Natttrt, "1 



1911J 



Se/tctnber 28 



Inaex 



xxvu 



What Nature ' Is, an Outline of Scientific Naturalism, 



C. K. Franklin, 177 

 Morale de la Nature, M. Deshumbert, 177 

 ' Carnations and Pinks, T. H. Cook, J. Douglas, J. F'. 

 *' McLeod, 177 



Overland to India, Sven Hedin, 181 



Report of the Committee of Control of the South African 



Central Locust Bureau, 184 

 Etudes sur les Ph^nom^nes P^riodiques de la V6g6tation 



dans leur Rapports avec les Variations climatiques. Dr. 



E. Vanderlinden, J. Vincent, J. Edmund Clark, 192 

 Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology for 1909, 



'93 . . . 



Agricultural Bulletins of the University of Wisconsin, 



Cheese-making, &c., 194 

 Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwicklungsgeschichte der 



Wirbellosen Thiere, Prof. E. Korschelt, Prof. K. Haider, 



203 

 Webster's New International Dictionary of the English 



Language, 204 

 Glaucoma, Dr. Thomas Henderson, 205 

 Einfiihrung in die experimentelle Therapie, Prof. M. 



Jacoby, 206 

 Projective Geometry, Prof. O. Veblen, Prof. J. W. Young, 



207 

 Manual of Mental and Physical Tests, Prof. G. M. 



Whipple, Prof. J. A. Green, 208 

 To Work a Grass Holding at a Living Profit, and the 



Cheap Cottage Problem, H. B. M. Buchanan, 209 

 Introduction to Practical Organic Chemistry, Dr. A. M. 



Kellas, 209 

 New Reduction Methods in Volumetric Analysis, Prof. E. 



Knecht, Eva Hibbert, 209 

 Introduction to General Chemistry, Prof. J. T. Stoddard, 



209 

 British Ferns and their Varieties, C. T. Druery, 210 

 Motor Car Hill-climbing Chart, to show the Speed at 



which a given Car can climb any given Hill, also the 



Gear and Engine Speed, 210 

 The Gyroscope : an Experimental Study : from Spinning 



Top to Mono-rail, V. E. Johnson, 211 

 Simple Lessons in Nature Study, J. O'Neill, 211 

 Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. 



Huxley, Henrietta A. Huxley, 211 

 The Flight of Birds, Giovanni A. Borelli, 211 

 Life Histories of Familiar Plants, John J. Ward, 211 

 From Hausaland to Egypt, through the Sudan, Dr. H. 



Karl W. Kumm, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., 



K.C.B., 213 

 The Naga Tribes of Manipur, T. C. Hodson, 215 

 General Report on the Operations of the Survey of India, 



Col. F. B. Longe, R.E., 227 

 United States Geological Survey, Bulletins, Spirit Level- 

 ling, 1896-1909, Results of Triangulation and Primary 



Traverse, 1906-8, 227 

 International Rules for the Specification of Colours, Hans 



Jacob Moller, Dr. A. P. Laurie, 228 

 Investigation of Bengal Jail Dietaries, Influence of Dietary 



on the Physical Development of the People of Bengal, 



Capt. D. McCay, I. M.S., Prof. J. S. Macdonald, 



229 

 Articles on Engineering from the New (nth) Edition of 



the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 237 

 Experimental-Zoologie, Phylogenese, Dr. H. Przibram, 238 

 Biochemisches Handlexicon ; Proteine der Pflanzenwelt, 



Proteine der Tierwelt, Peptone und Kyrine, Oxydative 



Abbanprodukte der Proteine, Polypeptide : GerbstofTe, 



Flechtenstoffe, Saponine, Bitterstoffe, Terpene, Prof. E. 



Abderhalden, Prof. Benjamin Moore, 239 

 Der Stoffwechsel der Pflanzen, Prof. A. Nathansohn, 240 

 Lectures Agricoles, Prof. C. Seltensperger, M. Schloesing, 



M. Nivoit, M. Petit, 241 

 Grundziige der mikroskopischen Technik fur Zoologen und 



Anatomen, A. B. Lee, P. Mayer, 241 

 Dogmatism and Evolution, Prof. T. de Laguna, Dr. Grace 



A. de Laguna, 242 

 Abstammungstheorie mit Riicksicht auf Erdgeschichte, 



Prof. FI. Pohlig, 242 

 Grundlagen der Ballonfuhrung, Prof. R. Emden, 243 

 Vaccine Therapy, its Theory and Practice, Dr. R. W. 



