News from "The Drifting Seed", v. 5, no. 1 (May 1999), a 16-page newsletter devoted to tropical seeds and fruits that are carried on currents and picked up by beachcombers, some of them professional. Not on mollusks, but many of our Conchlers are beachcombers, so I'm sending this information on for their benefit. The editor is: Cathie Katz P.O. Box 510366 Melbourne Beach, Florida 32951, USA Email: [log in to unmask] "The 1999 International Sea-Bean Symposium will be at the Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 N. Breward Ave., Cocoa Beach, Florida, October 22-24." Bob Gunn reviewed a new book by Jeremy M. B. Smith (1999): Australian driftseeds, a compendium of seeds and fruits commonly found on Australian beaches, 123 pp. ISBN 186389 537 X. For a postpaid copy, send a personal check for Australian D 20.00 or its equivalent in your own currency (for US customers: USD 14.00). "A joy to read and use." For driftseed identification, contact: Pete Zies 613 Rodney Drive Altamonte Springs, Florida 32701, USA Email [log in to unmask] There are also several articles, most of which focus on the driftseeds of particular areas. Andrew K. Rindsberg Geological Survey of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (not an expert or collector of driftseeds, but interested)