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NATURE 



[September 29, 1898 



Astronomy," by Prof. Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S. ; "A 

 Treatise on Geometrical Optics," by R. A. Herman; "A 

 Treatise on Dynamics of a Particle," by Dr. E. J. Routh, 

 F.R.S. ; "The Strength of Materials," by Prof. J. A. 

 Ewing, F.R.S.; "Zoological Results based on material 

 from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands, and else- 

 where, collected during the years 1895, 1896, and 1897," by 

 Dr. Arthur Willey ; the work will embody the zoological re- 

 sults of the expedition, and will, it is expected, be completed in 

 five or six parts; it will be illustrated. "Fossil Plants," a 

 manual for students of botany and geology, by A. C. Seward, 

 F.R.S., in two vols., vol. ii. ; "Vertebrate Paleontology," by 

 A. S. Woodward ; "The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation," 

 by Prof. J. Reynolds Green, F.R.S. (Cambridge Natural Science 

 Manuals, Biological Series). " Electricity and Magnetism," by 

 R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S. ; "Sound," by J- W. Capstick 

 (Physical Series). "Crystallography," by Prof. W.J. Lewis; 

 " The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology," by J- E. Marr 

 (Geological Series). "Man, Past and Present," by A. H. 

 Keane (Geographical Series). "An Introduction to Psychology," 

 by G. F. Stout and Johns Adams ; and " The Teacher's Manual 

 of School Hygiene," by Dr. E. W. Hope and E. Brown. 



In Messrs. Cassell's list we find : — " Wild Life at Home : 

 how to Study and Photograph It," by R. Kearton, illu.strated ; 

 and " Michael Faraday : his Life and Work," by Prof. Silvanus 

 P. Thompson, F.R.S. 



Messrs. Chapman and Hall, Ltd., announce: — "Wild 

 Animals in Captivity," being anecdotes and reminiscences of 

 the birds and beasts of the Zoological Gardens, with descrip- 

 tions of their habits, food, management, &c., compiled from 

 the notes and writings of A. D. Bartlett, and edited by his son, 

 Edward Bartlett, illustrated; "Rambles in Lion Land," by 

 Captain Francis B. Pearce, illustrated ; " The Exploration of 

 the Niger " ; personal narrative of Lieut. Hourst, commander of 

 the 1895-96 expedition from Timbuktu to Bussa ; translated 

 by Mrs. Arthur Bell (N. D'Anvers), illustrated; "Medical 

 Works of the Fourteenth Century," consisting of transcripts with 

 notes, from four MS. volumes (contemporary with the works of 

 Wiclif and Chaucer) ; three being in the British Museum and 

 one in the possession of Prof. Henslow ; with an alphabetical 

 list of upwards of 700 medical and other plants mentioned in 

 works of the fourteenth century ; compiled and identified with 

 their modern English and Latin equivalent names, by the Rev. 

 Prof. George Henslow ; " Measurement and Weighing," a first 

 year's course in elementary practical physics, for organised 

 science schools, by Edwin Edser ; and a new edition of 

 "A Text-Book of Mechanical Engineering," by Wilfrid J. 

 Lineham. 



Messrs. J. and A. Churchill promise: — "A Text-Book of 

 Materia Medica," by Prof. Henry G. Greenish ; and new 

 editions of Allen's "Commercial Organic Analysis," vols, i., 

 ii., iii., Part i ; Thresh's " Simple Method of Water Analysis," 

 with a section added on "Sewage Effluents"; Morris's 

 " Human Anatomy "; Clouston's " Clinical Lectures on Mental 

 Diseases," with nineteen plates, four of which are new ; 

 Taylor's " Manual of the Practice of Medicine" ; Hartridge's 

 " Refraction of the Eye " ; and Goodhart's " Diseases of 

 Children." 



Among the books to be issued by the Clarendon Press may be 

 mentioned a translation of Goebel's " Organographie der 

 Pflanzen," by Prof. I. Bayley Balfour, F.R.S. 



Messrs. Duckworth and Co. promise :— "Tom Tit Tot," an 

 Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk-Tale, by Edward Clodd ; 

 " A Glossary of Botanic Terms," by B. Daydon Jackson ; and "A 

 Text-Book of Agricultural Botany, Theoretical and Practical," 

 by Prof. John Percival. 



Messrs. R. Friedlander and Sohn (Berlin) announce :— 

 "Icones Fungorum in Pannoniis Observatorum," C. Clusius, 

 Cum Commentariis mycologicis edidit Prof. Gy. de Istvanffi, 

 illustrated ; "Das Tierreich," edited by the Deutschen Zoologi- 

 schen Gesellschaft, General Editor, Franz Eilhard Schulze ; 

 Lieferung (5) Sporozoa, by Dr. A. Labbe ; (6) Sarcoptidae et 

 Demodicidae, by Prof. G. Canestrini und Prof. P. Kramer ; 

 (7) Pedipalpi et Scorpioninae, by Prof. K. Kraepelin ; (8) 

 Copepoda I. , by Dr. W. Giesbrecht und Dr. O. Schmeil ; (9) 

 Trochilidae, by E. Hartert ; (10) Hydrachnidae et Halacaridae, 

 by R. Piersig und Dr. H. Lohmann. " Gerberti (Papae 

 Silvestri II ) Opera Mathematica," primum collegit et edidit 

 N. M. Bubnow ; "Supplement zum Zoologischen Adressbuch," 

 edited by the Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft ; " Gesch- 



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ichte und Systematik der Indigo-Synthese," Dr. A. Reissert, ; 

 " Catalogus Mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium," Dr. 