Allen, 243 



Die Eiszeit und der vorgeschichtliche Mensch, Prof. G. 



Steinmann, 243 

 The Development of British Forestry, A, C. Forbes, 247 

 English Woodlands and their Story, H. Townley, 247 

 Clitf Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Rev. S. 



Baring-Gould, 248 

 Report on Investigations into the Composition of the Gases 



caused by Blasting in Mines, E. A. Mann, 255 

 The Prevention of Malaria in the Federated Malay States, 



Dr. Malcolm Watson, Prof. Ronald Ross, C.B., F.R.S., 



Col. W. G. King, 255 

 Revue de Glaciologie, M. Charles Rabot, 257 

 Les Variations p^riodiques des Glaciers, Dr. E, Bruckner, 



E. Muret, 257 

 Chemical Composition of Pine Wood, Prof. Klason, 259 

 A List of British Birds, showing at a Glance the Exact 



Status of Each Species, W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, 271 

 Soil Fertility and Permanent Agriculture, Prof. C. G. 



Hopkins, 272_^ 

 Termitenleben auf Ceylon, neue Studien zur Soziologie der 



Tiere zugleich eirt Kapitel Kolonialer Forst-Entomologie, 



Prof. K. Escherich, 273 

 Ueber die Bestimmung des chemischen Ortes bei den 



aromatischen Substanzen, W. Koerner, 274 

 Der Wert der Menschheit in seiner historisch-philo- 



sophischen und seiner heutigen naturwissenschaftlichen 



Bedeutung, Dr. F. Strecker, 275 

 Fortschritte der naturwissenschaftlichen Forschung, 275 

 A Systematic Geography of America, G. W. Webb, 276 

 Laboratory Notes on Organic Chemistry for Medical 



Students, Dr. Paul Haas, 276 

 Die Kalte, ihr Wesen, ihre Erzeugung und Verwertung, 



Dr. H. Alt, 276 

 Was die meisten Amateur- und manche Fachphotographen 



nicht wissen. Prof. F. Schmidt, 277 

 The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, 



Rhynchota, Heteroptera, W. L. Distant, 277 

 Nigeria and its Tin Fields, A. F. Calvert, 277 

 Mathematical Papers for .'\dmission into the Royal Military 



Academy and the Royal Military College, 1905-1910, 



277 

 Huxley and Education, Prof. H. F. Osborn, 277 

 William Ford Stanley, his Life and Work, 277 

 Die Elemente der Entwicklungslehre des Menschen und 



der Wirbeltiere, Prof. O. Hertwig, 277 

 The Archaeological Survey of Nubia, Report for 1907-8, 



Prof. G. A. Reisner, Prof. G. Elliot Smith, F.R.S., 



283 

 Beitrage zur Naturdenkmalpfleg-e, A. ¥.. Crawley, 286 

 Surface Water Supply of the United States, 294 

 Annual Report for 1909 of the Chief Medical Officer of the 



Board of Education, 296 

 The Golden Bough, a Study in Magic and Religion, Prof. 



J. G. Frazer, A. E. Crawley, 305 

 A Forest Flora of Chota Nagpur, H. H. Haines, 306 

 Orders of Infinity, the " Infinitarcalcul " of Paul du Bois- 



Raymond, G. H. Hardy, F.R.S., 307 

 The Numeration, Calendar Systems, and Astronomical 



Knowledge of the Mayas, C. P. Bowditch, 307 

 Das Pflanzenreich, Regni vegetabilis conspectus, Orchid- 



aceag, Monandrae, Dendrobiinae, Fr. Kranzlin, 308 

 History of Anthropology, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., A. H. 



Quiggin, 308 

 Inorganic Chemistry for Advanced Students, the Right 



Hon. Sir H. Roscoe, F.R.S., Dr. A. Harden, F.R.S., 



309 

 Chemistry for Beginners, T. Jenks, 309 

 The M.C.C. Periodic Chart of the Elements, 309 

 Das Radium in der Biologie und Medizin, E. S. London, 



310 

 Die Adamellogruppe, ein alpines Zentralmassiv, und seine 



Bedeutung fiir die Gebirgsbildung und unsere Kentniss 



von dem Mechanismus der Intrusionen, W. Salomon, 



310 

 Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Photography, 310 

 New Ideas on Inorganic Chemistry, Prof. A. Werner, Dr. 



E. P. Hedley, 310 

 The Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White, R. Kear- 



ton, C. Kearton, 310 

 How to Build an Aeroplane, R. Petit, T. O'B. Hubbard, 



J. H. Ledeboer, 310 



