November 4, 1920] 



NATURE 



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logical specimens relating to the Tasmanian 

 aboriginals. The present list forms a record of the 

 largest single collection of osteological remains of 

 the extinct Tasmanian aboriginals. The main portion 

 of the paper deals with 361 octeological specimens 

 relating to the Tasmanian aboriginals, each bone 

 being described. 



Books Received. 



Recent Advances in Physical and Inorganic Chemis- 

 try. By Prof. k. W. Stewart. Fourth edition. Pp. 

 ■.vi+286+v plates. (London : Longmans, Green and 

 o.) i8s. net. 



.Aeronautics in Theory and Experiment. By W. L. 



lowley and Dr. H. Levi. Second edition, i'p. xii + 



^i + plates. (London: E. .Arnold.) 25^. net. 



Spiritualism and the New Psychology. By .NL 



Culpin. Pp. xvi+159. (London: E. Arnold.) 6.v. 



net. 



Kecueil de I'lnstitut Botanique L60 Errera. Tome 

 iv. Pp. xi + 653 + plales. 50 francs. Tome x., Fasc. i. 

 I'p- ^- (Bruxclles : M. Lamertin.) 



Imperial Institute. Indian Trade Inquiry. Reports 

 on Rice. Pp. ix+164. (London: J. .Murray.) 6s. 

 net. 



Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Injuries with 

 and without a Fracture of the Skull. By Prof. VV. 

 Sharpe. Pp. vii + 757. (Philadelphia and London : 

 J. B. Lipnincott Co.) 35s. net. 



The wild Unmasked. Bv F. St. Mars. Pp. 376. 

 (London and Edinburgh ; W. and R. Chambers, Ltd.) 

 6j. net. 



Obstetrics : Normal and Operative. Bv Prof. G. P. 

 Shears. Third edition. Pp. xxii+74S. (Philadelphia 

 and London : J. B. Lippincott Co.) 31;$. net. 



Habits and Characters of British Wild Animals. 

 By H. M. Batten. Pp. 346. (London and Edin- 

 burgh: W. and R. Chambers, Ltd.) 21s. net. 



An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. By G. O. 

 Sars. Vol. vii. : Copepoda. Supplement, parts iii. 

 and iv. : Harpacticoida (continued). Pp. 25-52 + 

 xvii-xxxii plates. Parts v. and vi. : Harpacticoida 

 (continued). Pp. 53^2 + xxxiii-xlviii plates. (Bergen: 

 Bergen Museum.) 



Anieitung zum Nachweis zur Trennung und Be- 

 stimmung der Reinen und aus Glukosiden esw. 

 erhaltenen Monosaccharide und Aldehydsauren. Rv 

 Dr. A. W. van der Haar. Pp. xvi+345. (Berlin: 

 Gebriidw Borntraeger.) 64 marks. 



I>ie Keaktioncn des frcien .SlickstofTs. By Prof. W. 

 Moldenhnuer. Pp. viii+178. (Berlin:' Gcbrilder 

 Borntraeger.) 26 marks. 



Thf CIiemi<!try of Crop Production. Bv Prof. T. B. 

 Wood. Pp. vii+iq3. (London: University Tutorial 

 Press. Ltd.) j.t. M. 



A Dictionary of Scientific Terms. Bv I. F. Hender- 

 son and Dr. W. D. Henderson. Pp. viii + 354. (Edin- 

 burgh and London : Oliver and Boyd.) iSt. net. 



Bio-Moiildinp Origins in Evolution. Bv Dr. H. 

 Elliof-Blake. Pp. 140. (London : J. G. Hammond 

 and Co., Ltd.) 



The .Serbian Epidpmic<< of Tvphus and Relapsing 

 Feyer in iqT?. Bv Col. W. ' flunt. Pp. a^nR. 

 (London : J. Bale, Sons and Daniel.sson, Ltd.) 7.1. (td. 

 net. 



Notes on Geolopfral M.no-Ronding. Bv A. Hnrker. 

 Pp. 64. (Cambridge: W IlefTer and' Sons, Ltd.) 

 3.?. 6<J. net. 



Betty and Bobtail at Pine-Tree Farm. Bv Lilian 

 Gn<ik. Pp. 224. (London : G. G. Harrap and Co.. 

 . Ltd.) 6?. net. 



Phvsiolocy. Bv Dr. F. Rob«>rts. Pp. viii+jSo. 

 "(London : J. and A. Churchill ) 15?, net. 



NO. 2662. VOL. 106] 



Instinct and the Unconscious. By Dr. W. H. R. 

 Rivers. Pp. viii-(-252. (Cambridge: At the Univer- 

 sity Press.) i6i". net. 



Department of Applied Statistics, University of 

 London, University College. Questions of the Day 

 and of the Fray, No. X. The Science of Man : It's 

 Needs and its Prospects. By Prof. K. Pearson 

 (Presidential .Address to Section H of the British 

 Association, Cardiff.) Pp. 17. (London : Cambridge 

 University Press.) is. (id. net. 



