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13. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO CONFINED, WHEN FREEDOM 



CAN BE ENJOYED? 547 



T. Brownbridge, North Shields. 



14. THE PROTECTION OF SCIENCE BY PATENT . .551 



An Authority on Patent Law. 



15. REVIEWS AND BOOKS RECEIVED. 



F. C. S. Schiller, " Formal Logic : A Scientific Social Problem." 



(Macmillan) ......... 559 



A. W. Mason, " A Systematic Course of Poetical Science : 



Book I., Introductory Physical Measurements ; Book II., 



Experimental Heat." (Rivingtons) . 562 



H. J. Brooks, " The Science of the Sciences." (David Nutt) . 562 

 L. Silberstein, " Vectorial Mechanics." (Macmillan) . . 564 

 P. Zeeman, " Researches in Magneto-Optics." (Macmillan) . 565 

 J. P. C. Southall, "Principles and Methods of Geometrical 



Optics." (Macmillan) 566 



W. W. Campbell, " Stellar Motions." (Oxford University Press) 567 

 A. C. Cumming, " Quantitative Chemical Analysis." (Gurney 



& Jackson) .......... 569 



J. B. Cohen, " Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students." 



(Arnold) 570 



M. Nierenstein, "Organische Arsenverbindungen und ihre 



chemotherapeutische Bedeutung " . . . . .572 

 L. W. Lyde, "The Continent of Europe." (Macmillan) . .572 

 J. W. Gregory, "The Nature and Origin of Fiords." (Murray) 574 

 J. Chunder Bose, "Researches on Irritability of Plants." 



(Longmans, Green & Co.) . . . . . . -576 



H. G. Wells and A. M. Davies, "Text-book of Zoology." 



(University Tutorial Press, London) . . . . -577 

 Hans Gadow, " The Wanderings of Animals." (Cambridge 



University Press) 578 



Gabriel Tarde, " Penal Philosophy." (Heinemann) . . 578 



H. A. Fleming, " The Wonders of Wireless Telegraphy." 



(Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge) . . .581 

 J. S. Haldane, "Mechanism, Life, and Personality." (Murray) 582 

 H. R. Mill, "The Realm of Nature." (Murray) . . .583 

 Sir John Murray, "The Ocean." (Williams & Norgate) . . 5S3 

 S. C. Schmucker, "The Meaning of Evolution." (Macmillan). 584 



" Life, Light, and Cleanliness " 584 



P. Bunau-Varilla, " Panama : The Creation, Destruction, and 



Resurrection." (Constable) ...... 584 



R. H. Jones, "Experimental Domestic Science." (Heinemann) 585 

 Books Received 586 



16. CORRESPONDENCE : A. G. Thacker, Prof. Elliot Smith, H. S. 



Shelton 588 



17. NOTES. The Finances of Tropical Medicine .... 589 



Eugenics and War . . . . . . . 591 



Bristol University . . . . . . • 593 



Science and the Lay Press ...... 594 



The Nobel Prizes for 19 13 . . . . . . 597 



NOTICE. The Emoluments of Scientific Workers . . .598 



