XXVI 



INDEX 



'{Nature, May 22, 1890 



Australia Twice Traversed, Ernest Giles, 341 



New Zealand for the Emigrant, Invalid, and Tourist, John 



Murray Moore, 342 

 Report on the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of 



H.M.S. Challenger, 361 

 The Human Foot, Thos. S. Ellis, 365 

 Das australische Florenelement in Europa, Dr. Constantin 



Freiherr von Ettingshausen, 365 

 Is the Copernican System of Astronomy True?, W. S. 



Cassedy, 366 

 Naturalistic Photography, P. H. Emerson, 366 

 A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry, Prof^ T. E. Thorpe, 



F.R.S., Vol. I., 387 

 Oates's Ornithology of India, 388 



The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, by Allan O. Hume, 388 

 Die Arten der Gattung Ephedra, by Dr. Otto Slapf, 390 

 Geological Mechanism, by J. Spottiswoode Wilson, 390 

 The Scenery of the Heavens, by J. E. Gore, 391 

 A Trip to the Eastern Caucasus, by the Hon. John Aber- 



cromby, 391 

 Gimpses of Animal Life, W. Jones, 409 

 Toilers in the Sea, M. C. Cooke, 409 

 Les Industries des Animaux, F. Houssay, 409 

 A General Formula for the Uniform Flow of Water in Rivers 



and other Channels, E. Ganguillet and W. R. Kutter, 411 

 Der Kompass an Bor.i, Dr. Neumayer, 412 

 Library Reference Atlas of the World, John Bartholomew, 413 

 The Bala Volcanic Series of Caernarvonshire and Associated 



Rocks ; being the Sedgwick Prize Essay for 1888, Alfred 



Harker, 414 

 Ethnographische Beitrage zur Kenntniss des Karolinen Archi- 



pels, J. S. Kubary, 433 

 Railways of England, Railways of Scotland, W. M. Acworth, 



434 

 Diseases of Plants, Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., 436 

 The Physician as Naturalist, W. T. Gairdner, 436 

 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, Dr. Geo. 



King, F.R.S., 437 

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



Challenger during the Years 1873-76, 443 

 A Naturalist in North Celebes, Sydney J. Hickson, Dr. F. 



H. H. Guillemard, 457 

 The Elastical Researches of Barre de Saint-Venant, Prof. A. 



G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 458 

 Hues's Treatise on the Globes (1592), 459 

 The Psychology of Attention, Th. Ribot, 460 

 Handleiding tot de Kennis der Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, 



461 

 The Elements of Laboratory Work, A. G. Earl, 461 

 Magnetism and Electricity, Prof. Jamieson, 461 

 Astronomy with an Opera Glass, Garrett P. Serviss, 462 

 Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N. M. Przewalski nach 



Central- Asien unternommenen Reisen, 468 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer's Celebes Photographs, 471 

 Geologische Uebersichtskarte der Alpen, Dr. Franz Noe, 



Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 483 

 Old Age, Geo. M. Plumphrey, 484 

 Elements of Astronomy, Prof. C. A. Young, 485 

 Physiology of Bodily Exercise, Dr. Fernand Lagrange, 485 

 Boilers, Marine and Land, T. W. Traill, 486 

 History and Pathology of Vaccination, E. M. Crookshank, 



Dr. Robert Cory, 486 

 Cave Fauna of North America, with Remarks on the 

 Anatomy of the Brain, and Origin of Blind Species, A. S. 

 Packard, 507 

 A Treatise on Linear Differential Equations, Thomas Craig, 



508 

 Bacteria of Asiatic Cholera, Dr. E. Klein, 509 

 Manuel de I'Analyse des Vins, Ernest Barillot, 510 

 British Journal Photographic Almanac, 1890, 510 

 Four- Figure Mathematical Tables, J. T. Bottomley, F.R.S., 



510 

 New Lights from Solar Eclipses, William M. Page, William 



E. Plummer, 529 



The Evolution of Sex, Prof. Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur 



Thomson, 531 

 Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope, G. 



