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- KNOW^LEDGE 



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aluablo feature in i i 

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■r SOME BOOKS OX OUR TABLE. 



• ' Tcl-luul- of Sln,cl,n:d and J'hy^lolo.jlcal Eofnny. By 

 0'1'TO W . TikI.mi- :,n<l Ali KiD W. l!i;NNi..TT. Fifth edi) i,in. 

 (Londii: Enii.,nnans, Green, k Co. 1S85.)- Wliellur 

 we n--ard Ibis :,s a text-book fur the .stwleni, i.v iis a 

 hand-li.M,k (if rrf.T.Ti.-e fur tlie advuiieed butaui^i, it 

 really seems i,s tlin,,^, ii u.a.M I,. .liflleuU iw un\v,.vr 



upon 1 



edn. 





api 



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The 



form, slrue 



lire .successively liv ;I.M in ',lr(ail. Their pedi-ree,' s„ io 

 speak, is tr.ieid frmn tliu dim indications of Alga^ in the 

 Silurian reeks, d.^ssn to the veo-etation of to-day. A 

 chapter on bu; nir,l , , . - r,,|.l,v rxhibits in sueeessitai the 

 leading botaiiir,! r ...,, . , , :^]i ,i:,. l,...v. ,, |.:.n. , f ilir 

 earth, while '. \ ,,,,;',, ,i„, 



volume, whirh i ,,,. ;,: . li , . ,,.| 1 ., ,.,, , •::,:.• Ih.r 



600 woodenl^ ; vl .• -■ .!..! n.,,., W,' ,,,• v | iv,. , .,,;,- 



fidently assiiiiM ih . \ '■ hnh edlii<;i uill li,. v,"iy hif 

 indeed from In ;i h. ! . i;r. 



Tlu-Nonu,. : . , /'■ ^ .^-■. llr.un n,. hy A .b.isi 



Milh ,n l,h, ■■ \..r_.]r '/ii,,,'!' IV„(''h:;,,l,T'l,,'-' I'hll';',,'',',;',..' 



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preeisfly defermiued ; ' and asbiu'cdly it 

 tiie name of any given disease and all tliat such name 

 connotes should be of the most definite possible character. 

 Of course, AviibenI ■-■..„.,- i-cTierdly-iveo-niscd ntmiencln- 

 ture of Disuas, , ,i ■ . , . . nhv'.dlh,' n.nn,- in r.nn,,- 

 tion Witll tbrn, : . . . , i::,:,. -ilt,' ; illld ,.n Ih,' \.,!,n ,.[■ 



cieutly wide area, U is whejly ueedles.s bi insi.s't here. 

 L5ut tho difficulty or impossibility of tabulating such 



K. SwiN- 

 irshall, <fe 

 ead gives 

 alar kind! 



.if 



CoO~AVe lire 'a liu'le alTa 



his readers credit for the pe 



of memory which is by no means common among-: 



students, "ir,. employs :i novel and remarkable system : 



of CO-. ,,;; , o, , ,., ,,,;";i;,,,,- ,,r -m-, i,-h. lines and more or 

 less r.i,: I , ,. . , -.. . : uhirb has all to be 



remc.,,1. - I i i,, - .-. i '::, ■■ : : ■ |fin(ed in red, and 

 the on' !!:..■ h.ll V, i:.:: it:, ■; :,r,, • •.ho-^uem ly drawn m 

 blaek. h n;:v !.■ tho novelty of the idea, or, <.f course, 

 our ,n\n slu|ndiiv, hut it seems to us that the outline of 

 Eur,. I r Of AIVi.:.\-.,uld be fixed in the mind in consider- 

 able h-.s tin.,- ilrm the eomj.licated, and seeminsrly 

 nn-;.ni'"i- . | i, ,■■ -^ ,f -.•,.nief rieal eouslrnelion which 



/',,,-.'■,,„ ,,,- /,',. 7'-,. J„„T,V,.v. Bv T, MELLAinv 

 Reai.f, C.E., ctJ. (Liv<'.-|:o,,l : C. Tinll..; ,v C , is-o.) 

 —This is a reprint of :*Ir. .M.lh.i-,1 K, ,, : : h: ,1 



Address to the Liveri.,,,! ( ;e,,lon.i,.;,| ^ , i }^ 



to make a quantitative detrnninatiou (: i ■ •, , : ^. 



removed from the continents of' the Ne.v \V,-rl.l by 

 various forms of denudation. Mr. Read,, lu^l>(s, as we 

 think justifiably, on the importance of chemiciij action 

 as a denuding agent. ■ ■ , 



rutfini - Miil-inq. By a Foreman Pattettn-kakee- 

 (London: Cn.sby Loekwood A Co. 1 88.5 .■)— Articles, 



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h, I foduction of the 

 , I ill.' e..ni| oiu'i.t I'arts (_,f every type of 

 111 uhieh :ir,' l,,riiu,l hy Casting. No book with 

 ' lire :ie.]ii;i ill! 1 .1 lo t s into sucli miuute details 

 iil.ji.i : 'i ill. \,.Iuiiieon OTirtabl^; in fact, it 

 Ml : • : 1 i, .■ or beginner with a, complete 

 ill his art. Much of the work Lias 

 1 1 a detached form in the columns of 

 ,■.;.: 1.. the English Mtchanic. In the 

 .f nuehanieal art, it is to be hoped tkat its 

 1 its book form will bo ;xs numerous as they 



