENT. PROFESSOR W. E. AL:LEN .................................... 307

THE RELATION OF MAMMALIAN DISTRIBUTION TO VEGE- TATION TYPES. DR. LEE R. DICE ....................................................... ...... 312

BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD. RALPH E. DANFORTH ................................................ 318

THE. WAYS OF THE ALLIGATOR. PROFESSOR ALBERT M. REESE ..... 321

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN COL- ONIES. FREDERICK E. BRASCI ............................. ................................ 336

SCIENCE SERVICE RADIO TALKS: THE ROMANCE OF MEASUREMENT. HENRY D. HUBBA RD ......... 356

POISON IVY AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. DR. JAMES FITTON CoucI ........................... ......................................................... 359

WHY CERTAIN SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE BACKWARD. DR. C. W. STILES ............................................................ 362

THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF MOLECULES. PROFESSOR EDWARD MACK, JR .............................................................. 365

THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE: The Jubilee International Polar Year, J. A. FLEMING; The New Residence for Medical Students at Columbia University, HENRY LEE NORRIS; The Dinosaur Skeleton at the Peabody Museum ................. 375

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