 E. L. Trouessart, v. Fasciculus, nova editio. 



Messrs. Wells Gardner, Darton,and Co. promise : — "Wonders 

 of the Bird World," by Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. 



The list of Messrs. Gauthier-Villars et Fils (Paris) contains :— 

 "Bibliographic generale de I'A.stronomie," Houzeau et Lan- 

 caster, Tome iii. Observations; "Compositions d'Analyse, de 

 Mecanique et d'Astronomie," Prof. E. Villie, IIP Partie ; 

 "Traite pratique de Radiographic et de Radio.scopie," A. Londe ; 

 " Les Objectifs," P. Moe.ssard ; " Le developpement de I'image 

 latente, Theorie et pratique," A. Seyewetz ; " Traite pratique 

 de Photogravure en relief et en creux," Leon Vidal ; "La 

 Photolithographic, la Photogravure et leurs applications aux 

 impressions monochromes et polychromes," Leon Vidal ; and 

 several volumes in the " Encyclopedic scientifique des Aide- 

 Memoire" Series. 



The list of Messrs. Gebriider Borntraeger (Berlin) includes : — 

 " Allgemeine Dermatologie oder Allgemeine Pathologic, 

 Diagnose und Therapie der Hautkrankheiten," by Dr. Ernst 

 Kromayer ; and a new edition of " Flora des Nordostdeutschen 

 Flachlandes (ausser Ostpreussen), by Drs. P. Ascherson and P. 

 Graebner. 



The list of Messrs. Ginn and Co. (Boston, Mass.) contains : — 

 " General Physics," by Prof. Charles S. Hastings and Frederick 

 E. Beach ; "Elementary Physical Geography," by Prof. William 

 M. Davis ; and a new edition of " Elements of the Differential 

 and Integral Calculus," by Prof. James M. Taylor. 



The list of Messrs. Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., is as 

 follows: — "The Design and Construction of Locomotive 

 Engines," with an historical introduction, by William Frank 

 Pettigrew, with a Section on American and Contineiital Engines, 

 by Albert F. Ravenshear, illustrated ; " Engine-room Practice," 

 by John G. Liversidge, illustrated ; " Light Railways at Home 

 and Abroad," by William Henry Cole, illustrated (Griffin's En- 

 gineering Series); "A Manual of Algebra," by Richard C. 

 Buck ; " A Text-book of Physics : comprising Properties 

 of Matter, Sound, Heat, Magnetism and Electricity, 

 and Light," by Prof. J. H. Poynting, F.R.S., and Prof. J. 

 J. Thomson, F.R.S., illustrated; (the volume on "Sound"); 

 "The Metallurgy of Lead," by H. F. Collins, illustrated; 

 " Dairy Chemistry for Dairy Managers, Chemists, and Analysts," 

 by H. Droop Richmond (Griffin's Technological Manuals); 

 " The Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweller," by Thos. B. Wigley, 

 assisted by J. H. Stansbie, illustrated ; "Atlas of Urinary Sedi- 

 ments : with Special Reference to their Clinical Significance," 

 by Dr. Hermann Rieder, translated by Dr. Frederick Craven 

 Moore, edited and annotated by Prof. Delepine ; " The 

 Microbic Diseases of Animals," by Prof. Ed. Nocard and Prof. 

 E. Leclainche, translated, with annotations and additions, by 

 Prof. John Rose Bradford, F.R.S. ; "The Diseases of Children," 

 by Dr. George Eider and Dr. J. S. Fowler, illustrated ; " Out- 

 lines of Bacteriology," by Dr. L. H. Thoinot and E. J. 

 Masselin, translated and adapted for English use, with additions, 

 by Prof. Wm. St. Clair Symmers, illustrated ; and new editions 

 of:— "The Chemistry of Gas Manufacture," by W. J. Atkinson 

 Butterfield, illustrated ; " Aids in Practical Geology," by Prof. 

 Grenville Cole; "Jamieson's Elementary Manual of Steam 

 and the Steam Engine," with many illustrations and examin- 

 ation questions ; " Jamieson's Applied Mechanics (Introductory 

 Manual)," with numerous illustrations and examination ques- 

 tions ; "Photography: its History, Processes, Apparatus, and 

 Materials," by A. Brothers, illustrated ; " Mental Diseases : 

 with Special Reference to the Pathological Aspects of Insanity," 

 by Dr. W. Bevan Lewis, illustrated. 



Mr. Heinemann's list includes :— " In the Forbidden Land," 

 by Savage Landor, two vols., illustrated. 



Messrs. Hutchinson and Co., announce : — " An Introduction 

 to Stellar Astronomy," by W. H. S. Monck ; "Drift from 

 Longshore," by " a Son of the Marshes " ; " Fields, Factories and 

 Workshops," by Prince Kropotkin ; dealing with statistics, &c., 

 on Agriculture, Manufactures and Trades. "Disciples of 

 /Esculapius, Biographies of the Leaders of Medicine," by the 

 late Sir B. W. Richardson, F.R.S. ; "The Human Race," by 

 Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, illustrated. 



Messrs. F. King and Sons (Halifax) will issue to subscribers : 

 — A new edition of" The Aborigines of Tasmania," by H. Ling 

 Roth. 



The Lippincott Company call attention to : — " A Laboratory 

 Manual of Physics," by C. C. Balderston, illustrated ; " Boilers 



