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for others. The size of the book sent us is 7 x 5|, intended to carry photos 

 5x4; it contains 25 mounts, and price is 3s. 6d., or with gilt or carmine 

 edges 4s. 2(1. Refills may be had from is. 2d. to is. 6d. per doz. The same 

 firm sends us — 



The Kodak Primer. — The " Kodak " is one of the Detective 

 Cameras now so very popular, by using which, the amateur may secure some 

 fairly good results. We should not advocate any of the " Detectives," when it 

 would be possible to use and properly focus an ordinary Camera, but where 

 this cannot be done, we say, use the " Kodak." 



Les Levers Photographjques et la Photographie en Voyage. 

 Premiere partie. Application de la Photographie aux Levers de Monuments 

 et a la Topographic. Seconde partie. Operations complementaires des Levers 

 Photographiques. Par le Dr. Gustave le Bon. (Crown 8vo, pp. 134 and 121. 

 Paris : Gauthier-Villars el Fils. 1889.) 



The author of these volumes was employed by the P'rench Government in 

 an Archaeological survey of certain buildings in India, and as, on account of 

 the heat and the rainy seasons, only 7 or 8 months in the year could be devoted 

 to the work, it was evident that rapid progress could only be made by the aid 

 of photography. In Vol. I. a full description is given of the methods employed 

 for giving a photograph all the value of a measured drawing without detracting 

 in any way from its artistic value. These advantages were obtained by a few 

 simple additions to the camera ; it thus became one of the simplest instruments 

 for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, levelling, etc., and for ascertain- 

 ing the heights of inaccessible objects. Vol. II. gives a description of several 

 instruments which may be used by the traveller as an auxiliary to photography 

 in measuring such parts of buildings as are not of sufficient interest to be 

 photographed. It contains also chapters on the choice of Lenses, Technical 

 Photography, etc. 



Annuaire pour l'An 1889. PubHe par le Bureau des 

 Longitudes. (Paris : Gauthier-Villars et Fils. 1889.) 



Since its foundation in 1795, the Bureau des Longitudes has regularly 

 issued an Annual. The present issue contains copious notes on the Calendar 

 illustrated by an Almanac, showing the concordance between the following 

 systems, viz. : — the Gregorian, the Julian, the Mahommedan, that of the 

 French Republic, and the Coptic ; there are also numerous astronomical, 

 chemical, and other scientific tables. 



Interesting accounts are given of the ascent of Mont Blanc as far as the 

 Grand Mulcts, and of an expedition to the summit of the Peak of Teneriffe 

 for the purpose of scientific investigation. The Annual concludes with a 

 report of the work of the Bureau for the past year. 



Records of the Past. Being English Translations of the 



Ancient Monuments of Egypt and Western Asia. New Series. Edited by A. 

 H. Sayce. Vol. I. Crown 8vo, pp. xii.— 175. (London : S. Bagster and 

 Sons.) 



These translations consist of The Dynastic Tablets and Chronicles of the 

 Babylonians ; The Inscriptions of Telloh ; Sin-Gashid's Endowment of the 

 Temple E-Ana ; An Erechite's Lament ; Inscription of Tiglalh-Peliser I., King 

 of Assyria ; The Assyrian Story of the Creation ; The Babyh^nian Story of the 

 Creation, according to the Tradition of Cutha ; Babylonian Lawsuits and Judg- 

 ments ; Inscription of Menuas, King of Ararat, in the Vannic Language ; The 

 Ancient Hebrew Inscription of Siloam. The enterprise, of which this is the 



