XXVI 



Index 



r Nature, 



\Jieptember 28, 191 1 



The Earth and its Story, Dr. A. R. Dwerryhouse, 6 

 British Weights and Measures, as described in the Laws of 

 England from Anglo-Saxon Times, Col. Sir C. M. Wat- 

 son, K.C.M.G., C.B., 7 

 Newcomb-Engelmann's Populare Astronomic, 7 

 Gehirn und Riickenmark, Dr. Emil Villiger, 8 

 Thoughts on Ultimate Problems, F. W. Frankland, 8 

 Forest Life and Sport in India, S. Eardley-Wilmot, CLE., 



13 



Of Distinguished Animals, H. Perry Robinson, Sir H. H. 

 Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 14 



Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. xxxviii., 

 the Kangra Earthquake of April 4, 1905, C. S. Middle- 

 miss, 16 



United States Geological Survey Bulletins : Oil Regions in 

 California and Peru, R. Arnold, R. Anderson, H. R. 

 Johnson, 25 ; Purchase of Coal by Government, G. S. 

 Pope, 25 



Advice to Consumptives, Home Treatment, After-Care and 

 Prevention, Dr. Noel Dean Bardswell, Foreword by Dr. 

 C. T. Williams, 35 



Consumption, its Pi-evention and Home Treatment : a Guide 

 for the Use of Patients, Dr. H. Hyslop Thomson, 35 



Open Air at Home : Practical Experience of the Continua- 

 tion of Sanatorium Treatment, Stanley H. Bates, Sir J. 

 Crichton-Browne, F.R.S., 35 



The Expectation of Life of the Consumptive after Sana- 

 torium Treatment, Dr. Noel Dean Bardswell, 35 



The Book of the Dead, H. M. Tirard, Prof. E. Naville, 



37 

 Anatomy of the British Carices, F. C. Crawford, Rev. E. F. 



Linton, 38 

 The Symmetric Function Tables of the Fifteenthic, Prof. 



F. F. Decker, 39 

 Shop Problems in Mathematics, W. E. Breckenridge, S. F. 



Mersereau, C. F. Moore, 39 

 Handbuch der Spectroscopic, Prof. H. Kayser, 40 

 Subconscious Phenomena, Hugo Munsterberg and others, 40 

 Mikroscopische Untersuchungen iiber die Ubereinstimmung 



in der Struktur und dem Wachstume der Tiere und 



Pflanzen, Dr. T. Schwann, 41 

 Determinaci6n de la Latitud por la Observaci6n de Dis- 



tancias Cefiitales de la Estrella Polar, C. Puente, 41 

 Calculus made Easy, F.R.S., 41 

 Einfiihrung in die Biologic, Dr. W. Schoenichen, 41 

 Heaton's Annual : the Commercial Handbook of Canada 



and Boards of Trade Register, 191 1, 42 

 Flowers of the Field, the late Rev. C. A. Johns, G. S. 



Boulger, 42 

 The British Isles : Geographical Diagrams and Land 



Forms, H. J. Snape, 42 

 Familiar Wild Flowers, F. Edward Hulme, 42 

 Junior Experimental Science, W. M. Hooton, 42 

 Ethnology of A-Kamba and other East African Tribes, 



C. W. Hobley, C.M.G., Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 



46 

 Fifth Migration Report of the British Ornithologists Club, 



47 

 Johan Gadolin, 1760-1852 : In Memoriam : Wissenschaft- 



liche Abhandlungen, 48 

 African Mimetic Butterflies, H. Eltringham, 70 

 Geological Map of Egypt, Survey Department, 73 

 Landmarks of Botanical History, Part i., E. L. Greene, 



73 ' , , 



Elements de Calcul vectoriel, avec d Applications, Prof. 



C. Burali-Forti, Prof. R. Marcolongo, 75 

 Theory of Map-projections, with Special Reference to the 



Projections used in the Survey Department, J. I. Craig, 



75 

 Lignes Electnques Souterraines, 76 

 Lignes Electriques Aeriennes et Souterraines, C. Giradet, 



W. Dubi, Prof. Gisbert Kapp, 76 

 Facts and Fallacies regarding the Bible, W. Woods Smyth, 



77 

 " I Wonder " Essays for the Young People, 77 

 Das biologische Schullaboratorium, Dr. W. Schoenichen, 



77 

 What will the Weather be? H. G. Busk, 77 

 Hunting Camps in Wood and Wilderness, H. Hesketh 



Prichard, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 80 



Some Facts and Fallacies in Connection with the Trade 



in Fancy Feathers, C. F. Downham, 81 

 The Pros and Cons of the Plumage Bill, J. Buckland, 81 

 "The Old North Trail," or Life, &c., of the Blackfeot 



Indians, W. McClintock, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 



83 

 Ihe Mutation Theory, Vol. ii.. Prof. H. de Vries, Prof. 



