10 MARCH 1894, Page 27

Natural Science, as even a layman can see, has established

its position as one of the first of the more popular scientific magazines. There is in the March number a charming paper of the kind—full of painstaking examination—with which Sir John Lubbock has rendered the British public familiar—on "Instinct and Intelligence in Chicks and Ducklings" by Mr. Lloyd Morgan ; and Sir J. W. Dawson contributes a not less valuable article on "The Fossil Plants of Canada as Tests of Climate and Age." An informing paper on "Natural Science in Japan" is well worthy of perusal, if only that one may be able to compare Asia with Europe. We have many things—even on the scientific side—to learn from the Japanese.