F. Becker, 532 



Illustrations of some of the Grasses of the Southern Punjab, 

 being Photo-lithographs of some of the Principal Grasses 

 found at Hissar, William Coldstream, 533 



Elementary Dynamics of Particles and Solids, W, M. Hicks, 



F.R.S., 534 

 Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in British 



Museum (Natural History), Richard Lydekker, 534 

 The Growth of Capital, by Robert Giffen, 553 

 Contributions to the Fauna of Mergui and its Archipelago, 



556 



How to know Grasses by their Leaves, by A. N. M' Alpine, 



557 

 Facsimile Atlas to the Early History of Cartography, with 

 Reproductions of the most Important Maps printed in the 

 Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, by A. E. Nordenskiold, 



558 

 Light and Heat, by the Rev. F. W. Aveling, 558 

 Warren's Table and Formula Book, by the Rev. Isaac 



Warren, 558 

 Short Lectures to Electrical Artisans, J. A. Fleming, 561 

 Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism, Andrew 



Gray, 561 

 Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity 



and Magnetism, Andrew Gray, 561 

 Electricity in Modern Life, G. W. de Tunzelmann, 561 

 Cultivated Oranges and Lemons of India and Ceylon, Dr. 



E. Bonavia, C. B. Clarke, F.R.S., 579 

 A Naturalist among the Head-hunters, C. M. Woodford, 



582 

 Recherches sur les Tremblements de Terre, Jules Girard, 583 

 La Photographic a la Lumiere du Magnesium, Dr. J, M. 



Eder, translated by H. Gauthier-Villars, 584 

 Un Viaggio a Nias, Elio Modigliani, Prof. Giglioli, 587 



Revue d'Anthropologie, 357 



Revue Generale des Sciences Pureset Appliquees, 160 



Reymond (Dr. Rene du Bois), on the Striated Muscles ot the 

 Tench, 95 



Rhizocarps, Fossil: Sir J. Wm. Dawson, F.R.S., 10; Alfred 

 W. Bennett, 154 



Ribot (Th.), Psychology of Attention, 460 



Ricco (Prof.), Sun-Spot of June, July, and August, 1889, 115 



Richardson (Dr. A.), Action of Light on Moist Oxygen, 142 



Righi (Prof.), New Method of Measuring Differences of Poten- 

 tial of Contact, 18 



Rings of Saturn, Stability of the, O. Callandreau, 548 



Ripper (William), Steam, 341 



Rivista Scientifico-Industriale, 380 



Road at Sea, Rule of the. Admiral Colomb, 515 



Roberts (A. Ernest), the Relation of the Soil to Tropical 

 Diseases, 31 



Roberts (Isaac), a Photographic Method for Determining Varia- 

 bility in Stars, 332 



Roberts-Austen (Prof. W. C, F.R.S.) : on the Hardening and 

 Tempering of Steel, 11,32; the Relation between Atomic 

 Volumes of Elements present in Iron and their Influence on 

 its Molecular Structure, 420 



Robinson (H. H.), Frangulin, 262 



Roborovsky (Colonel), Expedition in Central Asia, 234 ; Dis- 

 covery of New Pass from Nia to Tibet by, 327 



Rock- Sepulchre in Morea, Vaphio, S. Reinach, 500 



Rock- Specimens Collected in Oceanic Islands, Prof. A. Renard, 



363 



Rocks, the Bala Volcanic Series of Caernarvonshire and Asso- 

 ciated, being the Sedgwick Prize Essay for 1888, Alfred 

 Harker, 414 



Rocks, Chemical and Physical Studies in the Metamorphism of, 

 Rev. A. Irving, 49 



"Rollers," the, of Ascension and St. Helena, Prof. Cleveland 

 Abbe, 585 



Romanes (Prof. Geo. J., F.R.S.): Darwinism, 59 ; Galls, 80, 



■ 174, 369 ; Panmixia, 437, 511, 585; Before and After Darwin, 

 524 ; Like to Like, a Fundamental Principle in Bionomics, 



535 ^ , 



Rome : Earthquake at, 401 ; Solar Observations at. Prof. 



Tacchini, 595 



Rorqual musculus Stranded in Medoc District, 113 



Roscoe (Sir Henry, M.P., F.R.S.): the City Guilds and 



Technical Education, 160 ; on the Future of our Technical 



Education, 183; Technical Education Bill, 493 ; a Dictionary 



of Applied Chemistry by Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F. R.S., Vol. I., 



387 

 Rose (T. Kirke), the New Assistant Surveyor at Royal Mint, 



493 

 Rosenberger (Otto), Death of, 324 



