BRIEF NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The folloicing books have been received since the last nnttiber of " Knowledge " went to press. Those of particular 

 interest to our readers K'ill be reviezi-ed at length in due course. 



Science of the Sea. — Prepared by the Challenger Society. 



Edited by G. Herbert Fowler. B.A., Ph.D., F.L.S. 



452 pages. 217 figures. 8 charts. 8-in.X5i-in. 



Oohn Murray. Price 6 - net.) 



This is a collection of essays by various writers, which will 



be of great use to those who have spare time on board ship, 



or who wish to take up oceanic work for its own sake. 



The House Fly. ^By L. O. Howard, Ph.D. 312 pages. 

 40 illustrations. 8i-in. X SJ-in. 

 (John Murray. Price 6 - net.) 

 We have already waked up in England to the fact that 

 flies are great carriers of disease, and a simple and straight- 

 forward book dealing with the subject will prove of great use 

 to those whose responsibilities cause them to be interested in 

 the matter, while it is hoped that it will bring home to others 

 the truth of what perhaps they would otherwise consider to be 

 a doubtful rumour. 



Bees Shozi'n to the Children. — By Ellison H.^vvks. 



120 pages. 39 plates. 6f-in.X4Mn. 



(T. C. & E. C. Jack. Price 2 6 net.) 



This book is well calculated to interest children. The 



pictures will no doubt encourage them to study the insects 



dealt with at first hand. 



Cambridge County Gcograph ies. — Du nifriessh ire. — By 

 James King Hewison, M.A., D.D. 176 pages. 59 illustra- 

 tions, 4 maps. Renfrewshire. — By Frederick Mort, 

 M.A., B.Sc, F.G.S. 177 pages. 55 illustrations, 8 maps. 

 Perthshire.— By Peter Macnair, F.R.S.E., F.G.S. 

 ISO pages. 72 illustrations, 5 maps. 75-in. X5-in. 

 (The Cambridge University Press. Price 1 5 each.) 

 We have already commented favourably on some of the 

 earlier volumes in the series entitled Cambridge County 

 Geographies. .\3 is usual, a number of interesting facts not 

 found in ordinary geographies are included : such as details 

 of the people, the industries, antiquities, and natural history 

 of the county, as well as its roll of honour. In the book on 

 Dumfriesshire are mentioned Sir William Jardine the 

 naturaHst, Kirkpatrick Macmillan who invented the first 

 gear-driven bicycle, and Sir John Richardson who went with 

 Franklin to the polar regions as surgeon and naturalist. 

 Renfrewshire can claim James Watt, while Perthshire has but 

 few scientific worthies. 



The Gateways of Knowledge. — By J. A. Dell, M.Sc. (Vict.). 

 171 pages. 51 illustrations. 8-in.X5J-in. 

 (The Cambridge University Press. Price 2/6.) 

 This is essentially a book of practical work and particularly 

 to be commended. 



Further Researches into Induced Cell-Reproduction and 

 Cancer.— By H. C. Ross, M.R.C.S. 1 25 pages. 9 illustrations. 

 9-in.X5i-in. 

 (John Murray. Price 3 '6 net.) 

 This contribution to the. subject is concerned with the theory 

 that cell-proliferation and possibly cell-development are 

 directly brought about by chemical agents set free by cell- 

 death. 



Johnston's Handbook to the Celestial Globe. — 32 pages. 



7i-in. X5-in. 



(W. cS; .\. K. Johnston, Price 1-.) 



This book is intended to accompany Johnston's Celestial 



Globes, and gives much information and suggests a number of 



problems which can be solved by the celestial globe, such as 



the finding of the sun's declination for any given day or the 



beginning, end and duration of twilight .at any given place on 

 any given day. 



The People's Books. — The Foundations of Science. — By 

 W. C. D. Whetham, M..\. 94 pages. 2 illustrations. 

 Inorganic Chemistry. — By PROFESSOR E. C. C. Balv. 

 96 pages. Radiation. — By P. Phillips, D.Sc. 94 pages. 

 34 illustrations. Lord Kelvin. — By A. Russell, M.A. 

 94 pages. 1 illustration. Francis Bacon. — By Professor 

 .\. R. Skemp. 94 pages. 1 illustration. A Dictionary 

 of Synonyms. — By Austin K. Gray, B.A. 91 pages. 

 62 -in. X4i-in. 

 (T. C. & E. C. Jack. Price 6d. net each.) 

 For the price of a monthly magazine those who are 

 interested in science and scientific workers can buy a book 

 by a well-known man which is convenient to carry about. 

 Everyone should read the lives of Bacon and Kelvin, and while 

 the volumes on various sciences can be picked out as the 

 taste of the reader lies, others such as the one on Synonyms 

 are generally useful as books of reference. 



Laboratory Test Cards. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year. — By 

 John Hon, M..\., B.Sc, and Hugh Jamieson. 6-in.X4J-in. 

 (The University Tutorial Press. Price 1/- net each year.) 

 These, as the name states, are cards, and contain practical 

 instructions for three years' work, to which are added other 

 cards giving answers and hints. The first year deals with 

 measurement and matter, the second with heat and the third 

 with chemistry. 



We give the first paragraph of instructions from the third 

 year. " Describe what happens when the powder given you is 

 heated in a glass tube, test any gas evolved with litmus, lime 

 water, glowing splinter, a lighted taper, and note all that 

 happens." In the card of hints, we find that potassium chlorate 

 and nine other substances are suggested for this experiment. 



A Laboratory Notebook of Physics. — By S. A. McDowall, 

 M.A. Section 1 : — Measurement and Hydrostatics. 20 pages. 

 Section 2 : — Heat. 62 pages. Section 3 : — Light. 112 pages. 

 Section 4 : — Magnetism, Electrostatics, Current Electricity. 

 166 pages. 9T-in. X7-in. 

 (J. M. Dent & Sons. Price— 1 9d. ; 2, 3 & 4, 1 - net.) 

 Many good teachers know how important it is to furnish 

 their students with practical instructions, which should be 

 inserted in a notebook side by side with drawings or other 

 records of the experiments or investigations suggested. No 

 doubt sheets specially prepared for each lesson and coming 

 fresh to the students are the best, but many teachers have no 

 time to spend in getting ready their work in this way, and 

 Mr. McDowall's instructions have the advantage of being 

 printed in the actual notebooks. 



The Physiology of Protein Metabolism. — By E. P. 



Cathcart, M.D. — 142 pages. 9i-in. X6-in. 



(Longmans. Green & Co. Price 4 6 net.) 



This monograph consists of a discussion of the more 



important results published during the last decade, and their 



bearing upon the work of the early investigators. 



Romance of Science Series. — Chemical Research and 

 National Welfare. — A lecture delivered by Professor Emil 



Fischer. SO pages. 7-in. X5-in. 

 (The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Price 1/6.) 

 It is useful for the general public to be reminded of what 

 science does for the community ; for as soon as a discovery is 

 put to practical use it seems almost always to be looked upon 

 as part of commerce. We hope that this book on chemical 

 research will be followed by others dealing with our indebted- 

 ness to different sciences. 



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