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Index 



[Nature, 

 Set 



cptember •!.%, 1911, 



Yoruba, R. E. Dennett, Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.M.G., 

 K.C.B., 113; Melanesians and Polynesians, Dr. G. 

 Brown, 146; the Naga Tribos of Manipur, T. C. Hodson, 

 215; Hottentot Funeral Ceremonies, C. L. Biden, 236; 

 the Sierra Leone Cannibals, Major Berry, 270 ; Shans at 

 Home, Mrs. L. Milne, Rev. W. W. Cochrane, 314; 

 Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, 379 ; 

 Bei den Eskimos in Westgronland, Dr. R. Trebisch, Dr. 

 M. Haberlandt, 550 ; Seventeen Years among the Sea- 

 Dyaks of Borneo, E. H. Gomes, Rev. J. Perham, 558; 

 Language of Bushman Tribes North of Orange River 

 Illustrated by Gramophone Records, Miss D. F. Bleek, 



576 

 Eucalyptus Oils, New Use in Mining, Richard T. Baker, 



584 

 Eugenics : the Galton Bequest to the University of London, 



92 

 Everdingen (Dr. E. van), a Zenith Halo, 448 

 Evershed (J.), Absorption Markings in " K " Spectro- 



heliograms, 348 

 Evolution : Dogmatism and Evolution, Prof. T. de Laguna, 

 Dr. Grace A. de Laguna, 242 ; der Wert der Menschheit 

 in seiner historisch-philosophischen und seiner heutigen 

 naturwissenschaftlichen Bedeutung, Dr. F. Strecker, 

 275 ; Evolution and Function of Living Purposive Matter, 

 N. C. Macnamara, 341 ; Phases of Evolution and 

 Heredity, Dr. David Berry Hart, 409 ; Experiments with 

 Drosophila Ampelophila, F. E. Lutz, 532 

 Ewart (A. J.), Fruiting of " Blackfellow's Bread," 576 

 Ewart (Prof. J. C), Skulls of Oxen from the Roman 



Station at Newstead, Melrose, 32 

 Ewell (Prof. A. W.), Physical Measurements, 553 

 Ewing (Prof. J. A., C.B., F.R.S.), the Steam-engine and 



other Heat Engines, 6 

 Explosives : the Composition of the Gases caused by 

 Blasting in Mines, E. A. Mann, 255 ; les Explosifs 

 modernes, Paul F. Chalon, 546 



Fables and Fairy Tales for Little Folk, or Uncle Remus 

 in Hausaland, Mary and Newman Tremearne, 109 



Fabry (C), Applications of the Phenomena of Interference 

 to the Study of Nebulae, 303 



Fabry (L.), the Three Earthquakes of February 18 and 19, 

 1911, 



Falconer (Dr. J. D.), the Geology and Geography of 

 Northern Nigeria, 489 



Fantham (Dr. H. B.), Diseased Bees and Combs Infected 

 with a Minute Pathogenic Protozoal Parasite, 234 



Faraday Society : Hydro-electric Plants in Norway, A. 

 Scott-Hansen, 501, 503 



Farmer (Prof. J. B.), the Mutation Theory, Prof. H. de 

 Vries, 103 



Farmer (Dr. R. C. and M. M.), Four-figure Logarithms on 

 a New Graphic System, Dispensing with Interpolations, 

 482 



Farran (G. P.), Copepoda of the Family Carycaeidas 

 collected by Sir John Murray and Dr. Andrews at 

 Christmas Island, 32 



Feathers : the Plumage Bill, 19 ; J. Collinson, 45 ; Sorne 

 Facts and Fallacies in Connection with the Trade in 

 Fancy Feathers, Paper Read at the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, C. F. Downham, 8i ; the Pros and Cons of the 

 Plumage Bill, J. Buckland, 81 ; the Extinction of the 

 Egret, Wilfred M. Webb, 518 



Fenton (Dr.), " Aldehydo-glyceric " Acid, 541 



Ferguson (E. W.), Amycteridse of the Voyage of 

 \ Astrolabe, 576 



Fermentation : the Alcoholic Ferment of Yeast Juice, Dr. 

 A. Harden, W. J. Young, 65 ; Technical Mycology, a 

 Practical Handbook on Fermentation, Prof. F. Lafar, 

 C. T. C. Salter, 140 ; the Soluble Ferments of the Brain, 

 A. Wroblewski, 440 ; the Diastases of the Latex of 

 Broussonetia papyrifera, M. Gerber, 542 ; Alcoholic 

 Fermentation, Dr. A. Harden, F.R.S., 579 



Ferns, British, C. T. Druery, 210 



Ferrie (M.), Measurement of the Lengths of Hertzian 

 Waves, 67 



F^ry (C), the Constant of Radiation, loi ; Stellar Pyro- 

 metry, 504 



Fiebrig (K.), Plant Modifications on Plateaux in Andes at 

 Altitude 12,000 feet, 431 



Findlay (Dr. Alex.), the Phase Rule and its Applications, 



583 



lischer (C. E. C), Incendics en Poret, A. Jacquet, 341 



Fish : Effect of Radio-activity of Water on, Dr. C. C. 

