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of its treatment we know of uo modern work in our language that can be 

 brought into comparison with i-t." (H. F. Iilantbrd, Nature, XLI, p. 124.) 



Bibliography of Meteorology. — The bibliography of temperature and 

 the bibliograplij' of moisture, parts of the general bibliography of me- 

 teorology, which has been in preparation by the Signal Office since 1884, 

 have been made available to a limited number of meteorologists by the 

 lithographic reproduction of a type- written copy. This great work has 

 been compiled by Mr. O. J. Sawyer with the assistance of the present 

 editor, Mr. O. L. Fassig, and Mr. E. H. Hilton. The card catalogues 

 of Mr. G. J. Symous (18,000) and of Prof Cleveland Abbe (11,000) have 

 been employed, and many meteorologists throughout the world have 

 CO operated by furnishing lists of meteorological books and memoirs. 

 The classification adopted employs four general divisions, viz, general, 

 theoretical, and applied meteorology, and observations. The first division 

 includes [a) history and bibliography, [h) general and collected works, (c) 

 organization and method, {<l) instruments. The second division embraces 

 [a) the physics of the atmosphere, including (1) temperature, (2) moist- 

 ure, (3) pressure, (4 and 5) optical and electrical phenomena ; (b) mechan 

 ics of the atmosphere, including (I) general atmospheric circulation, (2) 

 winds, (3) storms, (c) cosmic relations of meteorology. The third di. 

 vision embraces weather predictions, agricultural and medical meteor- 

 ology, and climatology. 



The portions now issued are therefore, ii, theoretical meteorology, {a) 

 physics of the atmosphere, (1) temperature, and (2j moisture. These 

 two parts are subdivided into fourteen and twenty-seven subdivisions 

 respectively. The temperature volume contains 2,000 authors and 4,000 

 titles; the moisture volume contains 2,500 authors and 4,500 titles. 

 The Chief Signal Officer states that no other portions are to be issued in 

 this manner. 



Climates and Weather of India, by H. F. Blanford, London, 1889, pp. 

 309. — The first ninety pages, constituting Part i of this book, discusses 

 systematically the various meteorological elements — temperature, pres- 

 sure, winds, humidity, cloudiness, rain, and storms — presenting in each 

 chapter a wealth of meteorological and climatic data. The second part, 

 entitled "Climates and weather of India in relation to health and in- 

 dustry," takes up the climates of the difllerent climatic districts, the 

 weather and weather reports, the storms of Indian seas, and the hydrog- 

 raphy. Every chapter and almost every page is replete with interest- 

 ing and suggestive information. 



Instructions for observing clouds on land and seas, By Hon. li. Aber- 

 cromby. — This pamphlet by Mr. Abercjromby presents in a concise way 

 the fundamental conceptions and the methods to be employed in cloud 

 observation and is a convenient and valuable syllabus upon an import- 

 ant class of meteorologic observations. 



Seas and skies in many latitudes, by lion. Ralph Abercromby, Lon- 

 don, 1888. — This is a popular, but not the less valuable, book of travels 



