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NATURE 



[September 29, 1898 



Mr. Grant Richards announces : — " The Philosophy of Greece, 

 considered in relation to the Character and History of the 

 People," by Alfred W. Benn. 



Messrs. Routledge and Sons' list contains : — New editions of 

 Stonehenge's " The Horse," revised by Harold Leeney ; and of 

 " The Microscope : its History, Construction, and Application," 

 by Dr. Jabez Hogg 



Messrs. Schleicher Freres (Paris) call attention to : — " La 

 Fatigue intellectuel,le," by A. Binet and V. Henri, illustrated ; 

 "Contribution a TEtude de la Methode dans les Sciences ex- 

 p6rimentales," by Louis Favre ; and " Traite complet des 

 Variations du Systeme Musculaire de 1' Homme et de leur 

 signification au point de vue de 1' Anthropologic Zoologique," 

 by Prof, le Double. 



Mr. Gustav Schmidt (Berlin) will issue :—" Die Alpenpflanzen 

 in der Gartenkultur der Tieflander," by Erich Wocke, illus- 

 trated. 



The list of the Scientific Press, Ltd., is as follows :^'* An 

 Atlas of Bacteriology," by Charles Slater and Edmund J. Spitta ; 

 " Hospital Expenditure : the Commissariat," reprinted from the 

 Hospital ; " Some Medical Aspects of Education," by Dr. Percy 

 G. Lewis. The " Burdett Series"— "The Rational Use of 

 Antiseptics in Midwifery Practice," by Dr. James Morrison ; 

 " Nursing of Sick Children," by Dr. J. D. E. Mortimer ; 

 "Mental Nursing," by Dr. William Harding. 



Messrs. Walter Scott, Ltd., promise : — " The Natural History 

 of Digestion," by Dr. A. Lockhart Gillespie, illustrated ; 

 " Degeneracy : its Causes, Signs, and Results," by Prof. Eugene 

 S. Talbot, illustrated (the Contemporary Science Series). 



TheS. P. C. K's. list contains : — " British Birds," by Dr. R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, illustrated in colours ; " Matter, Ether, and 

 Motion, the Factors and Relations of Physical Science," by 

 Prof. A. E. Dolbear, with diagrams. 



Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Co., Ltd., give notice of :— 

 "Aristotle's Psychology, including the Parva Naturalia," trans- 

 lated and edited, with Commentary and Introduction, by Prof. 

 William A. Hammond; "Ethics," by Prof. W. Wundt, translated 

 from the second German edition, vol. iii. "The Principles of 

 Morality and the Sphere of their Validity," translated by Prof. 

 E. B. Titchener ; "Physiological Psychology," by Prof. W. 

 Wundt, translated by Prof. E. B. Titchener, 2 vols, illustrated ; 

 "History of Contemporary Philosophy," by Prof. Friedrich 

 Ueberweg, edited by Prof. Max Heinze, translated by Prof. 

 W\ A. Hammond ; " Text-Book of Palaeontology for Zoological 

 Students," by Theodore T. Groom, illustrated ; " Text-Book of 

 Embryology : Invertebrates," by Profs. Korschelt and Heider, 

 vol. ii. "Crustacea and Arachnoids," translated by Matilda 

 Bernard, and edited by Martin T. Woodward, illustrated ; 

 "Elementary Text-Book of Botany," by Prof. Sydney H. 

 Vines, illustrated; "Eclipses of the Moon from a.d. 300 

 to 1900," by Robert Sewell ; "Common Salt, its Use and 

 Necessity for the Maintenance of Health and the Prevention 

 of Disease," by C. Godfrey (jiimpel ; " Fishes," by the 

 Rev. H. A. Macpherson (Young Collector Series) : " Grasses, 

 Handbook of," by W. Hutchinson, illustrated (Young Collector 

 Series) ; " Mammalia," by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson (Young 

 Collector Series); "Birds' Eggs and Nests," by W. C. J. 

 Ruskin Butterfield (Young Collector Series) ; and new editions 

 of "Text-Book of Embryology: Man and Mammals," by 

 Prof. Oscar Hertwig, translated by Prof. E. L. Mark, illus- 

 trated ; ' ' Handbook ^of Practical Botany, for the Botanical 

 Laboratory and Private Student," by Prof. E. Strasburger, 

 edited by Prof. W. Hillhouse. illustrated ; " Ants, Bees, Wasps, 

 and Dragon-flies," by W. H. Bath ; and " Fungi, Lichens, &c. ," 

 by Peter Gray, in the Young Collector Series. 



The list of Messrs. Thacker and Co. contains: — "The 

 Medical Monograph " Series, edited by Dr. David Walsh. A 

 new series of medical monographs, dealing with subjects of 

 everyday practice, and embodying all recent scientific advances. 

 • The announcements of the University Correspondence Col- 

 lege Press include: — First Stage "Physiology," "Botany," 

 "Hygiene," "Inorganic Chemistry (Practical)," by Dr. F. 

