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graphy : i., Outlines of Geography ; ii., The British Isles; 

 iii., Europe; iv., Africa; v., Asia; vi., America; vii., 

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 concluding volumes of. Elementary Studies in Geography, 

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 Empire. T. Fisher Unwin. — Tramps in Dark Mongolia, 

 J. Hedley, illustrated; A Handbook of Polar Discoveries, 

 Major-General A. W. Greely. 



Geology. 



R. Culley. — The Story of the Earth, Prof. Dwerryhouse. 

 7. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd. — ^Geology, Prof. J. W. Gregory, 

 F.R.S. G. Fischer (Jena). — Vorschule der Geologic, 

 Walther, new edition. C. Griffin and Co., Ltd. — Geology 

 for Engineers, Major Sorsbie, R.E., illustrated. Mac- 

 millan and Co., Ltd. — The Origin of Ore Deposits and the 

 Extent of Future Supplies, Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S. 

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Mathematical and Physical Science. 



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 of Gases, Prof. J. S. Townsend, F.R.S. ; Text-book of 

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Medical Science. 



D. Appleton and Co. — Haemorrhage and Transfusion, 

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.illustrated; and a new edition of The Diseases of Infancy 

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edited by J. Sherren, with a memoir by H. . H. Bash- 

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