J. B. Farmer, A. D. Darbishire, Sir W. T. Thiselton- 



Dyer, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., 103 

 Brownian Movement and Molecular Reality, Prof. J. 



Perrin, F. Soddy, F.R.S., 105 

 Biology, General and Medical, Prof. J. McFarland, 106 

 Outlines of Geologic History, 106 

 Tests for Coal-tar Colours in Aniline Lakes, G. Zerr, Dr. 



C. Mayer, 107 

 Domestic Animals and Plants, Prof. E. Davenport, 107 

 The Autobiography of an Electron, C. R. Gibson, 108 

 Cat's Cradles from many Lands, Kathleen Haddon, 108 

 Course of Practical Physics, Prof. E. P. Harrison, 109 

 How to Colour Photographs and Lantern Slides, R. Pen- 

 lake, 109 

 Fables and Fairy Tales for Little Folk, or Uncle Remus in 



Hausaland, Mary and Newman Tremearne, 109 

 Early Britain, Roman Britain, Edward Conybeare, 109 

 The Green Book of London Society, 109 

 Solar Physics Committee : Southern Hemisphere Surface- 

 air Circulation, Sir N. Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., Dr. 



W. J. S. Lockyer, Dr. J. Hann, iii 

 Nigerian Studies, R. E. Dennett, H. H. Johnston, 



G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 113 

 The Hope Reports, Vol. vii., 137 

 Cyzicus, F. W. Hasluck, H. R. Hall, 138 

 Jahrbuch der drahtlosen Telegraphic und Telephonic, 



Band iii., Hefte 1-6, 139 

 Engineering of To-day, T. W. Corbin, 139 

 Technical Mycology : a Practical Handbook on Fermenta- 

 tion, Prof. F. Lafar, C. T. C. Salter, Vol. ii.. Part ii., 



140 

 An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Colloids, Dr. ,V. 



Poschl, Dr. H. H. Hodgson, Dr. A. Harden, F.R.S., 



141 

 An Introduction to the Study of Metallurgy, Sir W. C. 



Roberts-Austen, K.C.B., F.R.S., F. W. Harbord, 141 

 Untersuchungen iiber die Zoogeographie der Karpathen 



(Coleopteren u.s.w.), K. Holdhaus, F. Deubcl, 141 

 Mosses and Liverworts, T. H. Russell, 142 

 The Social Guide, 142 



The Land of the Hittites, Prof. John Garstang, 145 

 Melanesians and Polynesians, George Brown, 146 

 Collection of Articles on Industries and Manufactures 



from the nth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 



169 

 The Organic Chemistry of Nitrogen, Dr. Nevil Vincent 



Sidgwick, 170 

 The Cambridge Modern History, Vol. xii.. Lord Acton, 



Mr. Whetham, Mr. Rogers, 171 

 Introduction a la Th6orie des Fonctions d'une Variable, 



Vol. ii., J. Tannery, 172 

 Physiology of Reproduction, Dr. F. H. A. Marshall, Prof. 



E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., Dr. W. Cramer, Dr. J. Loch- 

 head, 173 

 Annals of the South African Museum, General Catalogue of 



South African Crustacea, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 



F.R.S., 174 

 Science in Modern Life, Prof. J. R. A. Davis, Prof. James 



Wilson, Dr. J. Beard, Prof. Benjamin Moore, Dr. H. 



Spencer Harrison, 174 

 The Niger and the West Sudan, or the West African's 



Notebook, with Hausa Phrases, Captain A. J. N. Tre- 

 mearne, 175 

 Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Pflanzengeographie, nach ent- 



wickelungs-geschichtlichen und physiologisch-okologischen 



Gesichtspunkten, Prof. P. Graebner, 176 

 The Natural History of Coal, E. A. Newell Arber, 176 

 Eine Botanische Tropenreise, Prof. G. Haberlandt, 176 

 Star People, K. F. Dewey, 176 

 With Nature and a Camera, R. Kearton, Cherry Kearton, 



176 

 British Birds in their Haunts. Rev. C. A. Johns, 176 

 Das Wasser, Dr. O. Anselmino, 177 



