March 17, 1S92] 



NATURE 



477 



Companion to Higher Arithmetic and Elementary Mensura- 

 tion," by P. Goyen, Inspector of Schools, Dunedin, New 

 Zealand ; " Arithmetic for Schools," by Barnard Smith, late 

 Fellow and Bursar of St. Peter's College, Cambridge ; carefully 

 revised in accordance with modern methods by W. H. H. 

 Hudson, IVofessor of Mathematics, King's College, London ; 

 •'Blowpipe Analysis," by J. Landauer, authorized English 

 edition by J. Taylor and W. E. Kay, of the Owens College, 

 Manchester, new edition, thoroughly revised with the assistance 

 of Prof. Landauer; "Nature's Story Books," I. "Sunshine," 

 by Amy Johnson, illustrated. 



The Clarendon Press :—" Mathematical Papers of the late 

 Henry J. S. Smith, Savilian Professor of Geometry in the 

 University of Oxford," with portrait and memoir, two vols. ; 

 "Plane Trigonometry without Imaginaries," by R. C. J. 

 Nixon; "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism," by J. 

 Clerk Maxwell, new edition ; " A Manual of Crystallography," 

 by M. H. N. Story-Maskelyne ; "Elementary Mechanics," by 

 A. L. Selby ; " Weismann's Lectures on Heredity," Vol. II., 

 edited by E. B, Poulton, F.R.S. ; "Epidemic Influenza," by 

 F. A. Fnxey. 



The Cambridge University Press : — " A Treatise on the 

 Mathematical Theory of Electricity," by A. E. H. Love, 

 Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, two vols., Vol. I. in 

 the press; "The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight 

 Standards," by W. Rid^eway, Professor of Greek, Queen's 

 College, Cork, and late Fellow of Gonville and Caius College ; 

 "Solutions of the Examples in 'A Treatise on Elementary 

 Dynamics,'" by S. L. Looey, formerly Fellow of Sidney 

 Sussex College, Cambridge. 



Messrs. Longmans and Co.: — "Darwin and after Darwin : 

 an Exposition of the Darwinian Theory, and a Discussion of 

 Post-Darwinian Questions," by George John Romanes, F.R.S., 

 two vols. 



Messrs. A. and C. Black: — "Life in Motion; or, Muscle 

 and Nerve," a series of lectures delivered at the Royal Institu- 

 tion, Christmas, 1891, by John Gray McKendrick, F.R. S., illus- 

 trated. 



Messrs. J. and A. Churchill: — "A Treatise on Hygiene, 

 edited by Thomas Stephenson and Shirley F. Murphy, in two 

 vols., with numerous illustrations, Vol. I. nearly ready ; 

 " Chemical Technology ; or. Chemistry in its Applications to 

 Arts and Manufactures," edited by Charles E. Groves, F.R.S. , 

 and William Thorp (with which is incorporated " Richardson 

 and Watts' Chemical Technology"), Vol. II. "Lighting: 

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 "Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Pharmacology, and Thera- 

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 Diseases of the Nervous System," by J. A. Ormerod, with 66 

 illustrations ; "A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine, giving 

 the Definition, Etymology, and Synonyms of the Terms used in 

 Medical Psychology, with the Symptoms, Pathology, and 

 Treatment of the Recognized Forms of Mental Disorder, 

 together with the Law of Lunacy in Great Britain and Ireland," 

 in two vols., edited by D. Hack Tuke. 



Messrs. Whittaker and Co. : — New volumes of the Specialists' 

 Series — "Lightning Conductors and Guards," by Oliver J. 

 Lodge, F.R.S., with numerous illustrations; "The Dynamo," 

 by C. C. Hawkins and F. Wallis, with numerous original dia- 

 grams ; "A Guide to Electric Lighting," by S. R. Bottone, 

 for householders and amateurs, with 77 illustrations. Whit- 

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 Drapers, with over 300 illustrations ; " Leather Work, Stamped, 

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 Leland, author of " Wood Carving," with numerous illus- 

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 ralogy," by Dr. F. Hatch, with numerous illustrations ; " Che- 

 mistry," by T. Bolas, with many illustrations. 



Messrs. Sampson Low and Co. : — " Answers to the Questions 

 on Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical (Ordinary 

 Course), set at the Examinations of the Science and Art Depart- 

 ment, South Kensington, 1887 to 1891," by John Mills, two vols., 

 fully illustrated ; " Chemistry for Students, consisting of a Series 

 of Lessons based on the Syllabus of the Science and Art De- 

 partment, and specially designed to facilitate the experimental 

 teaching of Elementary Chemistry in Schools and Evening 



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Classes," by John Mills, numerous illustrations; "Decorative 

 Electricity," by Mrs. J. E. H. Gordon, with a chapter on Fire 

 Risks by J. E. H. Gordon, and numerous illustrations by Herbert 

 Fell, engraved on wood by J. D. Cooper; "Examination of 

 Soils," by W. T. Brannt. 



Messrs. George Philip and Son: — "Makers of Modern 

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 Clements R. Markham, Vol. VII. of " The Worid's Great 

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 "Philips' Atlas of Astronomy," a series of seventy-two plates, 

 with notes and index by Sir Robert Stawell Ball, F.R.S., 

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 of Europe," a series of coloured maps, with notes, plans of 

 cities, and complete consulting index, by J. G. Bartholomew. 



Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Co. : — " Animal Colour- 

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 with four coloured plates by P. J. Smit, and numerous wood- 

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 from the third German edition by Dr. E. L. Mark, Professor of 

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 of Embryology : Invertebrates," by Drs. Korscheltand Heider, 

 of the University of Berlin, translated and edited by Dr. E. L. 

 Mark, Professor of Anatomy in Harvard University, and Dr. 

 W. M. Woodworth, Assistant Professor in Harvard University, 

 fully illustrated ; " Text-book of Geology," adapted from the 

 work of Dr. Kayser, Professor in the University of Marburg, by 

 Philip Lake, of St. John's College, Cambridge, fully illustrated ; 

 "The Geographical Distribution of Disease in England and 

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 " A Treatise on Public Hygiene and its Applications in different 

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Messrs. Crosby Lockwood and Son: — "A Hand-book oi 

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 by H. J. Phillips, second edition, revised and much enlarged. 



SCIENTIFIC SERIALS. 

 The most important article in the numbers of the Journal of 

 Botany for January and February is one by the late Dr. A. 

 Barclay on rust and mildews in Indin. lie shows that the 

 years in which the grain-crops were deficieni have l)een those 

 m which the climatal conditions were favonral>le to ihegrowili of 

 parasitic fungi. The chief enemy to wheat in India is Puccinia 

 ruhigo-vera ; and it is an interesting fact that while the xcidio- 

 f irm of this Uredine occurs in E^urope on Borraginaceous plants, 

 no secidium is known in India on any species of the order. Dr. 

 Barclay believes that its life-history has a different course in 

 India from that taken in Europe.— Mr. W. G. Smith reports- 

 the progress at present made in the commission which he has 

 received from the Trustees of the British* Museum to make a 

 series of water-colour drawings of the whole of the British 

 Baiidiomycetes for the public gallery of the Department of 

 Botany. — A series of papers is commenced in these numbers on 

 the first records of British flowering plants, by Mr. W. A. 

 Clarke. 



