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The Nature of Alternation of Generations in Archegoniate Plants. 

 An Historical Sketch. By W. H. Lang, M.B., B.Sc., Lec- 

 turer in Botany at Queen Margaret College, University of 

 Glasgow - - - - - - - - - 319 



Oxidases or Oxidising Enzymes. By J. Reynolds Green, Sc.D., 

 F.R.S., Professor of Botany to the Pharmaceutical Society 

 of Great Britain -------- 253 



CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. 



The Phosphorus-Containing Substances of the Cell. By T. Gregor 

 Brodie, M.D., Lecturer on Physiology at St. Thomas' Hospi- 

 tal, London - - - - - - - - -131 



Association and Dissociation. By Holland Crompton, F.C.S., Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry at Bedford College, London - - 174 



The Extraction of Gold and the Cyanide Process. By T. K. Rose, 



A.R.S.M., Royal Mint 306 



Germination of Seeds : II. The Hydrolysis and Regeneration of 



Proteins. By F. Escombe, B.Sc. - - - - -219 



The Zeeman Effect and Dispersion. By G. F. Fitzgerald, F.R.S., 

 Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy in Trinity 

 College, Dublin 416 



GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY. 



The Natural History of Igneous Rocks : II. Their Forms and 

 Habits. By Alfred Harker, M.A., Fellow of St. John's Col- 

 lege, Cambridge - - - - - - - - 203 



The Development of British Scenery. By J. E. Marr, F.R.S., Fel- 

 low of St. John's College, Cambridge - 275 



The Influence of Oxford on the History of Geology. By W. J. 

 Sollas, F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the University of 

 Oxford ---------- 23 



Floras of the Past (Wealden). By A. C. Seward, M.A., F.R.S., 



Lecturer in Botany in the University of Cambridge - 455 



PHYSIOLOGY. 



The Bacillus of Plague. By G. A. Buckmaster, M.D., Lecturer on 



Physiology at St. George's Hospital, London - - - 105 



Secretion and Absorption of Gas in the Swimming-Bladder and 



Lungs. By J. S. Haldane, F.R.S. - - - 120, 237 



