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and Furnaces, considered in their Relations to Steam Engineer- 

 ing," by William M. Barr, illustrated ; and a new edition of 

 " A Text-book of Chemistry," by Dr. Samuel R. Sadller and 

 Henry Trimble, in two volumes, illustrated. 



Messrs. Crosby Lockwood and Son's announcements include : 

 — " Aerial or Wire-Rope Tramways, their Construction and 

 Management," by A. J. Wallis-Tayler, illustrated; "The 

 Marine Engineer's Guide to Board of Trade Examinations," by 

 A. C. and E. W^. I. Wannan, illustrated; "'The Marine 

 Engineer's Pocket- Book," by A. C. Wannan ; " Sewage : its 

 Treatment and Purification," by Dr. Sidney Barwise, illus- 

 trated ; "Underground Steam Pumping Machinery," by Stephen 

 Michell ; and new editions of " Cyanide Process of Gold Ex- 

 traction," by N. Eissler ; " Baker's Land and Engineering Sur- 

 veying." by F. E. Dixon. 



Messrs. Longmans and Co., call attention to : — "Psychology 

 in the Schoolroom," by T. F. G. Dexter and A. H. Garlick ; 

 " A Treatise on Surgical Treatment," by Prof. W. Watson 

 Cheyne, F.R.S., and Dr. F. F. Burghard, to be published in 

 parts ; " The Structure and Classification of Birds," by Frank 

 E. Beddard, F".R.S. ; " An Epitome of Human Histology, for 

 the Use of Students in connection with Lectures and Laboratory 

 Work," by Dr. Arthur W.Weysse; " The Telephone : Outlines 

 of the Development of Transmitters and Receivers," by Prof. 

 William J. Hopkins, illustrated ; " A Text-book of Theoretical 

 Naval Architecture," by Edward Lewis Attwood ; " My Inner 

 Life : being a Chapter in Personal Evolution," by J. B. Crozier. 



The announcements of Messrs. Sampson Low and Co., Ltd., 

 include ; — " Burma," by Max. and Bertha Ferrars, illustrated ; 

 " Portuguese Nyassaland : an Account of the Discovery, Native 

 Population, Cultural and Mineral Resources, &c. ," illustrated ; 

 " Photographic Optics," by R. S. Coles, with diagrams ; 

 "Mammalia of South Africa," by Dr. Sclater ; "Twentieth 

 Century Practice," an international encyclopsedia of modern 

 medical science by leading authorities of Europe and America, 

 edited by Dr Thomas L. Stedman, vols, xv.-xx. ; "Child 

 Culture in the Home," by Martha B. Mosher ; and new editions 

 of : " Through the Yangtse Gorges : Trade and Travel in 

 Western China," by Archibald J. Little, illustrated ; " How to 

 Get Strong and How to Stay So,'" by W. Blaikie, illustrated. 



The list of Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., includes : — New 

 volume of the Cambridge Natural History: vol. ix., "Birds," 

 by A. H. Evans, illustrated ; "A Manual of Zoology," by the 

 late Prof. T. J. Parker, P\R.S., and Prof. W. A. Haswell, 

 F.R.S. ; "General Physiology: an Outline of the Science of 

 Life," by Prof. Max Verworn, translated and edited by Dr. 

 Frederic S. Lee, illustrated ; " The Living Organism : an Intro- 

 duction to the Problems of Biology," by Alfred Earl ; " Ele- 

 ments of Palaeontology," by Prof. Karl A. von Zittel, translated 

 and edited by Dr. Charles R. Eastman ; this English edition is 

 revised and enlarged by the author and editor in collaboration 

 with numerous specialists ; " Steam, Gas, and Oil Engines," by 

 Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., illustrated ; " A System of Medicine," 

 by many writers, edited by Dr. Thomas Clifford AUbutt, F.R S., 

 vols. vi. and vii. ; "Diseases of the Breast," by Dr. Marmaduke 

 Sheild ; "Vaccination: with Special Reference to its Natural 

 History and Pathology," Milroy lectures by Dr. S. Monckton 

 Copeman ; " The Witwatersrand Goldfields Banket and Mining 

 Practice," by S. J. Truscott, with numerous plans and sections ; 

 "Australasian Goldfields," by R. Schmeisser, translated and 

 edited by Prof. Henry Louis, illustrated ; " A Text-Book of 

 Metallurgy," by Carl Schnabel, translated and edited by Prof. 

 Henry Louis, 2 vols., illustrated ; "West African Studies," by 

 Miss Mary Kingsley, illustrated; a translation of "In the 

 Australian Bush and on the Coast of the Coral Sea : being the 

 Experiences and Observations of a Naturalist in Australia, 

 New Guinea, and the Moluccas," by Prof. Richard Semon, 

 illustrated ; " Observations of a Ranch -woman in New Mexico," 

 by Mrs. NichoU ; the completion of " The History of Man- 

 kind," by Prof. F'riedrich Ratzel, translated from the second 

 German edition by A. J. Butler, 3 vols., illustrated; "The 

 Valley of Light : Studies with Pen and Pencil in the Vaudois 

 Valleys of Piedmont," by W. Basil Worsfold, illustrated ; and 

 new editions of " A History of Chemistry from the Earliest 

 Times to the Present Day : being also an Introduction to the 

 Study of the Science," by Proi. Ernest von Meyer, translated, 

 with the author's sanction, by Dr. George M 'Go wan ; and 

 " An Atlas of Practical Elementary Biology," by Prof. G. B. 

