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book to the Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales, H. E. 

 Forrest ; The Birds of France, C. Ingram ; A Prac- 

 tical Handbook of British Birds, in parts ; Monograph 

 of the Pheasants, VV. Beebe, vol. ii. 



Chemistry. 

 Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox. — In the Industrial 

 Chemistry Series : Explosives, E. de Barry Barnett ; 

 The Industrial Gases, Dr. H. C. Greenwood; Animal 

 Proteids, H. G. Bennett; The Carbohydrates, Dr. S. 

 Rideal; Fats, Waxes, and Essential Oils, W. H. 

 Simmons; Silica and the .Silicates, J. A. Audley; The 

 Rare Earths and Metals, Dr. E. K. Rideal; The 

 Iron Industry, A. E. Pratt; The Steel Industry, A. E. 

 Pratt; Gas- Works Products, H. H. Gray; Organic 

 Medicinal Chemicals, M. Barrowcliff and F. H. Carr; 

 The Petroleum Industry, D. A. Sutherland; Wood and 

 Cellulose, R. W. Sindall and W. Bacon ; Rubber, 

 Resins, Paints and Varnishes, Dr. S. Rideal ; and 

 Economic Fuel Production in Chemical Industry, Dr. 

 H. S. Taylor. G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. — Notions 

 fondamentales de chimie organique. Prof. Moureu, 

 translated. /. and A. Churchill. — A Dictionary of 

 Explosives, A. Marshall, and a new edition of Quali- 

 tative Analysis and Practical Chemistry, adapted for 

 use in the Laboratories of Colleges and Schools, Dr. 

 F. Clowes and J. B. Coleman. Constable and Co., 

 IJd. — A Treatise of Electro-Chemistry, edited by 

 B. Blount ; Ozone : Its Properties and Uses, Dr. 

 E. K. Rideal ; The Profession of Chemistry, R. B. 

 Pilcher; Problems in Physical Chemistry, E. B. R. 

 Prideaux, new edition; Fuel, Water, and Gas Ana- 

 lysis, J. B. C. Kershaw, new edition, illustrated. 

 Hodder and Stoughton. — Chemistry from the In- 

 dustrial Standpoint, P. C. L. Thorne (The New Teach- 

 ing Series of Practical Text-books) ; A Foundation 

 Course in Chemistry for Students of Agriculture 

 and Technology, J. W. Dodgson and J. A. Murray. 

 Henry Holt and Co. {New York). — College Text- 

 book of Chemistry, Prof. W. A. Noyes ; Labora- 

 tory Exercises in Chemistry, C. E. Dull; Manual 

 of Classroom Exercises in Chemistry, Profs. W. A. 

 Noyes and B. S. Hopkins, new edition. /. B. Lip- 

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 the Rarer Elements, Dr. W. R. Schoeller and A. R. 

 Powell. Crosby Lockwood and .Son. — Animal and 

 \'egetablf' Oils, Fats, and Waxes : Their Manufac- 

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 Dr. G. Martin and others, Organic, new edition, 

 illustrated. Longmans and Co. — In Monographs on 

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 ing Matters: Vat Colours, Prof. Jocelyn F. Thorpe; 

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 tion of Atmospheric Nitrogen : Synthetical Production 

 of Ammoni.i and Nitric .Acid, Prof. A. W. Crossley ; 

 Cement, B. Blount; The Principles and Practice of 

 Gas-purification. E. V. Evans; Refractories, Dr. 

 J. W. Mellor ; Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide : Their 

 Properties, Technical Production, and Applications, 

 Dr. H. V. A. Briscoe; The Nickel Industry, W. G. 

 Wagner; Cellulo.se-Silk, C. F. Cross; The Electric 

 Arc in Chemical Industry, Dr. J. N. Pring; By- 

 product Coking Practice. K. Bury; Organic Synthetic 

 Reactions : Their .Application to Chemical Industry, 

 Prof. J. B. Cohen : Synthetic Colouring Matters : 

 Triphenvlmethane Dyes,' Prof. R. Robinson; Syn- 

 thetic Colouring Matters : .Anthracene and .Allied Dye- 

 stuffs, F. W. Atack; Synthetic Colouring Matters: 

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 Anaesthetics, Drs. W. H. Hurtley and M. A. Whiteley ; 

 Plantation Rubber, G. S. Whitby; Margarine and 

 Butter Substitutes, W. Clayton ; Lead and its 

 Compounds, Dr. J. A. Smythe; and Corrosion and 

 Decay of Metals, Prof. C. H. Desch. Macmillan and 

 Co., Ltd. — Alcohol : Its Production, Properties, 

 Chemistry, and Industrial .Applications, with Chapters 

 on Methyl .Alcohol, Fusel Oil, and Spirituous Beverages, 

 C. Simrhonds, illustrated. Methuen and Co., Ltd. — 

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 Books). Seeley, Service, and Co., Ltd. — Chemistry 

 and its Mysteries, C. R. Gibson, illustrated. 



Engineering. 

 Edward Arnold. — Modern Roads, H. P. Boulnois. 

 Benn Bros., Ltd. — Electric Switch and Controlling 

 Gear, Dr. Garrard ; The Electric Handling of 

 Materials, H. H. Broughton, 4 vols., illustrated; The 

 Design of Model Aeroplanes, F. J. Camm, illustrated. 

 Cassell and Co., Ltd. — Electrical Engineering, H. M. 

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 Co., Ltd. — The Engineering Draughtsman, E. 

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 and Oil Engine Operation, J. Okill ; .Aeronautical 

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