AUTUMN ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



Science and Natural History continued. 



The essay which gives the book its title sets forth the bearing of the doctrine of 

 evolution on geological speculation, and particularly on the vexed question of our 

 planet's antiquity. The subjects of the other studies include the following: The Figure 

 of the Earth, and the Origin of the Ocean ; Geologies d Deluges ; the Volcanoes of the 

 L'pari Isles; the History and Structure of a Coral Reef; the Origin and Formation of 

 Flints; the Evolution of Freshwater Animals ; and the Influence of Oxford on Geology. 



How to Know the Starry Heavens. An invitation 



to the Study of Suns and Worlds. By EDWARD IRVING. With 

 Charts, Coloured Plates, Diagrams, and rmny Engravings of 

 Photographs. Demy 8vo, cloth. 



This volume is not a dry text-book of mathematical astronomy, but a vivid account of 

 the structure and history of the Universe. Though the book is intended primarily for 

 beginners, every effort has been made to avoid offending those who are further advanced, 

 by sensationalism or a want of proportion and accuracy. The main object is not so much 

 to describe individual worlds, as to enable the reader to realise, as far as possible, what 

 the Universe itself is like. Great pains have been taken to simplify the explanations to 

 the uttermost, and mathematics are entirelv confined to one chapter, and there made as 

 simple as possible. The photographs (from the world's greatest observatories) which are 

 here reproduced are a remarkable feature of the book, and are admirably fitted to give 

 the reader an idea of the wonder and complexity of the Cosmos. 



Future Forest Trees. The Importance of German Experiments 

 in the Introduction of North American Trees. By A. HAROLD 

 UNWIN, D. Dec. Publ. (Munich.) With 4 Illustrations. Derny 8vo, 

 cloth. 



This work, the result of scientific study, contains an epitome of the latest results of 

 experimental forest tree planting in Germany. Fifty-six different trees are introduced as 

 being those which have the most commercial or scientific value. In the first part, the 

 American Timber imports into Germany are considered, and the trees from which that 

 timber is obtained are mentioned. The second and third parts deal with the results of 

 experimental planting and with the sylvicultural and other qualities of the North Ameri- 

 can trees. 



The book should be of value as suggesting how English forestry may be developed by 

 the introduction of trees from North America. 



What I Have Seen While Fishing, and How I 



Have Caught My Fish. By PHILIP GEEN, for twenty- 

 seven years President of the London Anglers' Association. With 73 

 Illustrations Second Edition. Demy Svo, cloth. 



" A narrative full of life and vigour, lightened by pleasant humour and inspired with a 

 genuine love of country sights, country sounds, and country people. It is written in a 

 style that is none the less polished for being simple, a style that in some ways recalls 

 Blackmore's musical paragraphs." Field. 



" If Izaak Walton could revisit the shades of the pools he would greet Mr. Philip 



Geen as a fisherman after his own heart The book is the right sort of angling 



literature natural in style, bright and informing, eminently readable, and, above all, full 

 of the sunshine of a manly nature." Daily Chronicle. 



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