 Farr, D. C. H. Florance, 59 ; Recent Fish Literature, 

 298 ; Wolf-fish (Anarrhichas lupus), T. Gill, 298 ; 

 Functions of Median and Paired Fins of Fishes, Dr. 

 H. H. .Swinnerton, 299 ; Contribution i I'Etude 

 biologique et ^conomique de la Plie, G. Gilson, Dr. W. 

 Wallace, 316; Fishery and Hydrographic Investigations 

 in the North Sea and Adjacent Waters, Third Report of 

 the Marine Biological Association, 417 ; Fishes and 

 Medusze of the Intermediate Depths and Work of the 

 Michael Sars, H. B. Bigelow, 483 



Fishberg (M.), the Jews : a Study of Race and Environ- 

 ment, 578 



Fisher (Rev. O.), Insect Intelligence, 144 



Fisher (Mr.), Non-nitrification of Sewage in Sea-water, 541 



Fleming (Mrs. Williamina Paton), Obituary Notice, W. E. 

 Rolston, 453 



Flight of Exocoetus (Flying Fish), Cyril Crossland, 279 



Flour: Bleaching of Flour and Addition of "Improvers," 

 Calcium Sulphate in Baking Powder and Self-raising 

 Flour, Dr. J. M. Hamill, 352 ; Chemical Changes pro- 

 duced in Flour by Bleaching, Dr. G. W. Monier- 

 Williams, 352 



Flow of Thin Liquid Films, W. G. Royal-Dawson, no 



Folklore of the Origin of the Constellation Orion, Rai 

 B. A. Gupte, 609 



Food : Investigations on Bengal Jail Dietaries, and Influ- 

 ence of Dietary on the People of Bengal, Capt. D. 

 McCay, I.M.S., Prof. J. S. Macdonald, 229; Food and 

 Nutrition, Chemistry of, Prof. H. C. Sherman, 346 ; the 

 Economy of Food, a Popular Treatise on Nutrition, Food, 

 and Diet, J. Alan Murray, 515 



Forbes (A. C), the Development of British Forestry, 247 



Forcrand (M. de). Hydrates of Potassium Fluoride, 371 ; the 

 Fluorhydrates of the Alkaline Fluorides, 542 



Forestry : Forest Life and Sport in India, S. Eardley- 

 Wilmot, CLE., 13; the Development of British Forestry, 

 A. C. Forbes, 247 ; Forest Flora of Chota Nagpur, H. H. 

 Haines, 306 ; Forest Fires, A. Jacquot, C. E. C. Fisher, 

 341 ; the Forest of Auchnacarry, 447 ; Disease of the 

 Weymouth Pine (Pinus strobus), P. Vuillemin, 507 



Forster (Prof. Martin O., F.R.S.), New Organic Com- 

 pounds of Nitrogen, Abstract of Discourse at Royal 

 Institution, 465 



Fouard (E.), Practical Method for the Preparation of Semi- 

 permeable Membranes applicable to Measurement of 

 Molecular Weights, 67 



Fovirler (Prof. A.), Spectroscopic Investigations in Connec- 

 tion with the Active Modification of Nitrogen, 471 



Fowler (Dr. G. J.), an Introduction to Bacteriological and 

 Enzyme Chemistry, 550 



Fowles (E. W.), Unemployment, 265 



Fox and the Fleas, the. Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, Mr. 

 James Day, no; A. N. Meldrum, T. S. Grey, Prof. T. 

 McKenny Hughes, F.R.S., 212 ; Prof. Bohuslav Brauner, 

 312 ; Heber Green, 585 



Fox and Goose, E. W. Swanton, 178 



Frahm (H.), Anti-rolling Tanks (for Ships), 227 



de Fraine (Dr. Ethel), Anatomy of certain Species in the 

 Genus Salicornia, 235 



Franchet (L.), Preparation of the Black Enamel of the 

 Greek Potteries with Natural Ferroso-ferric Oxide, 371 



Eraser (Sir T. R.), Action of the Venom of Echis carnatus, 



133 



Frazer (Prof. J. G.), the Golden Bough, 305 



Friedel (G.), Lecons de Cristallographie, 544 



Fritsch (Dr. F.' E.), Fresh-water Alga:" Collected in the 

 Sojth Orkneys by Mr. R. N. Rudmose Brown, 471 



Frost (Prof. W. J.)^ Text-book of General Bacteriology, 344 



Froude (Dr. R. E.), the Acceleration in Front of a Pro- 

 peller, 227 



Fry (Rt. Hon. Sir Edward, K.C.B., and Agnes), Liver- 

 worts, British and Foreign, 343 



Fry (Captain W. B.), a Preliminary Note on the Extrusion 

 of Granules by Trypanosomes, 607 



Fryer (J. C. F.), Lepidoptera of the Seychelles and Aldabra, 

 608 



Fuller (Mvron L.), Underground Waters for Farm Use, 295 



Functions : Tables of Symmetric Functions, Prof. F. F. 



