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Hazell's Annual for 1896 : A Cyclopedic Record of Men 



and Topics of the Day. Edited by W. Palmer, B.A. Cr. 8vo, pp. 678. 

 (London: Ilazell, Watson, and Viney. 1896.) Price 3/6. 



This is the eleventh year of issue of this valuable Annual, which contains 

 many new features, amongst which we notice an able article on Factory and 

 Workshop Legislation, which embraces a summary of the whole body of Fac- 

 tory I^egislation. We tind also articles upon the Royal Commission and 

 Committees on Secondary Education, Joint Stock Companies, Opium, Indian 

 Finance, Poor Law Administration, and Prison Reform. Political events and 

 changes are fully described. We have Biographies of the Members of the New 

 House of Commons and the Pollings in the various Constituencies corrected up 

 to date. Four new Maps of Indo-China, the Valley of the Upper Nile, the 

 Pamirs, and Sierra Leone, have been added ; making the Annual one of the 

 most up-to-date publications of the day. 



The Oracle Encyclopedia, containing most accurate infor- 

 mation in the most readable form. (London : Geo. Newnes. ) 6d. net. 



This is an exceedingly cheap and most useful publication. Each part 

 contains 120 large pages, 11 by 74 in., and is well illustrated. No. 7, which 

 commences the second volume, opens with Chas. V. and goes on to Columba, St. 



The Royal Natural History. Edited by Richard Lydek- 

 ker. (London : F. Warne and Co.) Price i/- net. 



This fine work has reached to Part 26. In Part 25, commencing the 5th 

 volume, the section treating of the Reptiles was begun, and treats of Croco- 

 diles, Tortoises, and Turtles ; Lizards and Chameleons ; and Snakes. There 

 are two beautiful coloured plates, and a number of engravings in each number. 



Science Progress : A Monthly Review of Current Scientific 

 Investigation. Conducted by Henry C. Burdett ; edited by J. Bretland 

 Farmer, M.A. Price 2/6, or 25/- per year, post free. 



The December part of this important periodical contains : Williamson's 

 Researches on the Carboniferous Flora ; Mineral Transformations ; On some 

 Applications of the Theory of Osmotic Pressures to Physiological Problems, 

 part I. ; Theories of Electrolyses ; The Study of the Ancient Sediments ; 

 Carl Ludwig ; Notices of Books ; and Chemical Literature for October. 



European Butterflies and Moths. By W. F. Kirby, 



F.L.S., F.E.S., etc. Based upon Berge's Schmetterlings-Buch. Nos. 17, 18, 

 19. (London: Cassell and Co. ) 6d. each. 



Each part contains a fine coloured plate and 8 pages of letterpress. Those 

 before us describe the following families of the Sphingid.e, viz. : — i., Sphin- 

 gida ;\\., Thyrididiz : HI., SesiidiB ; IV., ZyganidcB ; and the first family of 

 the BOMBYCES — viz., Lithosiidce. 



The Story of the Heavens. By Sir Robert S. Ball. Parts 

 II, and HI. (London : Cassell and Co.) Price 6d. each. 



We are glad to find that this most interesting work is being published in so 

 cheap a form. These numbers treat of the Sun, the Moon, and the Solar 

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