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NATURE 



[March 24, 1898 



Lazarus- Barlow ; " Manual of Bacteriology," by Dr. Hewlett ; 

 '• Manual of Dental Metallurgy," by Ernest A. Smith ; and a 

 new edition of "Manual of Dental Anatomy, Human and 

 Comparative," by Charles S. Tomes, F. R.S. 



The Clarendon Press will issue : — " Essays on Secondary 

 Education," edited by C. Cookson. 



In the announcements of Mr. Clive, of the University Cor- 

 respondence College Press, we find:— "A Manual of Psy- 

 chology," by G. F. Stout; "The Tutorial Algebra, "by W. 

 Briggs and Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., Part i., Elementary 

 Course, Part ii. Advanced Course; "Properties of Matter," 

 by E. Catchpool ; " Advanced Sound, Advanced Light, First 

 Stage Magnetism and Electricity," by Dr. R. PL Jude ; "Ad- 

 vanced Magnetism and Electricity" ; "Text-book of Zoology," 

 by A. M. Davies ; " Text-book of Botany," by J. M. Lowson ; 

 "Advanced Chemistry : First Stage Practical Inorganic 

 Chemistry, Practical Organic Chemistry " by George George ; 

 "First Stage Mathematics, Stage ii. Mathematics," by J. H. 

 Grace; "Key to First Stage Mechanics of Solids " ; "Co- 

 ordinate Geometry, Part ii. " ; "Tutorial Dynamics," by W. 

 Briggs and Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S. ; Supplement (on 

 Metals) to Tutorial Chemistry, Part i.. "An Introduction to 

 Carbon Compounds," by Dr. F. Beddow; " Quantitative 

 Analysis, a Sequel to the Analysis of a Simple Salt " ; " First 

 Stage Physiology ";" Advanced Physiology"; "First Stage 

 Geology"; "Advanced Geology"; "First Stage General 

 Biology "; " Advanced General Biology "; First Stage Botany "; 

 "Advanced Botany "; " First Stage Agriculture"; "Advanced 

 Agriculture"; "First Stage Hygiene"; "Advanced Hy- 

 giene"; and new editions of " Matriculation Mathematics" 

 and " First Stage Mechanics of Fluids." 



Messrs. A. Constable and Co. will issue : —Constable's Tech- 

 nical Series: "The Internal Wiring of Buildings," by H. M. 

 Leaf, illustrated; "The Electrical Equipment of Tramways," 

 by H. F. Parshall and Evan Parry, illustrated ; " Electro- 

 Metallurgy," by Bertram Blount, illustrated; "Auto-cars and 

 Horseless Carriages," by Dugald Clerk and Worby Beaumont, 

 illustrated; "The Steam Boiler," by H. H. Powles ; "The 

 Life of Sir Charles Tilston Bright," by Edward Brailston Bright 

 and Charles Bright, 2 vols., illustrated ; "The Simplest Living 

 Things," by Prof. E. Ray Lankester. F.R.S. , illustrated; 

 " Electricity in Town and Country Houses," by Percy E. 

 Scrutton, illustrated. 



Messrs. J. M. Dent and Co. promise : — " With Ski and 

 Sledge over Spitsbergen Glaciers," by Sir William Martin 

 Conway, illustrated. 



Messrs. Duckworth and Co.'s list contains : — "Savage Philo- 

 sophy in Folk-Tale," by Edward Clodd. 



Messrs. Friedliinder and Sohn (Berlin] will publish :^Britzel- 

 mayr's " Zur Hymenomyceten-Kunde," vol. iii. (and last), 

 illustrated; Gerberte's (Papae Silvestri II) "Opera Mathe- 

 matica," illustrated ; A. Bolles Lee's ' The Microtomist's 

 Vademecum," German translation, with many additions by 

 the author and Prof. P. Mayer ; A. B. Meyer and L. W. 

 Wiglesworth, "The Birds of Celebes and the Neighbouring 

 Island, 2 vols., illustrated ; Das Tierreich (the publication of 

 the German Zoological Society), next part, Rothschild's " Para- 

 diseidae"; Trouessart's " Catalogus Mammalium," vol. iv. 

 (and last). 



Messrs. Gauthier-Villars et Fils ( Paris) announce : — " Elements 

 de la Theorie des Fonctions elliptiques. by Tannery et Molk," 

 Tome iii. ; " Le9ons sur la Theorie des marees fluviales et 

 terrestres," by Maurice Levy. — " CFluvres de Laplace," Tome 

 xii. ; " Recueil de donnees numeriques public par la Societe 

 Fran9aise de Physique, Optique," by H. Dufet, i*^"^ fascicule ; 

 " Qiuvres mathematiques de Riemann, traduites," by L Laugel ; 

 " Traite d'algebre .superieure," by Weber, traduction de Griess ; 

 " Le9ons nouvelles sur I'analyse infinitesimale et ses applications 

 geometriques," by Meray, Tomeiv. ; "Distribution de I'energie 

 par courants polyphases," by J. Rodet ; "Traite pratique de 

 photogravure," by Leon Vidal ; " Les Elements d'une photo- 

 graphic artistique," by Robinson, traduction de H. Colard. 



Mr. Heinemann announces : — "A translation of Prof. Miiller's 

 work on Krupp's Steel Works," illustrated. 



The list of Mr. Hoepli (Milan) contains: — " Coniglicoltura 

 pratica," by Giuseppe Licciardelli, illustrated; "La Siero- 

 terapia," by Dr. E. Rebuschini ; " Agronomia e Agricoltura 

 moderna," by Giovanni Soldani ; " Astronomia Nautica," by 

 Dr. Giuseppe Naccari ; " Luce e raggi Rontgen," by Prof. O. 

