March 24, 1898] 



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Mr. J. C. Nimmo announces the completion, in parts, of 

 Morris's Works on Natural History. 



Messrs. C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., give notice of: — " Exercise 

 for Health, its Science and Practice," by H. H. Hulbert ; 

 " With Peary near the Pole," by E. Astrup. 



Mr. Young J. Pentland's list is as follows: — "Diseases of 

 the Heart," by Dr. G. A. Gibson; "Text-book of Medicine," 

 by British authors, edited by Dr. G. A. Gibson ; " The 

 Principles of Treatment," by Dr. J. Mitchell Bruce ; " Text- 

 book of Physiology," edited by Prof. E. A. Schafer, F. R. S., 

 vol. ii. ; " Renal Growths," by Dr. T. N. Kelynack ; " Diabetes 

 Mellitus," by Dr. R. T. Williamson ; and a new edition of 

 " Handbook of Obstetric Nursing," by Drs. F. W. N. Haultain 

 and J. Haig Ferguson. 



In the announcements of Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and 

 Co., Ltd., we find : — " The Wonderful Century: its Successes 

 and its Failures," by Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, F. R.S. ; 

 " Aristotle's Psychology," including the Parva Naturalia, trans- 

 lated and edited with commentary and introduction by Prof. 

 William A. Hammond ; "Ethics," by Prof. W. W'undt, trans- 

 lated with the author's permission from the second German 

 edition by Prof. E. B. Titchener, vol. iii. " The Principles of 

 Morality and the Sphere of their Validity"; " Physiological Psy- 

 chology," by Prof.W. Wundt, translated by Prof. E. B. Titchener, 

 two vols., illustrated ; " History of Contemporary Philosophy," 

 by Prof. Friedrich Uel>erweg, edited by Prof. Max Heinze, 

 translated by Prof. W. A. Hammond (forming a supplement to 

 Erdmann's " History of Philosophy," three vols.) ; "Student's 

 Text-book of Zoology," by Adam Sedgwick, F.R.S., vol. i. 

 Protozoa to Polyzoa (inclusive), illustrated ; " Text-book of 

 Palaeontology for Zoological Students," by Theodore T. Groom, 

 illustrated; "Text-book of Embryology: Invertebrates," by 

 Profs. Korschelt and Heider, vol. ii. " Crustacea and Arach- 

 noids," translated by Mrs. Bernard, illustrated ; " Practical 

 Plant Physiology," by Prof. W. Detmer, translated by Prof. 

 S. A. Moor ; " Elementary Text-book of Botany," based on 

 "A Student's Text-book of Botany," by Prof. Sydney H. Vines, 

 F. R.S., illustrated; "Radiation: an Elementary Treatise on 

 Electro-magnetic Radiation and on Rcintgen and Cathode 

 Rays," by H. H. Francis Hyndman, with digrams ; "Pocket 

 Electrical Dictionary : Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases," 

 by Dr. Edwin J. Houston ; " Cataphoresis, or Elective Medica- 

 mental Diffusion, as applied in Medicine, Surgery and Den- 

 tistry," by Dr. William James Morton, illustrated ; " Eclipses 

 of the Moon from A.u. 300 to 1900," by Robert Sewell ; 

 " Fishes," by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson (Young Collector 

 Series); "Handbook of Grasses," by W. Hutchinson, illus- 

 trated (Young Collector Series); "Mammalia," by the Rev. 

 H. A. Macpherson (Young Collector Series) ; " Birds' Eggs 

 and Nests," by W. C. J. Ruskin Butterfield (Young Collector 

 Series) ; and a new edition of " Handbook of Practical Botany, 

 for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student," by Prof. E. 

 Strasburger, edited by Prof. W. Hillhouse, illustrated. 



Messrs. Sotheran and Co. will publish, in 12 parts, "A 

 Monograph of the Turdidae, or Family of Thrushes," by the 

 late Henry Seebohm, illustrated. 



Mr. B. G. Teubner (Leipzig) announces :—" Vorlesungen 

 uber Geschichte der Mathematik," Moritz Cantor, Dritter 

 (Schlufs) Band, Dritte Abteilung ; "Vorlesungen iiber 

 Technische Mechanik," A. Foppl, Band III.; "Vorlesungen 

 iiber Synthetische Geometrie," Jacob Steiner, Zweiter Teil, 

 Dritte Auflage, herausgegeben von Rudolf Sturm; "Das 

 Gesetz der Kleinen Zahlen," Dr. L. von Bortkewitsch ; Joh. 

 Kepler's " Weiland Kaiserlichen Mathematikers, Traum oder 

 iiachgelassenes Werk iiber die Astronomie des Mondes," 

 Uberselzt und Kommentiert, Ludwig Giinther. 



