^July 17, 1879] 



NATURE 



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FOR SAL E.— INDIAN ELEPHANT 



SKELETONS, two monsters, nearly twelve feet high, one macerated 

 the other nat ; one has tusks valued at Rs. 400 ; to be sold, a bargain. 

 Can be seen at 6, Somerset Villas, Lordship Road, Stoke Newington, 

 London. 



Several Skins of Elliott's Pheasant on hand. 



ROYAL POLYTECHNIC— CLASSES for 



the preparation of Students for University Examinations, under the 

 direction of EDWARD B. AVELING, D.Sc, F.L.S. London Uni- 

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



Mineralogy and Geology, Mineralogist by Appointment to Her Majesty 

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

 teen fifty years in business, contemplates shortly RETIRING, and 

 offers 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 

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DURING the RECENT GALES a large 



quantity of interesting FOSSILS have been washed out of the London 

 Clay Cliffs of Shcppey. A representative Series of 100 Specimens, 

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MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. 



A New List of Collections of Fossils, Minerals, and Rocks now ready, 

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 JAMES R. GREGORY, 

 MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY, 



88, CHARLOTTE STREET, FITZROY SQUARE, 



CASTLETON, DERBYSHIRE. 



JOHN TYM 



Has largely added to his stock of Fossils and Minerals, and Is now oSering 

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For full particulars see his Catalogue, sent post free on application. 



Postal Address— 



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MINERALS, ROCKS, AND FOSSILS. 



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THOMAS J. DOWNING, Geologist, &c., 



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Catalogue, Lists, and *' Quarterly Circular " free on receipt of %d. postage. 



MINERALOGY. 



Fine Siberian Minerals, Tourmalines, Zircons, Yttrotantalite, and others 

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 Private Lessons aod Evening Classes. 



ON VIEW. 

 A few SPLENDID JAPANESE VASES, Kaga and Safcuma Ware. 



SAMUEL HENSON, 



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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, 



No. 295, will be published on THURSDAY, JULY 17th. 



Contents. 



L— THE ENGLISH MONARCHY. 

 II.— DEAN HOOK AND BISHOP SELWYN. 

 Ill— MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. 

 IV.— COUNT CAVOUR. 

 v.— HEREFORDSHIRE. 

 VI.— POLYBIUS AND HIS TIMES. 



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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, 



For JULY, No. 307, was published on WEDNESDAY LAST. 

 Contents. 



I.— CANON STUBBS' CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY. 

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 IV.— THE HATTON PAPERS. 



v.— INTEMPERANCE AND THE LICENSING LAWS. 

 VL— THE WORKS OF REMBRANDT. 

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 Vm.— THE FALLACIES OF EVOLUTION. 

 IX.— RURAL ENGLAND. 

 X.— .\ BRIEF RETROSPECT. 



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Published under the Authority of the Council, and Edited by H. \V. Bates, 

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Contents, 

 Native Routes in East Africa, from Dar-es-Salaatn towards Lake Nyassa. 



V.y Keiih Johnston. 

 Geographical Evolution. By Prof. Archibald Gelkie, F.R.S. 

 Explorations in Western Tibet. By the Trans-Himalayan Parties of the 



Indian Trigonometrical Survey. 

 Geographical Nutes. 



Obituaiy Notice— Capt. Chas. G. Constable. 

 Correspondence. 

 The Anniversary Meeting, &c. 

 Map— East Africa — Dar-es-Salaam Routes. 



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DIAMONDS IN MATRIX. 



R. C. NOCKOLD, Diamond and Oriental Stone Cutter and Dealer, has 

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 12, FRITH STREET, SOHO, W. 



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ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



MEETING IN SHEFFIELD, 1879. 



Iiiveiilors and others wishing to exhibit at the Cotwersazione 

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