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 H. E. ARMSTRONG, F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry at the City and Guilds of London Institute for Technical 

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 W. R. DUNSTAN, F.R.S., Director of the Scientific Department of the Imperial Institute, London. 

 Q. F. FITZGERALD, F.R.S., Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Dublin. 

 C S. SHERRINGTON, F.R.S., Professor of Physiology in University College, Liverpool. 

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OCTOBER, 1897. 



CONTENTS. 



SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HYPNOTISM. By FRANCIS GOTCH 



MA F R S , Waynflete Professor of Physiology in the University of Oxford 



I ARTIFICIAL FLIGHT. By G. H. BRYAN, F.R.S., Professor of Mathematics, University 

 ON P°ROGREsl°IN THE STUDY OF VARIATION. By W. BATESON;m.A.';F.R.S. 

 Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge ... ^.. ■■. „-•_.,-., Auc^/|■|o^-Dv 



THE APPLICATIONS OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY TO PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 

 By W. J. POPE, Principal of the Chemical Department in the Goldsmiths' Institute, New 



Cross ... ... ••■ •• ••■ ■•■ ■■'r^x, '■' 



THE GERMINATION OF SEEDS. ^Y F- ESCOMBE .. ^.. .^. 



THE GEOLOGY OF MEXICO (with Map). By PHILIP LAKE, N:.A ... .^ 



BLOOD AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIAL SPtCIES. By A. S 



THE^FAUNA^OF THE GREAT AFRICAN' LAKES. By J. E. S. MOORE, AR.C.S. '.: 

 THE POSITION OF SPONGES IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: A CORRECTION 



By E A MINCHIN, M. A., Fellow of Merton College, Oxford 



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