Mr. T. Fisher Unwin promises :—" Through Unknown 

 Tiljet," by Captain M. S Wellby, illustrated; "Across the 

 Sub- Arctics of Canada : 3200 miles by Canoe and Snowshoe 

 through the Barren Lands," by J. W. Tyrrell, with list of 

 plants collected en route, a vocabulary of Eskimo words and 

 phrases, and a route map and full classified index, illustrated ; 

 " British Guiana ; or. Work and Wanderings among the Creoles 

 and Coolies, the Africans and Indians of the Wild Country," 

 by the Rev. L. Crookall, illustrated ; Masters of Medicine — 

 "William Stokes : his Life and Work (1804-1878)," by his son, 

 William Stokes ; " Life of Sir Benjamin C. Brodie," by Timothy 

 Holmes. 



Messrs. Whittaker and Co.'s announcements are : — " Alter- 

 nate Currents in Practice," translated from the French of 



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Loppe and Bouquets by F. J. Moffett : " Electrolytic Methods 

 of Analysis," translated and adapted from the German of Dr. 

 B. Neumann by J. B. C. Kershaw; a volume on " Radiography," 

 by S. Bottone ; " A Popular Guide to Commercial Telephony," 

 by M. Byng and F. G. Bell ; "Alternating Currents of Elec- 

 tricity, and the Theory of Transformers," by Alfred Still ; 

 " Electro-Mechanical Series," adapted from the French by A. 

 G. Elliott : vol. i. " Industrial Chemistry" ; "A Text-book of 

 Geography," by Charles Bird ; " Electric Wiring Switches and 

 Lamps," by W. Perren Maycock ; " Electric Wiring and Fitting 

 Details Book," by the same author. 



Messrs. J. Wright and Co. (Bristol) will publish : — " Examin- 

 ation of the Ocular Muscles," by Dr. Ernest E. Maddox, 

 illustrated; "Lectures on Massage and Electricity in 

 the Treatment of Disease (Masso-Electrotherapeutics)," 

 by Drs. Thomas Stretch Dowse and Arthur G. Haydon, illus- 

 trated ; and a new edition of " Diseases of the Upper Re- 

 spiratory Tract, the Nose, Pharynx, and Larynx," by Dr. 

 P. Watson Williams, illustrated. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



Cambridge. — The Graces for the establishment of Reader- 

 ships in Surgery and in Geography having passed the Senate, 

 the General Board will proceed to elect the new Readers early in 

 May. 



In the House of Lords on Friday the London University 

 Commission Bill was read a third time and passed. 



The chair of Veterinary Surgery at the Royal Agricultural 

 College, Cirencester, rendered vacant by the recent resignation 

 of Prof. Wilson, has been accepted by Mr. J. W. Brittlebank. 



Mr. J. Montgomery, B.A. , Assistant Master at Parmiter's 

 School, and Honorary Secretary of the Assistant Masters' 

 Association, has been appointed Head Master of Uckfield 

 Grammar School, Sussex. 



Dr. R. Anschu tz, assistant professor of chemistry at Bonn, 

 and Dr. Askenasy, assistant professor of botany at Heidelberg, 

 have been promoted to professorships ; Dr. W. J. Simpson, late 

 health officer of Calcutta, has been appointed professor of 

 hygiene in King's College, London ; and Dr. H. Ebert, of Kiel, 

 has been appointed professor of physics at Muriich. 



Sir William Fraser, formerly Deputy-Keeper of the 

 Records of Scotland, who died on March 13, has by his will 

 left to the University of Edinburgh 25,000/. for the foundation 

 of a chair to be called the Sir William Fraser Professorship of 

 Ancient History and Palaeography, 10,000/. for the purpose of 

 the library, and one half of the residue of his estate, which is 

 expected to amount to between 9,000/. and 10,000/., for general 

 requirements, bursaries, research, publications, &c. 



The educational interests of the State of New York are 

 under the general supervision of the Board of Regents of the 

 University, which is appointed by the legislature, and makes an 

 annual report of the general condition of educational institutions 

 throughout the State. It appears from their annual report of 

 the Board, just published, that the first university in the State, 

 in the number of professors and students, and in the amount of 

 endowment, is Columbia University, with 289 instructors and 

 1 92 1 students in all departments, and an endowment exceeding 

 17,800,000 dollars in value. Cornell University is a good second 

 in all these particulars ; then follow New York University and 

 Syracuse University. 



The Due de Loubat has given to Columbia University a deed 

 of a large block of buildings on Broadway, New York, valued 

 at more than 1,100,000 dollars, and probably worth fully a 

 million and a quarter. The gift is subject to an annuity of 

 60,000 dollars to the Duke during his lifetime. Upon his death 

 the property or its proceeds, less any excess of income advanced 

 by the University, is to constitute an endowment fund for the 

 support and maintenance of the University library. The fund 

 will be named, in honour of the Duke's parents, the Gaillard- 

 Loubat Endowment Fund. This gift, added to previous endow- 

 ments, will make the library one of the world's great libraries. 

 The building is the gift of President Seth Low. It now hold? 

 250,000 volumes, and has accommodation for a million. The 



