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A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, founded 

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

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



Vol. III. — Distrustfully — Doom. | Vol. IV. — Flexuosity — Foister. 



(Oxford: The Clarendon Press. London: II. Froude. April, 1897.) 

 Price 2/6 each part. 



The first of these two parts contains 1141 main words, 183 combinations, 

 and 156 subordinate entries. Of these 1141 main words, 896 are current and 

 native or fully naturalised, 203 are marked as obsolete^ and 42 as alien or not 

 fully naturalised. In this section the word Dog occurs, which, with its multi- 

 tudinous family, occupies 22 columns ; also the word Do — to the lexicographer 

 perhaps the most formidable word in the language — occupies 16 columns, and 

 is illustrated by 900 quotations. The etymological part of the article contains 

 a history of this verb to be obtained nowhere else in English. 



The Vol. IV. section contains 1025 main words, 350 combinations, and 

 143 subordinate entries — 15 18 in all. Of the 1025 main words, 839 are current 

 and native or fully naturalised, 173 are marked as obsolete, and 13 as alien. 



This part includes a more than ordinarily large number of new etymologi- 

 cal suggestions, which, it is hoped, will commend themselves to the judgment 

 of scholars. 



First-Stage Mechanics of Fluids. By G. H. Bryan, Sc.D., 

 F.R.S., and F. Rosenberg, M.A. Cr. 8vo, pp. viii. — 208. (London: W. B. 

 Clive. ) Price 2/- 



The first nine chapters of this book consist of that portion of Dynamics 

 which is also required by the corresponding syllabus in the Mechanics of Solids. 

 This will help the student to attack with success the Hydrostatic portion. 

 Throughout the book the authors have insisted upon examples being worked 

 out from first principles, wherever possible, and formulse have been reduced 

 to a minimum. There are 77 illustrations. 



First Stage of Physiography. By A. M. Davies, A.R.C.S., 

 B.Sc, F.G.S., etc. Cr. 8vo, pp. viii.— 238. (London: W. B. Clive.) 2/- 



This volume is one of the Organised Science Series of the University 

 Correspondence College Press, and is intended for the Elementary Examina- 

 tion of the Science and Art Department. Chapters i to 6 treat of Motion and 

 Energy ; The Mechanical Powers ; Heat ; The Chemistry of the Earth ; and 

 Radiation. The next four cover the Astronomical portion. The remaining 

 chapters treat of the Earth's Surface ; Atmosphere ; Wind and Rain, etc. 

 There are more than 100 illustrations. 



First Stage Sound, Light, and Heat. By John Don, M.A., 

 B.Sc. Crown 8vo, pp. vi. — 307. (London: W. B. Clive.) Price 2/- 



In this volume of the "Organised Science Series," two distinct objects 

 have been kept in view — first, to present the matter embodied in the vSyllabus 

 in a form that can be readily assimilated by pupils who have just passed the 

 standards of the Elementary School ; second, to make the explanations of the 

 phenomena so exhaustive that pupils who have mastered the text will experience 

 little difficulty in giving full answers to questions of the kind set at the Exami- 

 nations of the Science and Art Department. The methods of working Arith- 

 metical Exercises in Light are fully exemplified, and the exercises in Heat can 

 be worked without arithmetical formulae. There are 160 diagrammatic plates. 



