June 5. 1879] 



NATURE 



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mvXi ftg auction. 



Natural History Specimens. 



Mr. J. C. STEVENS will Sell by Auction, 



at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on TUESDAY, 



iune 10, at half-past 12 o'clock precisely, several small Collections of 

 linerals, Shells, and Fossils, few Insects. Horns and Skulls, Bird and 

 Animal Skins, Birds' Eggs collected by a first-class naturalist in Ice- 

 land, Curiosities, several Cabinets, Glass Cases, and other Natural 

 Histcry Specimens. 



On view Morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., Professor of 



Mineralojfy and Geology, Mineralogist by Appointment to Her Majesty 

 and the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 149. Strand, London. W.C., having 

 been fifty years in business, contemplates shortly RETIRING, and 

 oflFcrs for SALE several of his extensive COLLECTIONS of Minerals, 

 Rocks, and Fossils, They are well adapted for first-class Educational 

 Establishments, Provincial or Colonial Museums, or for the Private 

 Study of any Scientific Person wishing to become acquainted with the 

 above-mentioned Sciences. From £,\,ooq to '5,000 Guineas. Students' 

 Collections at 2, 5, lo, 20, to 50 Guineas. 



PROF, HUGHES' 



INDUCT ION BA LANCE. 



W. GROVES is the sole authorised maker of Prof. Hughes* Inductim 

 Balance and all its accessories suitable for Metallurgical Analysis and 

 Physical Researches, 



W. GROVES, 



SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURER, 



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LABORATORY, 38, GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON, E.C. 



A. ANTHONY NESBIT, F.C.S., 



WATER ANALYST, 



Performs every description of Water Analysis on moderate terms. 



Properly cleansed bottles for the reception of samples sent to any part of 



the Kingdom. 



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THE TELEGRAPHIC JOURNAL 



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ELECTRICAL REVIEW 



For May 15th, 1879, contains:— 

 Leader : The Electric Light. 



Muirhead's Duplex System. By A. Muirhcad. (Illustrated.) 

 The Cantor Lectures: W. H. Preece. 

 Stearns' Submarine Cable Duplex System. (Illustrated.) 

 A New Electric MarveL 

 The Scirie of the Royal Society. 

 Edison's I'llectric Candle. (Illustrated.) 

 Tiic Electric Light at the Albert Hall. 

 On Electric Lighting. By Dr. John Hopkinson, F.R.S., M. Inst. ME. 



(Illustrated.) 

 Notes. 



Prtccedings of Societies. 

 General Science : — 



" Engines for Working Electric Light Machines.*' (Illustrated.) 

 City Notes. 



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FOR JUNE, 1879. 



CONTENTS. 

 ' ITie Historical Aspect of the American Churches." By the Dean o£ 



Westminster. 

 ' Haworth's." — By Frances Hodgson Burnett, Author .f "That Last 



o' Lowrie's." Chapters XLI.— XLIV. 

 ' Bums*s Unpublished Common-place Book." By William Jack. No. 

 IV- . 'r—: 



4. — ** The Younfij Women in our Workhouses." By Mrs. Baractt." 

 5. — "Sketches from Eastern Sicily." By Edward A. Freeman,' D.C.L., 

 LL.U. v.— Outer Syracuse. ,,' 



' International Copyright." gjj I 



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 S.— " Lord Derby at the Foreign Office. 1876—1878." By T. Wemyss 

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