 Beddow; "Agriculture," "Advanced Magnetism and Elec- 

 tricity," by Dr. R. W. Stewart ; " Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 

 (Theoretical)," " Tutorial Algebra," Part ii. "Advanced Course," 

 Part i. " Elementary," by Wm. Briggs, and Prof, G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S. ; "Manual of Psychology," by G. F. Stout, vol. i. ; 

 " Text-Book of Botany," by J. M. Lowson ; and " Introduction 

 to Carbon Compounds," by Dr. F. Beddow. 



In Mr. Fisher Unwin's list we find :— " Through New Guinea 



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and the Cannibal Countries," by Captain H. Cayley-Webster ; 

 "The Psychology of Peoples," by G. Le Bon, translated by 

 M. Derechef ; and "Life of Man on the High Alps: Studies 

 made on Monte Rosa," by Prof. A. Mosso, translated by Mr. 

 and Mrs. Kiesow. 



Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Co., Ltd., announce: — "With 

 Nansen in the North," by Lieut. Hjalmar Johansen, illustrated ; 

 and " Fishing and Fishers," by J. Paul Taylor. 



Messrs. Whittaker and Co. will issue : — " The Inspection of 

 Railway Material," by G. R. Bodmer ; " Electro- Mechanical 

 Series," adapted from the French of Henry de Graffigny by 

 A. G. Elliot, vol. iii. " Electro-Chemistry," vol. iv. "Electric 

 Distribution " ; " Central Station Electricity Supply," by Albert 

 Gay and C. H. Yeaman ; "Elementary Mathematics: Arith- 

 metic, Geometry and Algebra," by J. L. S. Hatton and G. 

 Bool ; " Lathes : English and American," by J. Horner ; 

 "Electric Wiring, Fittings, Switches and Lamps," by W. 

 Perren Maycock ; "Outlines of Physical Chemistry," by Prof. 

 A. Reychler, translated by Dr. J. McCrae ; " Electric Traction," 

 by J. H. Rider (Specialist's Series) ; " Horseless Road Loco- 

 motion : its History and Modern Development," by A. R. 

 Sennetc, 2 vols, illustrated. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL . 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



The distribution of medals, prizes, &c.,to students of the 

 Royal College of Science, South Kensington, will take place on 

 Thursday, October 6, at 2.30 p.m., in the Lecture Theatre of 

 the Museum of Science and Art. Sir Norman Lockyer, K. C. B. , 

 F. R. S. , will deliver an address upon this occasion. 



Dr. Georg Klebs, professor of botany at Basle, has been 

 called to Halle, and is succeeded at Basle by Dr- Wilhelm 

 Schimper, assistant professor at Bonn. 



Dr. James Leicester, late chief lecturer on chemistry and 

 metallurgy at the Merchant Venturers' Technical College, 

 Bristol, has been appointed as head of the chemical department 

 at the Municipal Technical College at Derby. 



The anniversary of the birth of Michael Faraday was com- 

 memorated on Thursday last at the " Michael Faraday" Board 

 School, Walworth, by a gathering of the boys and girls of the 

 upper standards in one of the large rooms to hear a commemora- 

 tion address from Dr. Gladstone, F.R.S. A bust of Faraday 

 which had been presented to the school by the Royal Institution 

 was prettily decorated with plants brought by the children, and 

 round the walls were cards giving some of the chief facts 

 relating to Faraday's career. Every encouragement should be 

 given to the adoption of such means as these for keeping in 

 mind the work and high character of men like Faraday, and so 

 inspiring a spirit of emulation. 



The following items from the London Technical Education 

 Gazette, concerning the new session just commenced in the 

 eleven polytechnics of London, are worthy of mention : — At 

 Battersea Polytechnic special attention is being devoted to the 

 organisation of preliminary courses in technical arithmetic, 

 mensuration and elementary physics, chemistry and mechanics, 

 adapted to the requirements of trade students. It is of great 

 importance that young students before commencing the regular 

 technical and trade classes should be provided with a sound 

 elementary training in the above subjects. The syllabus recently 

 issued by the Technical Education Board has called attention 

 to the need for such instruction, and at many of the polytechnics 

 and technical institutes students can now find opportunities for 

 acquiring it. — Among the principal developments at the Borough 

 Polytechnic is a new bakery, which has been built and equipped 

 in the most complete manner, and provides exceptional 

 accommodation and facilities for the teaching of baking. A new 

 physical laboratory has also been erected.— At the Woolwich 

 Polytechnic great additions have also been made last session by 

 the erection of a new wing containing chemical and physical 

 laboratories and increased accommodation for art teaching. A 

 special laboratory has also been erected' for the teaching of 

 mechanical engineering, a subject which is naturally much in 

 demand among the employees of the Arsenal. — In the day 

 engineering department at the South- Western Polytechnic a civil 

 engineering section has been added to the sections for mechanical 

 and electrical engineering. — At the Regent Street Polytechnic a 



