Index 



C Supplement to Nature, 

 December Z, 1898 



Ransome (F. L ), Lava Flows of California, 117 



Raseri (Signor), the Time of Day of Death and Birth, 523 



Rat, a Hairless, T. V. Hodgson, 546 



Rats, New Microbe Pathogenic to, Dr. Issatschenko, 179 



Rats and the Plague, Dr. F. G. Clemow, 552 



Rawlinson (Sir Robert), Death of, 131 



Ray Society, a New Departure by the, 567 



Rayet (G. ), Changes in Large Nebula in Belt of Andromeda, 



564 

 Rayleigh (Right Hon. Lord, F.R.S.), the Theory of Sound, 



121 ; Experiments with the Telephone, 429 ; the Scientific 



Work of Lord Rayleigh, Prof. Oliver Lodge, 461 

 Rays, Thorium, G. C. Schmidt, 47 

 Reade (T. Mellard), Huge Gypsum Boulder, 132 ; Post-Glacial 



Beds exposed in Cutting of New Bruges Canal, 239; High 



Level Marine Drift at Colwyn Bay, 239 

 Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Royal Prize Awards, 420 

 Re-Blossoming of Horse-chesnut, 521 

 Reclus (Prof.), on his Scheme for a Great Terrestrial Globe, 



586 

 Red Spot, Jupiter's, Dr. Lohse, 20 

 Red Spot on Jupiter, the. and its Suspected Identity with 



Previous Markings, W. F. Denning, 331 

 Rees (John R.), the Minor Planets, 304 

 Refraction, Dispersion and Anomalous Dispersion, Lorjd Kelvin 



on the Dynamical Theory of, 546 

 Refractor, the 40-inch Yerkes, Prof. Barnard, 181 

 Refractors of the World, the Large, Prof. G. E. Hale, 160 

 Regnault (F.), Effect of Bicycling on Lungs and Heart, 464 

 Reid (Clement), Geological History of Recent British Flora, 



278 

 Reid (Prof. E. Weymouth, F.R.S.), on the Electromotive 



Changes in the Phrenic Nerve, 483 

 Reid (John S.), a Course in Mechanical Drawing, 8 

 Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, the, 615 

 Remarkable Hailstones, Samuel N. Player, 223 

 Reptiles, Mammals, and Fishes of Essex, the, H. Laver, 242 

 Reptilian Embryos, Hibernating, G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S.,619 

 Reproduction by Photographic Processes, T. Bolas, 204 

 Research, Fellowships for. Prof. A. Gray, 600 

 Respiration in Plants, on the Use of Methylene Blue as a Means 



ol Investigating, Prof. J. B. Farmer, 185, 215 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf :— 



Explosifs Nitres, J. Daniel, 4 



Studies in Psychical Research, Frank Podmore, Dr. W. Leslie 

 Mackenzie, 5 



Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and the 

 Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, W. W. A. FitzGerald, 6 



Notes on Observations, Sydney Lupton, 7 



Prospecting for Minerals : a Practical Handbook for Pro- 

 spectors, Explorers, Settlers, and all interested in the 

 Opening-up and Development of New Lands, S. H. Cox, 7 



The Process of Creation Discovered, or the Self-evolution of 

 the Earth and Universe by Natural Causes, James Dunbar, 8 



Domestic Science Readers, Vincent T. Murche, 8 



A Course in Mechanical Drawing, John S. Reid, 8 



Flower Favourites, their Legends, Symbolism, and Signi- 

 ficance, Lizzie Deas, 8 



A Text- Book of Zoology, Prof. T. Jeffery Parker, F.R.S., 

 Prof. William A. Haswell, F.R.S., and Prof. E. Ray 

 Lankester, F.R.S., 25 



Traite de Zoologie Concrete, Yves Delage and E. Herouard, 

 Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 25 



Die Wettervorhersage, Prof. Dr. W. J. van Bebber, 28 



Maryland Geological Survey, 29 



Iowa Geological Survey : Report on Lead, Zinc, Artesian 

 Wells, &c.\ 29 



Elementary Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical, . T. A. 

 Cheetham, 29 



Ambroise Par^ and his Times, 15 10- 1590, Stephen Paget, 49 



The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cay ley, F.R.S., 

 50 



An Elementary Course of Physics, 51 



L'Algerie : le Sol et les Habitants, &c., J. A. Battandier et 

 L. Trabut, 51 



Text-Book of Physiology, E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., Dr. T. H. 

