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50 ; Effects of Crossing the Sea-urchins Echinus 

 esculentus and Echinocardium cordatum. Prof. E. W. 

 I MacBride, 131 ; Inheritance of Mental Characters, Dr. 



C. Walker, 134, 175, 278; Dr. G. Archdall Reid, 168, 

 210; Sir H. Bryan Donkin, E. Lawrence, 210; "J. M.," 

 515 ; das Verhalten fluktuierend variiender Merkmale bei 

 der Bastardierung, Tine Tammas, 227 ; Inheritance of 

 Dun Coat-colour in Horses, Prof. J. Wilson, 337 ; die 

 Mneme als erhaltendes Prinzip in Wechsel des organi- 

 schen Geschehens, R. Semon, Prof. A. Dendy, F.R.S., 

 371 ; the Mnemic Theory of Heredity, Dr. Walter Kidd, 

 <;i6; Dr. G. Archdall Reid, Dr. J. Beard, Prof. Arthur 

 Dendv, F.R.S., 585 ; a Breeding Experiment with 

 Pheasants, Mrs. Rose Haig Thomas, 572 



Herring, Scales of, as an Index to Age, Prof. d'Arcy W. 

 Thompson, 98 ; see also North 



History : the Wanderings of Peoples, Dr. A. C. Haddon, 

 F.R.S., 209 



Horse : the Faras-Nama-e Rangin : or the Book of the 

 Horse, "Rangin," Lieut.-Col. D. C. Phillott, 172; 

 Inheritance of Dun Coat-colour, Prof. J. Wilson, 337 ; 

 Parasites of Equine Biliary Fever, Prof. Nuttall, 605 



House-fly, Disease Carrier : an Account of its Dangerous 

 Activities and of the Means of Destroying it. Dr. L. O. 

 Howard, 345 



Hymenoptera, Collection of Parasitic (chiefly bred), made 

 by W. W. Froggatt in New South Wales, P. Cameron, 

 437 : Revision of Australian Species of the Genus 

 Cerceris, R. E. Turner, 437 



Ice, Concentric Joints in, H. J. F. Gourley, 414; Julia R. 

 Grugell, 492 



Illustration : die moderne graphische Reproduktion : ein 

 Fuhrer durch das Gebiet des Illustrationswesens, L. P. 

 Mosler, 243 



India : Indian Fibre Plants, Mr. and Mrs. A. Howard, 17 ; 

 Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon, 

 171 ; Milling and Baking Qualities of Indian Wheat, 

 Mr. and Mrs. A. Howard, 282 ; Indian Saltpetre Industry, 

 J. W. Leather and Jatindra Nath Mukerji, 330 ; Father 

 A. Monserrate's " MongoHcse Legationis Commentarius," 

 Rev. H. Hoston, 337 ; the King on Education in India, 

 361 ; Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad, F. W. F. 

 Fletcher, 379 ; Survey of India : Report, Col. S. G. 

 Burrard, R.E., F.R.S., 389; the Journals of Major J. 

 Rennell, First Surveyor-General of India, 417 ; Phos- 

 phorus in Indian Foodstuffs, B. Hooper, 594 



Inheritance, see Heredity 



Insects : Destructive : Spruce Budworm (Tortrix futnt- 

 ferana) and Larch Saw-fly, Dr. C. G. Hewitt, 89 ; the 

 Life and Love of the Insect, J. H. Fabre, A. T. de 

 Mattos, 106 ; Legislation against Insect Pests and Plant 

 Diseases, 127; Insect Pests in Canada, Dr. C. Gordon 

 Hewitt, 567 



Institution of Civil Engineers, Presidential Address, Dr. 

 W. C. Unwin, 92 



Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders In Scotland, 123 



Intestinal Length and Nature of Food in Mammals, A. 

 Magnan, 437, 573 



Iron : the Corrosion of Iron and Steel, Dr. J. Newton 

 Friend, 37; Sinhalese Iron of Ancient Origin, Sir R. 

 Hadfield, 197 



Kala-azar, Etiology of, Capt. W. S. Patton, I. M.S., 



Surgeon-General Bannerman, 555 

 Kinematography, Micro-, 213 

 Kind's Evil, the. Dr. Raymond Crawfurd, Sir T. Clifford 



Allbutt, K.C.B., F.R.S., 169 



Labrador, Animal Sanctuaries in, Lieut.-Col. W. Wood, 60 

 Lands in U.S.A., Reclamation of Arid : Smithsonian 



Report, F. H. Newell, 162 

 Leucocvtes, Induced Action of. Sir Ronald Ross, K.C.B., 



F.R.S., 231 

 Light : General : Treatise on Practical Light, Dr. R. S. 



Clay, 510; Absorption: Influence of the Solvent on 



Position of Absorption Bands in Solutions, Dr. T. H. 

