198 ^ REVIEWS. 



Science Progress : A Quarterly Review of Current Scientific 

 Investigation. New Series. Vol. I., No. 2. January, 1897. (London: The 

 Scientific Press.) Price 3/-, or 10/6 per annum post free. 



The January part of this Journal contains the following articles : — Liquid 

 Crystals, by H. A. Miers, F.R.S. ; Sugar — The Outlook in the Colonies, by 

 C. A. Barber, M.A. ; The Cell and some of its Constituent Structures, by J. 

 Bretland Farmer, M.A. ; Selection in Man, by John Beddoe, F.R.S. ; The 

 Glossopteris Flora, by A. C. Seward, M.A. ; Condensation and Critical Pheno- 

 mena, by J. P. Kuenen, Ph.D. ; The Origin of Lakes, by J. E. Marr, F.R.S. ; 

 The Causes of Variation, by H. M, Vernon, M.A., M.B. ; and in the Appen- 

 dix, Notices of Books. 



The Zoologist : A Monthly Journal of Natural History. 

 Fourth series. Vol, I., No. i. (London: West, Newman, and Co.) i/- 



The fourth series of this well-known Journal commences under a new 

 editor. It contains an editorial address, and papers on Recent Additions to 

 the British Avifauna ; On the Occurrence of the Pallas Willow Warbler in 

 Norfolk ; Man in Zoology ; Notes from Norway ; Notes on the Chacma 

 Baboon ; and Notes and Queries, etc. 



A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, founded 



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

 Dr. James A. H. Murray. Disobst — Distrustful. (Oxford and London : 

 The Clarendon Press. ) Price 2/6. 



This section contains 1222 main words, 30 combinations explained under 

 these, and 94 subordinate entries, making 1346 in all. Of the main words, 

 845 are current and native or fully naturalised, 365 (or about 30 per cent.) are 

 marked as obsolete, and only 12 are marked as alien or not fully naturalised. In 

 this part 1242 words are illustrated by 7316 quotations. It is indeed an 

 exhaustive and masterly work. 



Bryce's Diamond English Dictionary. (Glasgow : David 

 Bryce and Son. 1896.) 



Messrs. Bryce and Son have favoured us with one of their curious little 

 books. Its size is only i^ by I J by ^ in. , and consists of 860 pages of very 

 legible type, no magnifying glass being required. This dictionary comprises, 

 besides the ordinary and newest words in the language, short explanations of a 

 great number of scientific, philosophical, literary, and technical terms ; it is 

 nicely bound in leather and has gilt edges. 



The Swiftograph Instructor. Price 2/- 



The Swiftograph Reader. Price i/- (London : Jarrold 

 and Sons.) 



These two books reached us at the moment of going to press. We shall, 

 therefore, hold over any remarks on them until we have had more time in 

 which thoroughly to examine the system. At present we confine ourselves to 

 quoting the assertion of the author that it is " The Simplest System of Short- 

 hand-writing in the World. Learned in an hour.''^ 



Introduction to the Study of Chemistry. By W. H. 

 Perkins, jun., Ph.D., F.R.S., and Bevan Lean, D.Sc, B.A. Lond. Cr. 8vo, 

 pp. x. — 339. (London: Macmillan and Co. 1896.) 



The authors commence with a reference to alchemy and to some of the 

 errors which were current until the 17th century, showing the readiness with 

 which errors arose unless checked by well-devised experiment and careful 

 measurement. Measurements are made of length, of mass, of the volume 



