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KNOWLEDGE & SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



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AR., 1904. 



The Worship of the Dead, by Colonel J. Gamier. (Chapman 

 and Hall, one vol.). Colonel J. Garnier.s work on "The 

 Worship of the Dead" (Chapman and Halli deals with the 

 origin and nature of Pagan idolatry and its bearing upon the 

 early history of Egypt and Babylonia. The voluminous 

 materials collected by previous writers on the subject are 

 here set forth within a moderate compass and in a readable 

 form. The book is profusely illustrated with interesting 

 examples of the statues of ancient gods. 



Cassell's Popular Science (Cassell and Co.). edited by Ale.x- 

 ander S. Gait, with contributions from T. C. Hepwort'h, Pro- 

 fessor Bonnev. Frank Weedon, John Fraser. F.L.S., Wilfred 

 Mark Webb. F.L.S., Dr. .\ndrew Wilson. Dr. Bernard Hol- 

 lander, and William Ackroyd, F.I.C. The subjects range from 

 radium to carnivorous plants, and from the transit of Venus 

 of 1SS2 to the working dynamo. The articles, of which there 

 are some sixty, are clearU- and well written, and in every 

 respect justify the title under which they are collected. 



British Tyroglyphida, by Albert D. Michael. F.L.S., F.S.S., 

 &c. Vol. II. (Printed for the Royal Society.) This volume 

 contains the description, with plates, of the genera and species 

 of the British Tyroglyphids. from the genus Chortoglyphus 

 to the Tyroglyphus Wasmanni. .\ list of foreign species is 

 added. 



The Old Testament and Historical Records, bv Theophilus 

 Pinches. LL.D. lOne vol. Second Edition. S.P.C.K.l In 

 the second edition of the " Old Testament in the Light of the 



Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia,'' 

 Dr. Pinches adds some exceedingly valuable and interesting 

 matter on the Laws of Hammurak. together with a translation 

 of the laws and notes on Delitzch's lectures on this subject. 



A School Geometry. Parts I.-V. By H. S. Hall, M.A.. and 

 F. H. Stevens. M..\. (Macmillan. One vol. ; price 4s. 6d.) — 

 This is a publication, in one volume, of a geometry for schools 

 based on the recommendation of the Mathematical Associa- 

 tion and on the new Cambridge syllabus. 



Descriptive Chemistrj-, by Lyman C. Newell. Ph.D. One 

 vol.. with supplementary vol. of experiments. (London: 

 D. C. Heath; price 4s. 6d. and is. 6d.i — Intended for teachers 

 who wish to emphasise the facts, law-s. theories, and applica- 

 tions of chemistry. The experiments have been prepared for 

 limited laboratory facilities. 



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CKess Problems. 



Owing to the great amount of matter which we have on hand 

 we have felt it necessary to again postpone pubhshing the 

 Chess Problems. We should be very glad to have the opinions 

 of those interested in this subject as to the continuance or 

 otherwise of the Chess Column. 



LAST YEAR'S WEATHER— MARCH, 1903. 



DISTRIBUTION OF MEAN TEMPERATURE. 



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RAINFALL. 



♦•96 



73 



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"'^^ AoeV. 3 86 V* 



2 02 



C^I30i 6-24.. «^ '♦e2» . 180 ... 



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The general distribution all o>fr <iur islands agreed \ ery fairly 

 with the normal, but the actual \alues\\ere above the average 

 in all localities excepting the west and north of Ireland. 



3-74. *"^.^ 3,90 



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339 





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Rainfall »a.- considerably in excels of the average over the 

 countr>' generally, but was rather deficient on the east coasts 

 of England and the north-east coasts of Scotland. Over the 

 western half of the Kingdom the excess was very large, the 

 amount at manv stations being more than double the average. 



