196 REVIEWS. 



We have not seen this work before ; but from the appearance of the text 

 we suppose it was formerly published under the title of Universal Theo- 

 SOPHY, a title which will sufficiently explain the nature of the work. 



Our English Shores, being Recollections of Watering-Places 

 on the Coasts of England. By William Miller, F.R.S.E. Crown Svo, pp. 

 xvi. — 234. (Edinburgh : Oliphant, Anderson, and Co. London : Hamilton, 

 Adams, and Co. 1888.) Price 6s. 



This book, unlike a " Guide-Book," which generally gives stereotyped 

 descriptions of the various seaside resorts, consists of a congeries of little tours, 

 and recounts the results of visits paid by the author to seaside towns on the 

 coast of England. These sketches will be found to be most readable and 

 interesting. The illustrations are nearly all selected from the author's 

 sketches, and are reductions by photo-zincography from pen-and-ink copies. 



A 1'reatise on Plane Trigonometry, containing an account 



of nyperbolic Functions, with Numerous Examples. By John Casey, LL.D., 

 F. R.S. Crown Svo, pp. xvi. — 271. (Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, and Co. 

 London : Longman, Green, and Co. 1888.) Price 7s. 6d. 



This work contains not only everything that is usually given in books on 

 trigonometry, but also much that has hitherto appeared only in mathematical 

 periodicals. Its eight chapters treat of — First Notions on Trigonometric Func- 

 tions ; Trignometric Formula; ; Theory of Logarithms ; Trigonometric Tables ; 

 Formulre relative to Triangles ; Resolution of Triangles and Quadrilaterals ; 

 Continuation of the Theory of Circular Functions ; and Imaginary Angles. 



In Touch with Nature : Tales and Sketches from the Life. 



By Gordon Staples, CM., M.D., R.N., etc. Crown Svo, pp. 224. (London: 

 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1888.) Price 2s. 



Nineteen most interesting chapters compose the Ijook before us, concerning 

 which the author tells us that the stories and the sketches were all Ijorn out of 

 doors, in his orchard wigwam, in his woodland study, in ships in Arctic seas, 

 and in the Tropics during his caravan wanderings for the past three years. 

 The book is nicely illustrated. 



The Art of Preparing Vegetables for the Tables. By 

 Sutton and Sons, Reading. i2mo, pp. 68. (London : Hamilton, Adams, 

 and Co. 1888.) Price is. 



Messrs. Sutton and Sons give us here what they describe in their introduc- 

 tion as an " elementary code of vegetable cookery that the cooks themselves 

 may not disdain, and that many who are not cooks, but desire to know some- 

 thing of the art of cookery, may give attention to as of direct, practical value 

 to them." Our lady friends to whom we have submitted this little book speak 

 of it in high praise. 



An Examination of the Theory of Evolution and some 



of its Implications. By George Gresswell. Svo, pp. xiv. — 155. (London : 

 Williams and Norgate. 188S. ) Price is. 



The work before us is evidently the outcome of much serious thought. 

 It appears to have grown out of a lecture entitled " The Evolution Hypothe- 

 sis," published at Cape Town in 1S85, to which many new ideas have been 

 incorporated. The book is divided into 11 chapters. 



Sand Blast Cells. — Referring to a note on this subject, which 



appeared on p. 50 of the Journal of Microscopy (January), Mr. B. Piftbrd, of 

 Ilemel Hampstead, Herts, sends us specimens of his Countersunk Cells. 



