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ton Syllabus, commencing with the Analysis of Organic Bodies ; Empirical 



and Molecular Formulce ; Hydrocarbons of the Methane Series, etc. etc. 

 There are 33 illustrations. 



A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, founded 

 mainly on the Materials collected by the Philological Society. Edited by Dr. 

 James A. H. Murray, with the assistance of many Scholars and men of Science. 

 (Oxford: The Clarendon Press. London: H. Frowde. ) 



The July part of this immense work commences with Diffluent and 

 reaches to Disburden. This quarterly section contains 1,252 Main words, 153 

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 words. The obvious combinations, recorded and illustrated by quotations, 

 without individual definition, number 150 more. Of the 1,252 main words, 

 942 are'current and native or fully naturalised ; the remainder are obsolete or 

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Algebra for Beginners. By William Dodds. New edition. 



i2mo, pp. 140 and 46. (London: Thos. Murby.) Price 1/4. 



Various additions and improvements have been made in this new edition. 

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 the section on "Factors" has been re-written ; and in Stage III. two new rules 

 for the solution of "Equations of Two Unknowns" are added. The last 46 

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Skertchly's Physical Geography. Revised to date by 

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In this revised edition, many additions, corrections, and improvements have 

 been made ; the article on " Movements of the Land " has been entirely 

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New Ground in Norway : Ringerike, Telemarken, Saeter- 



dalen. By E. J. Goodman ; with 56 illustrations from original photographs by 

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 Relatively to the great army of British pleasure tourists who have flocked 

 to'the Western Fjords and the North Cape, but very few have explored the 

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The Way about Devonshire. By H. S. Vaughan Cr. 8vo, 



pp. 256. (London : Iliffe and Son.) Price i/- 



This is a useful book for the tourist, conducting him in a series of twenty- 

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The Romance of Industry and Invention. Selected by 

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A romantic interest belongs to the rise and progress of most of our indus- 

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