 Murani. 



NO. 1482, VOL. 57] 



Messrs. Hutchinson and Co. promise : — " The Origin and 

 Nature of Man," by Dr. S. B. G. McKinney. 



Messrs. Innes and Co. announce: — "Through the High 

 Pyrenees, ' by Harold Spender and Llewellyn Smith. 



Messrs. Lawrence and BuUen, Ltd., will add to their 

 "Angler's Library": — "Salmon and Sea Trout," by Sir 

 Herbert Maxwell ; " Trout, Char, &c. ," by T. D. Croft. 



Mr. H. K. Lewis's list is as follows: — "A Handbook of 

 Diseases of the Nervous System," by Dr C. E. Beevor ; " Prof. 

 Furbringer's Diseases of the Kidneys and Genito-Urinary 

 Organs," vol. ii. ; "Inflammation of the Bladder," by Dr. 

 Mansell Moullin ; "Yellow Fever in the West Indies," by 

 Dr. Izett Anderson ; and new editions of Prof. Corfield's 

 •' Dwelling Houses ; their Sanitary Construction and Arrange- 

 ments" ; Dr. Dudley Buxton's "Anaesthetics"; Dr. Samuel 

 Rideal's " Practical Organic Chemistry." 



Messrs. E. and S. Livingstone (Edinburgh) call attention 

 to : — " Practice of Medicine " (Catechism Series), Part iii. ; 

 and a new edition of Husband's " Practice of Medicine." 



Messrs. Longmans and Co.'s announcements include : — 

 " Essentials of Practical Bacteriology," by Dr. Henry J. Curtis, 

 illustrated; "The Diseases and Injuries of the Lungs and 

 Pleura," by Dr. James Kingston Fowler and Dr. Rickman J. 

 Godlee, illustrated ; the Memorial Edition of the late Mr. John 

 Ball's " Alpine Guide," issued by the Alpine Club: vol. i. " The 

 Western Alps," vol. ii. " The Central Alps, North of the Rhone 

 \'alley, from the Simplon Pass to the Adige Valley " ; "The 

 Training of Young Children," by Plnnis Richmond (Mrs. Wilfrid 

 Richmond) ; " Outlines of Descriptive Psychology : a Text-book 

 of Mental Science for Colleges and Normal Schools," by Prof 

 George Trumbull Ladd. 



Messrs. Sampson Low and Co., Ltd., give notice of: — 

 "Twentieth Century Practice, an International Encyclopaedia 

 of Modern Medical Science by Leading Authorities of Europe 

 and America," edited by Dr. Thomas L. Stedman, in 20 

 vols. : vol. xii. "Mental Diseases, Childhood and Old Age," 

 vol. xiii. " Introduction to Infectious Diseases" ; "A Complete 

 .System of Nursing," written by various contributors, and edited 

 by Honnor Morten ; " Petroleum Motor-cars," translated from 

 the French of Louis Lockert ; " Twenty-five Years in British 

 Guiana," by Henry Kirke, illustrated, and a new edition of 

 " The Care of the Sick at Home and in the Hospital," by 

 Dr. Th. Billroth, translated by J. Bentall Endean, illustrated. 



Among the announcements of Messrs. Macmillan and Co., 

 Ltd., we notice: — "The Scientific Papers of Thomas Henry 

 Huxley," reprinted from the journals of scientific societies, edited 

 by Profs Michael Foster and E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., in four 

 vols., vol. i. ; "Essays on Museums and other Subjects con- 

 nected with Natural History," by Sir William Henry Flower, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S. ; "A Text-Book of Botany," by Drs. E. Stras- 

 burger, Fritz Noll, II. Schenck, A. F. W. Schimper, translated 

 from the German by Dr. H. C. Porter, illustrated; " A System of 

 Medicine," edited by Prof Thomas ClifTord AUbutt, F.R.S., 

 vol. v. ; "Elementary Course of Physics," edited by Rev. J. C. 

 P. Aldous (Britannia Series), in three parts: Parti. Mechanics, 

 Properties of Matter, Hydrostatics, Heat ; Part ii. Wave Motion, 

 Sound, Light; Part iii. Magnetism, Electricity; "Elementary 

 General Science," by A. T. Simmons and Lionel M. Jones, 

 illustrated; " Electro- Physiology," by Prof W. Biedermann, 

 translated by Frances A. Welby, vol. ii. ; " Notes on Observ- 

 ations, being an outline of the methods used for determining the 

 meaning and value of quantitative observations and experiments 

 in physics and chemistry, and for reducing the results obtained," 

 by Sydney Lupton ; " The Cambridge Natural History," edited 

 by S. F. Harmer and A. E. Shipley, vol. ix. " Birds," by A. 

 H. P^ans, illustrated. 



Messrs. Methuen and Co. call attention to : — " Three Years 

 in Savage Africa," by Lionel Decle, illustrated; " Exploration 

 and Hunting in Central Africa," by Major A. St. H. Gibbons, 

 illustrated ; " The Niger Sources," by Colonel J. Trotter, 

 illustrated. 



Mr. Murray promises: — Mr. Arthur Berry's "Manual of 

 Astronomy," illustrated ; " Early Chapters in Science," by 

 Mrs. Awdry (wife of the Bishop of Japan) ; " Five Years in 

 Siam," by H. Warington Smyth. 



Messrs. George Newnes, Ltd., will issue: — "The Story of 

 Life in the Seas," by Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S., illus- 

 trated; "The Story of Photography," by Alfred T. Story; 

 "The Story of Geographical l3iscovery," by Joseph Jacobs, 

 with maps. 