 Milroy, 73 



Organographie der Pflanzen, Dr. K. Goebel, 74 



A Northern Highway of the Tzar, Aubyn Trevor- Battye, 75 



Vorlesungen viber Bacterien, Dr. Alfred Fischer, 76 



Lehrbuch der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen, Dr. J. 



Kollmann, 77 

 Missouri Botanical Garden, 77 



System der Bakterien, W, Migula, Prof. A. A. Kanthack, 97 

 Die fundamentalen physikalischen Eigenschaften derKrystalle 



in Elementarer Darstellung, Dr. Woldemar Voigt, W, H. 



and G. Chisholm Young, 99 

 The Arrangement of Atoms in Space, J. H. Van 't Hoff, 100 

 The Linacre Reports, 100 

 Anatomia Vegetale, Dr. F. Tognini, 100 

 Fisiologia Vegetale, Dr. L. Montemartini, 100 

 Glass Blowing and Working, Thomas Bolas, loi 

 Experimental Mechanics, G. H. Wyatt, loi 

 The Theoryof Sound, J. W. Strutt, Baron Rayleigh, F. R.S., 121 

 Hints on the Management of Hawks, J. E. Harting, 122 

 General Elementary Science, 123 

 Elementary General Science, A. T. Simmons and Lionel M. 



Jones. 123 

 The Flora of Perthshire, F. Buchanan White, 124 

 Manual Training : Woodwork, (}eorge Ricks, 124 

 A Description of Minerals of Commercial Value, D. M. 



Barringer, 124 

 Ludwig Otto Hesse's Gesammelte Werke, herausgegeben von 



der Mathematisch- Physikalischen Classe der Koniglich 



Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 124 

 Kromskop Colour Photography, Frederic Ives, 124 

 On Laboratory Arts, Richard ThrelfaJl, C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 



145 

 A Student's Text-Book of Zoology, Adam Sedgwick, F.R.S., 



Prof. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 147 

 Methods for the Analysis of Ores, Iron and Steel, in Use at 



the Laboratories of Iron and Steel Works in the Region 



about Pittsburg, Pa., John Parry, 149 

 Electro-physiology, W. Biedermann, 150 

 Open-air Studies in Botany : Sketches of British Wild-flowers 



in their Homes, R. Lloyd Praeger, 150 

 The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 150 

 A Simplified Euclid, W. W. Cheriton, 150 

 Theoretical Mechanics : an Introductory Treatise on the 



Principles of Dynamics, with Applications and numerous 



Examples, A. E. H. Love, F.R.S., Prof. A. G. Greenhill, 



F.R.S., 169 

 Birds in London, W. H. Hudson, 172 

 Das optische Drehungsvermogen organischer Substanzen und 



dessen praktische Anwendung, H. Landolt, 172 

 The Span of Gestation and the Cause of Birth, John Beard, 



Dr. Arthur Robinson, 173 

 A New Astronomy, Prof. David P. Todd, 173 

 Lessons in Domestic Science, Ethel R. Lush, 173 

 Observations on the Coloration of Insects, Brunner von 



Wattenwyl, 193 

 The Fauna of British India: Birds, W. T. Blanford, 195 

 Methode pour abre'ger les traversees en utilisant les per- 

 turbations de I'atmosphere, M A. Fieron, 197 

 Notes from a Diary, 1873-1881, Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart 



E. Grant Duff, 198 

 Elements of Descriptive Astronomy, Herbert Howe, 198 

 South American Sketches, Robert Crawford, 198 

 The Making of a Daisys ; "Wheat out of Lilies " ; and other 



Studies in Plant- Life and Evolution, Eleanor Hughes-Gibb, 



198 

 Essays on Museums and other Subjects connected with 



Natural History, Sir William Henry Flower, K.C.B., Prof. 



R. Meldola, F.R.S., 217 

 James Clerk Maxwell and Modern Physics, R. T. Glazebrook, 



F.R S., Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 219 

 The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice Group : its Zoology, Botany, 



Ethnology, and General Structure, based on Collections 



made by Mr. Charles Hedley, of the Australian Museum, 



Sydney, N.S.W., 221 

 Weather Lore, Richard Inwards, 222 

 First Stage Magnetism and Electricity, R. H. Jude, 222 

 Problems of Nature. Researches and Discoveries of Gustav 



Jaeger, 222 

 Medical Missions in their Relation to Oxford, Sir Henry W. 



Acland, Bart., K.C.B , F.R.S., 222 

 The Origin and Growth of the Moral Instinct, Alexander 



Sutherland, 241 

 The Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes of Essex, H. Laver, 242 

 Nippur ; or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates, 



J. P. Peters, 243 