 Havelock, 97 ; Absorption of Light by Inorganic Salts, 

 Dr. Houstoun and others, 604 ; Apparatus : an Optical 

 Sphygmo-oscillograph, Ch. Bouchard, 573 ; Colour : 

 Action of Coloured Light on the Chlamydomonas, P. 

 Desroche, 166 ; Synthesis of Complementary Colours by 

 Gratings, E. Estenave, 402 ; Destruction of the Diastases 

 by Light, Mechanism of the, H. Agulhon, 133 ; Disper- 

 sion, Optical, Dr. T. H. Havelock, 97 ; Fluorescent 

 Bodies, Propagation of Light in, J. Becquerel, 133 ; 

 Illumination : its Distribution and Measurement, A. P. 

 Trotter, 72 ; Daylight Illumination, Prof. L. Weber, 600 ; 

 the Prism-binocular, 589 ; Projection of Figures in Full 

 Relief, "Curious," 176; Reflectors: New Method of 

 Testing Curvature of Parabolic Mirrors, T. Thorp, 132 ; 

 Nickel-on-glass Reflectors, Prof. R. W. Wood, 358 ; 

 Stereoscopisches Sehen und Messen, Carl Pulfrich, 23 ; 

 Stress in a thin Rectangular Plate subjected to Shear, 

 Optical Determination of the Variation of. Prof. E. G. 

 Coker, 538 



Lightning, Protection of Observatories at High Altitudes 

 against, J. Vallot, 133 



Lipoids and Nutrition, Prof. Stepp, 157 



London University Guide and University Correspondence 

 College Calendar, 19 12, 75 ; University Education in 

 London : Evidence issued by the Royal Commission, 313 ; 

 London University " External " Degrees, Sir Wm. 

 Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., 445, Dr. A. D. Waller, F.R.S., 

 Prof. T. Johnson, W. J. Oakes, 567 



Magnesium, Actions of Nitrogen and Oxygen on, C. 



Matignon and M. Lassieur, 436 

 Magnetism : Senior Magnetism and Electricity, Dr. R. H. 

 Jude and Dr. J. Satterly, 107; Magnetic Observations 

 made at the Government Observatory, Bombay, 1846- 

 1905, and Discussion, N. A. F. Moos, 113 ; Magnetisa- 

 tion of Nickel, Cobalt, and their Alloys, P. Weiss and 

 O. Bloch, 133 ; Magnetic Observations in S. Africa, 

 1910-11, J. C. Beattie, 167; Magnetic Transition Tem- 

 perature of Cementite, S. W. J. Smith, W. White and 

 S. G. Barker, 235 ; Terrestrial Magnetism, Dr. L. 

 Dunoyer, 564 : Earth Inductor versus Dip Circle for 

 determining Magnetic Dip, 595 ; Thermomagnetic Pro- 

 perties of 43 Chemical Elements, Prof. Honda, 595 

 Malaria in India, Major W. H. Kenrick, Col. J. R. Adie, 

 Major S. R. Christophers, Sir Ronald Ross, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 284 

 Mammals : Mammals collected in W. China by Mr. M. 

 Anderson, Oldfield Thomas, 98 ; the Age of Mammals in 

 Europe, Asia, and North America, Prof. H. Fairfield 

 Osborn, 135 ; Longevity and Relative Viabilltv in 

 Mammals and Birds, Dr. P. C. Mitchell, F.R.S.,'286 ; 

 the Origin of Mammals : British Association Discussion, 

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

 Dr. C. W. Andrews, Dr. Marett Tims, 293 ; Mammary 

 Glands of the Australian Cat, C. H. O'Donoghue, 386; 

 a Further Collection of Mammals from Egypt received 

 from Capt. S. S. Flower, J. L. Bonhote, 572 

 Man : Neanderthal Teeth found in Jersey, Messrs. Keith 

 and Knowles, i^i ; Discovery of Human Skeleton beneath 

 Boulder Clay near Ipswich, 489 

 Manure, Peat-moss Litter, 51 

 Maps, 87 : Geological and Topographical : Handbook for 



the Geologist and Civil Engineer, 411 

 Mathematics : 



General : the Teaching of Mathematics, London County 

 Council Report, 147 ; Teaching of Elementary Mathe- 

 matics, Prof. H. S. Carslaw, 147 ; Mathematics in 

 English Schools, C. Godfrey, 226; Grandeurs et 

 Nombres — Arithm^tique G^n^rale, Prof. E. Dumont, 

 274 ; Democratlsation of Mathematical Education : 

 Presidential Address, Prof. E. W. Hobson, F.R.S., 

 396 ; Mathematical and Physical Papers : vol. vi., 

 Voltaic Theory, Radio-activity, Electrons, Navigation 

 and Tides, Miscellaneous, the Right Hon. Sir William 

 Thomson, Baron Kelvin, O.M., P.C, G.C.V.O., 

 arranged and revised by Sir Joseph Larmor, Sec. R.S., 

 M.P.. i;43 ; Lehrbuch der Mathematik : Einfiihrung in 

 die Differential- und Integralrechnung, und in die 



