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[October 4, 1900 



Goodsall and W. Ernest Miles, two parts, illustrated ; " Living 

 Anatomy," by Cecil L. Burns and Dr. Robert J- Colenso, 40 

 plates, with descriptive letterpress ; " Essays in Illustration of 

 the action of Astral Gravitation in Natural Phenomena," by 

 William Leighton Jordan ; " A Practical Guide to Garden 

 Plants," by John Weathers, illustrated; "Human Personality, 

 and its Survival of Bodily Death," by Frederic W. H. Myers, 

 2 vols. 



In the list of Messrs. Sampson Low and Co., Ltd., we 

 observe : — " Golden Tips, a Description of Ceylon and its Great 

 Tea Industry," by H. W. Cave; "The Inhabitants of the 

 Philippines," by Frederic H. Sawyer, illustrated ; " Lepcha 

 Land, or Six Weeks in the Sikhim Himalayas," by Florence 

 Donaldson, illustrated ; " Textile Machinery, Recent Improve- 

 ments," by E. A. Posselt, part ii. ; and a new edition of "On 

 ihe Manufacture of Vinegar, Cider and Fruit Wines, &c.," by 

 W. T. Brannt. 



The science list of Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., is : — 

 " Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, F.R.S.," 

 by Leonard Huxley, with portraits and illustrations, in 

 2 vols.; "Studies Scientific and Social," by Dr. Alfred 

 R. Wallace, F.R.S., in 2 vols., vol. i. Scientific, vol. ii. 

 Social, illustrated ; " The Cambridge Natural History," 

 vol. viii. Amphibia and Reptiles, by Dr. H. Gadow, F.R. S., 

 illustrated ; " The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry 

 Huxley," edited by Sir M. Foster, K.C.B., F.R.S., and Prof. 

 E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., in 4 vols., vol. iii. ; " Dictionary of 

 Philosophy and Psychology," edited by Prof. J. Mark Baldwin, 

 in 3 vols. ; "Cyclopedia of Horticulture," vols. iii. and iv. , 

 edited by Prof. L. H. Bailey, illustrated ; " Botany, a Text- 

 Book for Schools," by Prof. L. H. Bailey, illustrated ; " The 

 Principles of Vegetable-Gardening," by Prof. L. H. Bailey, 

 illustrated ; " Principles of Stock-breeding, the Application of 

 Biological Laws to the Breeding of Domestic Animals (including 

 Poultry), whether for 'Fancy 'or Profit," by Prof. W.H. Brewer; 

 " First Experiments in Psychology, a Manual of Elementary 

 Laboratory Practice," by Prof. Edward B. Titchener, in 2 vols., 

 vol. i. Qualitative Experiments, vol. ii. Quantitative Experi- 

 ments ; "Foundations of Knowledge," by Prof. Alexander T. 

 O. McCosh ; "School Geography," by Prof. R. S. Tarr, vol. 

 iii. Europe, &c. ; "The Principles of Mechanics," by Prof. 

 Frederick Slate ; "Design and Construction of Electric Power 

 Plants," by Bion J. Arnold; "Elementary Electricity and 

 Magnetism," by Prof. D. C. Jackson and Prof. J. P. Jackson, 

 illustrated; "An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics," by 

 Prof. Forest Ray Moulton ; Surgical Technique, being a Hand- 

 book of and Operating Guide to all Operations on the Head, 

 Neck, and Trunk," by Prof. Fr. von Esmarch and Dr. E. 

 Kowalzig, translated by Prof. Ludwig H. Grau, edited by Prof. 

 Nicholas Senn, illustrated ; and new editions of " West African 

 Studies," by Mary H. Kingsley ; " The Golden Bough, a Study 

 in Magic and Religion," by Dr. J. G. Frazer, 3 vols. ; and 

 " Modern Perspective, a Treatise upon the Principles and 

 Practice of Plane and Cylindrical Perspective," by Prof. William 

 R. Ware, with a portfolio of places. 



Messrs. Methuen and Co. give notice of: — ^"The Science of 

 Hygiene," by W. C. C. Pakes, illustrated ; " The Principles 

 of Magnetism and Electricity : an Elementary Text-book," by 

 P. L. Gray, illustrated. 



Mr. Murray's announcements include: — "A Treatise on 

 Medical Jurisprudence," by Dr. G. Vivian Poore ; "The Life 

 of Gilbert White," based on letters, journals, and other docu- 

 ments in the possession of the family and not hitherto published, 

 by his great grand-nephew, Rashleigh Holt-White. 2 vols., 

 illustrated; "The Birds of Siberia," by the late Henry See- 

 bohm, with the author's latest corrections, edited by Dr. F. H. 

 H. Guillemard, illustrated; "The Life of Sir John Fowler, 

 Bart., K.C.M.G.,"a record of engineering work, 1834-1898, by 

 Thomas Mackay, illustrated ; " The Natural History of Re- 

 ligion," based on the Gifford lectures delivered in Aberdeen in 

 1889-90 and 1890-91, by Prof. E. B. Tylor, F.R.S., illustrated ; 

 'A Handy Book of Horticulture," by F. C. Hayes, illustrated ; 

 "Heredity," by Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, illustrated; a 

 popular edition of " The Origin of Species by means of Natural 

 Selection," by Charles Darwin, F.R.S., with a photogravure 

 portrait of the author; and a new edition of "Scrambles 

 Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69," including the history 

 of the first ascent of the Matterhorn, by Edward Whymper, 

 illustrated. 