Islands Far Away. By Agnes G. King. Pp. xxvii+ 

 256. (London : Sifton, Praed and Co., Ltd.) i8.«. 

 net. 



Classification des Sciences : Les Id^es Maitresses 

 des Sciences et leurs Rapports. By Prof. A. Naville. 

 Troisi^me (Edition. Pp. iii + 322. (Paris : F. Alcan.) 

 10.50 francs. 



Tools and Weapons : Illustrated by the Egyptian 

 Collection in University College, London, and 2000 

 Outlines from other Sources. By Prof. W. M. 

 Flinders Potrie. Pp. vii + 71 + lxxix plates. (London : 

 Constable and Co., Ltd. ; B. Quaritch.) 35.?. net. 



The General Principle of Relativitv : In its Philo- 

 sophical and Historical .Aspect. By Prof. H. Wildon 

 Carr. Po. x+165. (London: Macmillan and Co., 

 Lt<l.) 7s.' 6d. net. 



Laboratory and Field Exercises for " General 

 Botany." Bv Prof. H. D. Densmore. Pp. viii + igg. 

 (Boston and London : Gmn and Co.) 3.?. gd. net. 



Medical Electricity. By Dr. H. L. Jones. Eighth 

 edition, revised. Pp. xv+575. (London : H. K. 

 Lewis and Co., Ltd.) 22.f. 6d. net. 



.Samuel Hartlib : .A Sketch of his Life and his- 

 Relations to J. .A. Comenius. By Dr. G. H. Turn- 

 bull. Pp. viii + 79. (London : Oxford University 

 Press.) 51. net. 



The British .Academy. International Scholarship. 

 Presidential .Address delivered at the .Annual Meeting 

 of the British Academy, July 21, iq2o. By .Sir F. G. 

 Kenyon. Pp. 14. (Ix)ndon : Oxford I'niversity 

 Press.) IS. 6d. net. 



This Wonderful Universe. .A Little Book about 

 .Suns and Worlds, Moons and Meteors, Comets and 

 Nebulse. By .Agnes Giberne. New illustrated edition, 

 comolefelv rewritten. Pp. x+i82. (London: 

 S.P.C.K.; New York: The Macmillan Co.) 6v. 6d. 

 net. 



The Nature of Animal Light. By Prof. E. N. 

 Harvev. Pp. x+182. (Philad'^lphia and London: 

 J. B. Lippincott Co.) 10.?. 6d. net. 



Diary of Societies. 



THURSDAr, NOTiuan 4. 



ROTAL Socicrr, at 4.30— Prof. H. I,«mb: Th« Tlbratlost 

 of u EUatio Plate in Contact with Water.— Prof. H M. 

 Maodonald: Th« TranamUilon of RIcctri« TtkTei around 

 the Earth'i Sarfaoe.— I/ord Raylsifrh : A RcaxamlnattoB 

 of the I.iirbt aoattcred br Oaxt in reapect of Polariaation. 

 11. F.XfM-riments on Hfiinm and Argon. — Prof. C. F. Jrnkin : 

 Ditntntion anci Cnmpr©B!(ibitit,T of Liquid Carbonic Acid.— W. T. 

 DaTlit : Rndiatinn in Kxplniiona of Hrdroirtn and Air— Dr. 

 R, B. Blade and O. I. Hfmnn : Photochemical InTe<tl|ra<loBa 

 of the Photofraphtc Plate— Dr. E. H Chapman: The llelation- 

 •hip between Pre.nupe and Tcmpcrafnrc at the "ame LtCTel fa 

 the Free Atmmphere.— Prof . J. 0. Motieonan : Not* on Taoaoit 

 Oratlnir Speatroacopjr. 



Rocirrr or Kxatirtciin (Inc.) (at Bnrlinirton RanM>), at S. 



RoT«i. (:of.f.rnt or PHTaici<m or LontOR, at t. — Dr. R. C. D Will: 

 rhnrea (Rridihnw Lecton). 



I,i!«ie«i» SorirTr. at 5. 



noTAi. AKRonirT'Ctt. Horirrr (at RotbI Society of Arf«). at S.JO.— 

 WlmrCnmrlr FIncV • Tt'c Unman Vnchlni- lii Belatfnn to H» nf. 



HoT'f. SocmTT or Mrnici?r> (Balnenloiry and Climatology Section), 

 at .n4K— Dr O r Roanta*: The Action of Batha on the Slila 

 and Nfreoni Iritem. 



CniLDHrvDr Hocibtt (at Royal Hanltarr In<lltnta), at •.— Mrt. 

 R. 8. Br'ef lee ; Dticn««(nn «n T^^ewttf^nal Tc«t«. 



Omrvicu. Socirrt. at *— I. Ri''-I"'v<tham «ed K Mephen ; Tlie 

 Premralion n( 4-. t-. ai>4 ll-M<<(hTl.e<inmaHn-t-oa«a. and aaat* 

 DerlTatlwt of »-, n-, and ^TolyloiyaMlio Aeida.— R. (ttplwa; 



