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stj'le, even in children's and fishes' conversations, is not 

 the best. And it seems a pity that wliat is meant for 

 children should not be of the best, in liowever humble a 

 sphere. 



jMiss Alice Woodward is to be congratulated on her 

 illustrations ; they are clear and charming, and, drawn 

 with a characteristic humour, must add considerably to 

 the value of the book in grown-up eyes as well as in 

 those of the younger generation for whom it was intended. 



Books Received 



(Mention in this column does not preclude a review.) 



The Wonders of the Stars. By Joseph McC.^be. (Watts & 

 Co., 3s.) 



The ABC of Atoms. By Bertr.-\nd Russell. (Kegan 

 Paul, 45. 6d.) 



Botany. A Junior Book for Schools. By R. H. Yapp 

 (Cambridge University Press, 34-. 6rf.) 



Roman Britain. By R. G. Collingvvgod, F.S.A. (Oxford 

 University Press, 25. bd.) 



Indian Bird Life. By M. R. N. Holmer. (O.xford 

 University Press, 35. 6rf.) 



Elementary Mathematical Astronomy. By C. W. C. 

 B.\RLOW, M.A., B.Sc. ; and G. H. Brv.\n-, D.Sc, 

 M.A., F.R.S. (University Tutorial Press, gs. 6d.) 



Elementary Hygiene. By Bih.\ri L.\l Bh.\ti.\ and Prem 

 Nath Suri. (Longmans, Crreen & Co., 25. 6d.) 



Animal Parasites and Human Disease. By As.\ C. 

 Ch-^indler, M.S., Ph.D. (Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 22s.) 



The New Physics. By Arthur Haas. (Methuen, 6s.) 



Makers of Science. By Ivor B. Hart. (Oxford L'ni- 

 versity Press, 6s.) 



The Kingdom, of the Heavens : Some Star Secrets. By 

 Charles Nordmann. Translated by E. E. Four- 

 NiER D'Albe. (Fisher Unwin, 12s. bd.) 



Variations in the Levels of the Central African Lakes 

 Victoria and Albert. By C. E. P. Brooks, M.Sc. 

 (Published by the Meteorological Committee, is. 6(/.) 



The Subject Index to Periodicals, 1920. F, Education 

 and Child Welfare. (Issued by the Library Associa- 

 tion. Published by the Library Association ; agents : 

 Messrs. Graftoia & Co., 4s.) 



Probite Scientifique. Par Maurice Lec.\t. Chez I'Auteur, 

 Lou vain. 



Sul Principio dclle Energte di Moto e Sulle sur Conse- 

 quence. Ing. Gaetano Ivaloi. (Societa Editrice 

 Libraria, Milano.) 



The New Natural History. Being the Twenty-fifth 

 Robert Boyle Lecture. By Professor J. Arthur 

 Thomson, M.A., LL.D. (Humphrey Milford, is.) 



Seventy-seventh Annual Report of the Director of the Astro- 

 nomical Observatory of Harvard College for the Year 

 ending September 30, 1922. By Harlow Shaplev. 

 (Pubhshed by the University, Cambridge, Massr.- 

 chusetts.) 



On the Form of the Distribution Law of Stellar Velocities. 

 Reprint 2. By Willem J. Luyten. Reprinted 

 from tlie Proceedings of the National Academy of 

 Sciences. 



Report on Observations in the Year ending March 31, 1922. 

 By the Meteorological Office Air Ministry Advisory 

 Committee on .\tmospheric Pollution. (His Majesty's 

 Stationery Office, 3s.) 



Essai son la Cause dc la Gravitation. Par N. Sakel- 

 laropoulo. (Le Caire.) 



Local Geology. A Guide to Sources of Information. By 

 A. MorleyDavies, D.Sc, F.R.G.S., F.G.S. (Thomas 

 Murby & Co., is.) 



Origins in Place-names. II, Sound ; III, Cirowth. 

 By An Ignor.\nt Student. (Privately printed at 

 ths Chiswick Press.) 



A Manual of Practical Dactylography . X \\'ork for the 

 L^se of Students of the Finger-print Method of Identifi- 

 cation. By Dr. Henry F-A.ulds, F.R.-\nthrop. I., 

 etc. [Police Revieiv Publishing Co., 2s. ; cloth, 3s.) 



Some Primitive Stone Implements from Uganda. By 

 Reginald A. Smith, B.A., F.S.A. With an Intro- 

 duction by E. J. W.\yland, A.R.C.Sc, F.G.S. , 

 M.I.M.M. Occasional Paper No. i issued by the Geo- 

 logical Survey of Uganda, Entebbe. (Government 

 Press, Uganda.) 



The Universal Law of Organic Progress. By Daniel 

 Nelson CL-iVRK, LL.B. (Ingersall & Harrison, Los 

 Angeles, California, 15 cents.) 



The University of Liverpool Tidal Institute's Fourth Annual' 

 Report, 1923. 



The British Journal of E.rperimental Biology. Vol. I, 

 No. I, October 1923. (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 

 Quarterly, 12s. bd.) 



The Advancement of Science. Addresses delivered at the 

 Ninety-first Annual Meeting of the British Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science. (John Murray, 

 6s.) 



Harrap's New World Atlas in Contour Colourings. Edited 

 by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S. (George G. 

 Harrap & Co., Ltd., is.) 



Guide to Dairying in South Africa. By R. Brough.\m 

 Cook. (Basil Blackwell, 15s.) 



Recent Developments of the Atomic Theory. By Leo> 



Graetz. Translated by Guy Barr. (Methuen, gs.) 



Earth and Sun. By Ellsworth Huntingdon. With 



a chapter by H. Helm CljVYTon. (Humphrey Milford, 



28s.) 



The Origin of Magic and Religion. By W. J. Perry. 

 Methuen, 6s.) 



The Botany Gardens of the James Allen's Girls' School,. 

 Duhvich. By Lilian J. Clarke, D.Sc, F.L.S. (His. 

 Majesty's Stationery Office.) 



ERRATUM 



Theories and Problems of Cancer, by C. E. Walker, D.Sc, 

 M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., is published by the University 

 Press of Liverpool, Ltd., and Hodder & Stoughton, 

 Ltd., price 5s. 