Messrs. George Newnes, Ltd., promise: — "The Story of 

 Thought and Feeling " (an elementary book on Psychology), by 

 F. Ryland ; "The Story, of Animal Life," by B. Lindsay; 

 "In Nature's Workshop," by Grant Allen, illustrated. 



Mr. J. C. Nimmo's list comprises: — " Babylonians and As- 

 syrians, Excavations and Account of Decipherment of Inscrip- 

 tions," by Prof. A. V. Hilprecht ; "Syriaand Palestine, Impor- 

 tant Discoveries in Recent Years"; "Reminiscences of a 

 Falconer," by Major C. H. Fisher ; and new editions of 

 " British Game Birds and Wild Fowl," by Dr. Beverley R. 

 Morris; "Fern Growing, Fifty Years' Experience in Crossing 

 and Cultivation, with a list of the most important varieties and 

 a History of the Discovery of Multiple Parentage," by E. J. 

 Lowe, F.R.S. ; Rev. F. O. Morris's "A History of British 

 Birds," 6 vols. ; " A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of 

 British Birds " ; "A History of British Butterflies " ; "A 

 Natural History of British Moths"; and "A Handbook, of 

 British Birds," by J. E. Harting. 



Mr. D. Nutt'slist contains : — " Mythology and Folktales, their 

 Relation and Interpretation," by E. Sidney Hartland. 



The announcements of the Oxford University Press include : — 

 "The Structure and Life-History of the Harlequin Fly," by 

 Prof. L. C. Miall, F.R.S., and A. R. Hammond ; " A Text- 

 book of Arithmetic," by Richard Hargreaves ; "The 'Junior ' 

 Euclid," by S. W. Finn, Books IIL and IV. 



Mr. Y. J. Pentland announces : — " Text-book of Physiology," 

 edited by Prof. Schafer, F.R.S. ; vol. ii. "Text-book of Medi- 

 cine," edited by Dr. G. A. Gibson ; " Text-book of Pharma- 

 cology and Therapeutics," edited by Dr. W. Hale White ; and 

 " Diseases of the Throat, Nose and Ear," by Dr. P. McBride. 



Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons promise : — ■" Care of the Con- 

 sumptive," by Dr. Charles Fox Gardiner; "Thomas Henry 

 Huxley, a Sketch of his Life and Work," by P. Chalmers 

 Mitchell, with portraits; "Medical and Surgical Nursing," 

 edited by Dr. H. J. O'Brien ; and a new edition of " Materia 

 Medica for Nurses," by L. L. Dock. 



The list of the Religious Tract Society includes: — "The 

 Royal Observatory, Greenwich, a Glance at its History and 

 Work," by E. Walter Maunder. 



Mr. Grant Richards promises : — " Flame, Electricity, and 

 the Camera," by George lies, illustrated. 



Messrs. Sands and Co. will add to their Library for Young 

 Naturalists, edited by F. G. Aflalo, " The Animals of Africa," 

 by H. A. Bryden, illustrated; "Types of British Plants," by 

 C. S. Colman, illustrated. 



Messrs. Walter Scott, Ltd., will add to their "Contemporary 

 Science" Series : — " The Mediterranean Race," by Prof. Sergi, 

 illustrated. 



Messrs. Seeleyand Co., Ltd., promise anew edition of " The 

 Chemistry of Paints and Painting, " by Prof. A. H. Church, 

 F.R.S. 



The list of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 

 contains: — "Among the Birds," by Florence Anna Fulcher ; 

 "Sounding the Ocean of Air," being six lectures delivered before 

 the Lowell Institute of Boston in December, 1898, by A. 

 Lawrence Rotch, illustrated. 



Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Co., Ltd., call attention to : — 

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

 lated and edited with commentary and introduction by Prof. 

 William A. Hammond; "A History of Contemporary Philo- 

 sophy," by Dr. Max Heinze, translated by Prof. William 

 Hammond; "Ethics," by Prof. W. Wundt, vol. iii.: The 

 Principles of Morality and the Sphere of their Validity, trans- 

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

 by Prof. W. Wundt, translated by Prof. E. B. Titchener, 2 vols., 

 illustrated ; " Text-book of Palaeontology for Zoological Stu- 

 dents," by Theodore T. Groom, illustrated ; " Text-book of 

 Embryology : Invertebrates," by Dr. E. Korschelt and Dr. K. 

 Heidjer, translated by Mrs. H. M. Bernard, and edited (with 

 additions) by Martin J. Woodward, vol. iv., illustrated ; " The 

 Romance of the Earth," by Prof. A. W. Bickerton, illustrated ; 

 "Biological Types in the Vegetable Kingdom," by Wilfred 

 Mark Webb; "Mammalia," by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson ; 

 "Birds' Eggs and Nests," by W. C. J. Ruskin Butterfield ; 

 "Inductive Geometry," by H. A. Nesbitt ; and a new edition 

 of " Handbook of Practical Botany, for the Botanical Laboratory 

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

 W. Hillhouse, illustrated. 



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