 Howes, F.R.S. 



Messrs. Methuen and Co.'s announcements include:^ 

 "Through Asia," by Sven Hedin, 2 vols., illustrated; "The 

 Highest Andes," by E. A. FitzCierald, illustrated ; " Volumetric 

 Analysis," by J. B. Russell ; Handbooks of Technology : 

 "Carpentry and Joinery," by F. C. Webber, illustrated; and 

 "Practical Mechanics," by Sidney H. Wells, illustrated ; a 

 new edition of " British Central Africa," by Sir H. H. Johnston, 

 K.C.B., illustrated. 



Mr. fohn Murray calls attention to :—" Organic Evolution 

 Cross-examined : or, some Suggestions on the Great Secret of 

 Biology," by the Duke of Argyll, K.G., F.R.S. ; " The Tides and 



i Kindred Phenomena in the Solar System," by Prof. George 

 Howard Darwin, F.R.S., illustrated; "Early Chapters m 



j Science," by Mrs. Awdrey, illustrated; "Among the Celes- 

 tials," abridged from "The Heart of a Continent," with 

 additions, by Captain Francis Younghusband (illustrated) ; 

 " Marine Boilers," a treatise on the construction and working 

 of boilers of all classes, dealing more especially with recent 

 developments of tubulous boilers and the results obtained, based 

 on the work of M. Bertin, translated and edited by Leslie S. 

 Robertson, illustrated ; " The Story of Marco Polo," for 

 children and young people, edited by N. Brooks, illustrated ; 

 " The Five Windows of the Mind," by Edward' Hamilton 

 Aitken ; " A History of Astronomy," by Arthur Berry 

 (University Extension Manuals); " Colour in Nature," by 

 Marion Newbigin. 



In Messrs. T. Nelson and Sons' list we notice: — "The 

 White North, with Nordenskiold, De Long, and Nansen," 

 by M. Douglas. 



I Messrs. George Newnes, Ltd., announce: — "Flashlights 

 on Nature," by Grant Allen, illustrated. In the Library 

 of Useful Stories: — "The Story of the Cotton Plant, its- 

 Cultivation and the Manufacture of its Product," by F. Wilkin- 

 son, illustrated; "The Story of the Mind," by Prof. J. M^ 



j Baldwin, with diagrams : "The Story of the British Race," by 

 John Munro, with maps ; " The Story of Geographical Dis- 

 covery : How the World became Known," by Joseph Jacobs, 

 with maps, &c. ; "The Story of the Metals." by H. C. Fyfe. 



The announcements of Messrs. C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., in- 

 clude : — " The Land of the Pigmies," by Captain Guy Burrows, 

 illustrated; " Spinifex and Sand, a Narrative of five years' 

 Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia," by the Hon. 

 David W. Carnegie, illustrated. 



Mr. YoungJ. Pentland's announcements are : —"Contributions 

 to Clinical Medicine," by Dr. T. McCall Anderson ; " Text- 

 Book of Physiology," by British Physiologists, edited by Prof. 

 E. A. Schafer, F. R,S., vol. ii. ; "Diseases of the Heart 

 and Aorta," by Dr. G. A. Gibson ; " The Principles of 

 Treatment," by Dr. J. Mitchell Bruce; "Lectures on Gid- 

 diness and x)n Hysteria in the Male," by Sir Thomas 

 Grainger Stewart; "Text-Book of Medicine," by British 

 teachers, edited by Dr. G. A. Gibson ; " The Radical Cure of 

 Hernia, Hydrocele, and Varicocele," by C. B. Lockwood ; 

 "Manual of Midwifery," by Dr. R. Milne Murray; "The 

 Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology," edited by Dr. G. 

 Sims Woodhead, vol. v. ; and a new edition of " The Principles 

 and Practice of Medicine," designed for the u.se of practitioners 

 and students of medicine, by Dr. William Osier, F.R.S. 



Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons announce : — " Electricity in- 

 the Diagno.^is and Treatment of Diseases of the Nose, Throat, 

 and Ear," by Dr. W. Scheppegrell, illustrated ; and a new 

 edition of " Camping in the Canadian Rockies, an Account of 

 Camp Life in the Wilder Parts of the Canadian Rocky Moun- 

 tains, together with a description ot the Region about Banff» 

 Lake Louise, and Glacier, and a Sketch of the Early Explora- 

 tions," by Walter D. Wilcox, illustrated. 



The Rebman Publishing Company, Ltd., will issue : — " Atla» 

 of Legal Medicine," by Dr. E. R. von Hofmann, edited by Dr. 

 Frederick Peterson ; •' Atlas of Laryngology," by Dr. L» 

 Grlinwald, edited by Dr. Charles P. Grayson; "Atlas of 

 Operative Surgery," by Dr. O. Zuckerkandl, edited by Dr, J. 

 Chalmers Da Costa. 



Messrs, Lovell Reeve and Co., Ltd., announce :— The fifth 

 and the seventh volumes of the "Flora of Tropical Africa" ; 

 the seventh volume of the " Flora Capensis" ; the third volume 

 of Mr. F. Moore's Lepidoptera Indica " ; the fifth volume of 

 Mr. Barrett's "Lepidoptera of the British Islands"; and 



further instalments of Miss Bowdler Sharpe'; 

 Mr. Alfred Fryer's " Potamogetons." 



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