July ^\, 1879] 



NATURE 



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



AHr^eralogT 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 RETIRIXG, and 

 offers for SALE several of his extensive COLLECTIONS of Minerals, 

 Rocks, and Fossils. They are v,ell 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 

 ab j\ e-mentioned Sciences. From ^1,000 to 5,000 Guineas. Students* 

 Collections at 2, 5, 10, 20, to 50 Guineas. 



SHEPPEY FOSSILS. 



W. H. SHRUBSOLE, F.G.S.. Sherrness-on-Sha. having a lar^ 

 quantity of tlie above on hand, offers. FOR A FEW WEEKS ONLY, 

 100 good Specimens, correctly named, for 5^ . ; 100 assorted Specimens, un- 

 named, zs. Net less than 50 sent at these rates. 



ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES. — Cal- 



VER'S REFLECTING TELESCOPESof the higheste.vcellence, from 

 si in. to 36 in. aperture ; 3J in., with equatorial motion, £15 15^. : 6 in. 

 equa:-rr:al, complete, from 2^25- Photo, with Calver*s *' Hints on Silvered 

 Glass Reflecting Telescopes," 9 stamps.— G. CALVER, F.R.A.S., Hill 

 Hcu=e, Widfocd, Chelmsford. 

 FCiR SALE.— A very fine 15^ in. EQU-^TORIAL, with Clock. 



MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. 



COLLECTIONS TO ILLUSTRATE THE ABOVE SCIEN'CES, 

 fRO.M u. 

 SINGLE SPECIMENS FROM -id. 



DI.JPTASE, ZIRCON, RUBELLITE, XANTHOPHYLLITE, 

 SIBERIA. 



KEILHAUITE, PVROCHLORE, APATITE. NORWAY. 

 A SMALL QUANTITY OF THORITE AND ORANGITE, VERY 

 RARE. 



BLOWPIPE CASES, HAMMERS AND CHISELS, AND CRYS- 

 TAL HOLDERS. 



PEIVATE LESSONS AND EVENING CLASSES. 

 SAMUEL HENSON, 

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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, 



No. 295, is published THIS DAY 



Contents. 



I.— THE ENGLISH MONARCHY. 



II.— DEAN HOOK AND BISHOP SELWYN. I, 



III— MU.ilC AND MUSICIANS. 

 IV.— COUNT CAVOUR. 



v.— HEREFORDSHIRE. 

 VL— POLYBIUS AND HIS TIMES. 



Vir.-GLACIAL EPOCHS AND WARM POLAR CLIMATES. 

 VIIL— WHY IS SCOTLAND RADICAL? 

 IX.— THE IRISH UNIVERSITY BILL. 



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