Nature, May 2Z, 1890] 



INDEX 



XXV 



Rendiconti del Reale Istituto Lombardo, 212, 380 



Resonance, Electric, Easy Lecture Experiment in. Prof. Oliver 



J. Lodge, F.R.S., 368 

 Respighi (Prof. Lorenzo) : Death of, 160 ; Obituary Notice of, 



W. T. Lynn, 254 

 Reumeaux (M.), Fall of Miner down loo-metre Shaft without 



being killed, 471 

 Review, New Russian Natural Science, 409 



Reviews and Our Book Shelf :— 



Modern Views of Electricity, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, 



F.R.S.,5 

 Calcul des Probabilites, J- Bertrand, 6 

 Argentine Ornithology, P. L. Sclater, F.R S., and W. H. 



Hudson, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 7 

 Chemistry of the Coal-Tar Colours, Dr. R. Benedikt, 8 

 Bibliography of Geodesy, J. Howard Gore, 9 

 Lund Museum in the University of Copenhagen, 26 

 Hydraulic Motors, Turbines and Pressure Engines, G. R. 



Bodmer, 27 

 Physiological Notes on Primary Education and the Study of 



Language, Mary Putnam Jacobi, 28 

 Steam- Engine Design, Jay M. Whitham, 29 

 Coloured Analytical Tables, H. W. Hake, 29 

 Story of a Tinder- Box, Chas. M. Tidy, 30 

 Magnetism and Electricity, Andrew Jamieson, 30 

 Time and Tide, a Romance of the Moon, Sir Robert S. Ball, 



F.R.S., 30 

 Chemical and Physical Studies in the Metamorphism of 



Rocks, based on the Thesis written for the D.Sc. Degree 



in the University of London, 1888, Rev. A. Irving, 49 

 Hand-book of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy, G. F. 



Chambers, 49 

 Proceedings of the National Electric Light Association at its 



Ninth Convention, 1889, 50 

 Enumeratio Specierum Varietatumque Generis Dianthus, F. 



N. Williams, 51 

 Magnetism and Electricity, Arthur W. Poyser, 52 

 Engineer's Sketch-Book, Thos. Walter Barber, 52 

 Life of John Davis, Clements R. Markham, 53 

 Brook and its Banks, Rev. J. G. Wood, 53 

 The Zoo, Rev. J. G. Wood, 53 



The Habits of the Salmon, by Major John P. Traherne, 74 

 An Elementary Text-book of Geology, by W. Jerome Harri- 

 son, 75 

 A Contribution to the Flora of Derbyshire, by the Rev, W. 



H. Painter, 77 

 Science of Every-day Life, by J. A. Bower, 78 

 Elementary Physics, by M. R. Wright, 78 

 Teacher's Manual of Geography, by J. W. Redway, 78 

 Notes on Pinks of Western Europe, by F. N. Williams, 78 

 American Resorts, with Notes upon their Climate, iB, W. 



James, 79 

 Idylls of the Field, by Francis A. Knight, 79 

 Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85, 99 

 Traite pratique de la Thermometrie de Precision, Ch. Ed. 



Guillaume, Dr. Edmund J. Mills, F.R.S., 100 

 Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, loi 

 La France Prehistorique, Emile Cartailhac, 102 

 Experimental Science, Geo. M. Hopkins, 102 

 A Manual of Forestry, William Schlich, Sir D. Brandis, 



F.R.S., 121 

 A Popular Treatise on the Winds, William Ferrel, 124 

 Atlas deutscher Meeresalgen, Dr. J. Reinke, 127 

 Die mikroskopische Beschaffenheit der Meteoriten erlautert 



durch photographische Abbildungen, G. Tschermak, 127 

 Die Structur und Zusammensetzung der Meteoreisen erlautert 



durch photographische Abbildungen geatzter Schnitt- 



flachen, A. Brezina and E, Cohen, 127 

 Die Meteoritensammlung des k.k. mineralog. Hofkabinetes in 



Wien, A. Brezina, 127 

 Introduction to Chemical Science, R. P. Williams and B. P. 



I ^sccllcs 1 2o 

 The Cradle' of the Aryans, Gerald H. Rendall, 128 

 A Monograph of the Horny Sponges, by Robert von Lenden- 



feld, 146 

 The Flora of Suffolk, by Dr. W. M. Hind, 149 

 Iron and Steel Manufacture, by Arthur H. Hiorns, 150 

 On the Creation and Physical Structure of the Earth, by J. T. 



Harrison, 151 



Through Atolls and Islands in the Great South Sea, by F. J. 



Moss, 151 

 Notes on Sport and Ornithology, H.I.H. the late Crown 



Prince Rudolph of Austria, 169 

 Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls, Frank Oates, 169 

 Index Generum Avium, F. W. Waterhouse, 169 

 The Birds of Oxfordshire, O. V. Aplin, 169 

 The Birds of Berwickshire, Geo. Muirhead, 169 

 The Birds in My Garden, W. T. Greene, 169 

 The Viking Age, Paul B. Du Chaillu, 173 

 A Glossary of Anatomical, Physiological, and Biologica) 



Terms, T. Dunman, 173 

 A Contribution to the Physical History and Zoolc^ of the 



Somers Archipelago, with an Examination of the Structure 



of Coral Reefs, Angelo Heilprin, Dr. H. B. Guppy, 193 

 The Useful Plants of Australia, J. H. Maiden, 194 

 Mount Vesuvius, J. Logan Lobley, 195 

 Index of British Plants, Robert Tumbull, 196 

 Practical Observations on Agricultural Grasses and other 



Pasture Plants, William Wilson, 196 

 The State, Elements of Historical and Practical Politics, 



Woodrow Wilson, 196 

 Introductory Lessons in Quantitative Analysis, John Mills 



and Barker North, 197 

 Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 



Challenger during the Years 1873-76, under the Command 



of Captain George S. Nares, F.R.S., and the late Captain 



Frank T. Thomson, 217 

 Vertebrate Animals of Leicestershire and Rutland, Montagu 



Browne, 220 

 Scientific Papers of Asa Gray, W. Bolting Hemsley, F.R.S., 



221 

 Manures and their Uses, Dr. A. B. Griffiths, 222 

 Histoire Naturelle des Cetaces des Mers d'Europe, P. J. 



Van Beneden, 223 

 Hand-book of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory 



and Private Student, E. Strasburger, 223 

 Traite d'Optique, M. E. Mascart, J. D. Everett, 224 

 Bibliotheque Photographique, P. Moessard, 224 

 Hand-book of Modern Explosives, M. Eissler, 224 

 Text-book of Assaying, C. Beringer and J. J. Beringer, 



Thomas Gibb, 245 

 The Microscope in the Brewery and Malt-house, Chas. Geo. 



Mathews and Francis Edw. Lott, 246 

 Flower- Land, an Introduction to Botany, Robert Fisher, 247 

 Five Months' Fine Weather in Canada, Western U.S., and 



Mexico, Mrs. E. H. Carbutt, 247 

 A Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States, Holt 



S. Hallett, 265 

 The Lesser Antilles, Owen J. Bulkeley, 268 

 A Text-book of Human Anatomy, Prof. Alex. Macalister, 



F.R.S., 269 

 A Treatise on Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, 



W. W. Johnson, 270 

 The Land of an African Sultan, Travels in Morocco, 1887- 



88-89, W. B. Harris, 270 

 Wayside Sketches, F. Edward Hulme, 270 

 Hygiene, or Public Health, Louis C. Parkes, 290 

 Im Hochgebirge, Wanderungen von Dr. Emil Zsigmondy, 



291 

 The Story of Chemistry, Harold Picton, F.R.S., 292 

 Les Animaux et les Vegetaux Lumineux, Henri Gadeau de 



Kerville, W. A. Herdman, 293 

 Chemistry of Photography, R. Meldola, F.R.S., 293 

 The Popular Works of Johann Gottlieb Fichte, 294 

 Travels in France, Arthur Young, 294 

 East Africa and its Big Game, Captain Sir John C. Willoughby, 



298 

 Einiges uber die Enstehung der Korallenriffe in der Javasee 



und Branntweinsbai, und liber neue Korallenbildung bei 



Krakatau, Dr. C. Ph. Sluiter, 303 

 Lectures on the Religion of the Semites, the Fundamental 



Institutions, W. Robertson Smith, 337 

 Algebra : an Elementary Text-book for the Higher Classes 



of Secondary Schools and for Colleges, G. Chrystal, 338 

 The Micro-organisms of Fermentation practically considered, 



Alfred Jorgensen, Prof. Percy F. Frankland, 339 

 An Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy, F. Howard Collins, 



340 

 The Earth and its Story, edited 1 y Dr. Robert Broun, 34X 

 Steam, William Ripper, 341 



