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KNOW Li:i)GK. 



JL'I.Y. 1912. 



Prcvciitiibh- Ciniccr. A Statisliail licscarcli. ~\iy Koi.i.f) 



RlissELL. 167 pages. 73-iii.X5i-in. 



I Longmans. Green & Co. Price 4/6 net.) 



The author has collected together statistics dealing with 



cancer which cannot fail to be of interest and value. The 



freedom from cancer of monasteries, where the diet is simiilo, 



is one of the interesting points touched upon. 



Text-Books of Physical Chemistry. — Edited by Sir 



WiLLl.AM Ramsay. K.C.B.. F.R.S. Spectroscopy. — Hv 



E. C. C. Balv, F.R.S. 687 pages. 180 illustration.s. 



7i-in. X 5-in. 



(Longmans, Green & Co. Price 7/6 net.) 

 The tirst edition of this book appeared in April, 1905, and 

 the fact that a new one has been called for shows how useful 

 the work has been found. 



Fungoid Diseases of Agricultural Plants. — By Jakob 



Eriksson, Fil.Dr. 208 pages. 117 illustrations. 



8i;-in.X5J-in. 



(Bailliere. Tindall & Cox. Price 7/6 net.) 



The number of fungoid pests to which cultivated plants are 



liable is so great, and their effect so far-reaching, that all 



contributions to the subject will be welcome. The manuscript 



of the English edition of Dr. Eriksson's book has been read 



through by Mr. George Massee, so that the technical terms 



may be relied upon. 



Report on the progress ami condition of the V. S. Xatiomil 



Museum for the year ending June .Ulth, 1011. — 147 pages. 



yi-in.X6-in. 



(Smithsonian Institute.) 



The report records that the new building was finished on 



June 20th, 1911, six years after it was begun, and deals also 



with its occupation, in addition to the usual accounts as to 



what has happened in the various departments. 



Oil Finding.— Hy E. H. CUNNINGHAM Craig, B.A., F.G.S. 

 With an introduction by SiR BovERTON Redwood, Hart. 

 195 pages. 13 plates. 18 figures. 9-in.X5i-in. 

 (Edward Arnold. Price 8 6 net.l 

 This book, it is anticipated, will be of use to those who are 

 about to invest in petroleum undertaking, or who are share- 

 holders in petroleum projects which are of an exploratory 

 nature. 



Xaturc Study Xotebnok. — By Georgk H. Grken. 63 pages. 



With many illustrations. 6:(-in.X4.i-in. 



(J. M. Dent & Sons. Price 6d. net.) 



This small book is one of the Educational Journey Series, 



and is presumably intended to bring before the notice of town 



children some of the matters with which they will meet on 



their rambles A few common animals are described, details 

 are given of plant associations, while the sixth chapter tells 

 something about agriculture and agricultural processes. 



^1 Handbook of Xursing. — By M. N. Oxi-ord. 319 pages. 

 72-in.X 5}-in. 

 (Methuen & Co. Price 3/6 net.) 

 This is the sixth edition of a book which first saw light in 1900. 



/;/ Light and Darkness — Hope.' — By Irene E. Tove 

 Warner. 80 pages. 5'-in. x 4.5-in. 

 (Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner & Co. Price 16.) 

 This little book of verses by Miss Toye Warner, known to 

 our readers as an astronomer, is dedicated to another of our 

 contributors, Mr. W. F. Denning. 



Spiders. — By Cecii, Warburton. M.A. 136 pages. 13 

 illustrations. Rocks and their Origin. — By G. .\. J. Cole. 

 175 pages. 19 illustrations. The Origin of Earthquakes. — 

 By C. Davison, Sc.D., F.G.S. 144 pages. 26 illustrations. 

 6J-in. X5-in. 

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



Mr. Warbnrton's book occupies itself with the habits of 

 spiders, with the spinning of webs, with gossamer and water 

 spiders, as well as those which jump and seize their prey. 



Those who know Mr. Grenville Cole's writing will welcome 

 his contribution on rocks and their origin, while readers of 

 ■■ Knowledge " interested in Earthquakes will recall Dr. 

 Davison's contributions to our columns, and we are glad to 

 hear more about the phenomena in question. 



We have also received the following books : — 

 Algebra for Beginners. With Ansxccrs. — By C.Godfrey, 

 M.V.O., M.A., and A. W. Siddons, M.A. 272 pages. 

 Examples in Xumerical Trigonometry. — By E. A. Price. 

 90 pages. 38 illustrations. Xumerical Trigonometry. — 

 Hy J. W. Mkrcer. 157 pages. 61 illustrations. 7i-in.X5-in. 

 (The Cambridge University Press. Price 2 6, 2 -, 2 6.) 



The Mineral Kingdom. Parts 21 and 22. — By Dr. Reinhard 



Brauns. Translated, with additions, by L. J. Spencer, 



M..\.. F.G.S. 8 pages 5 plates and 16 pages 5 plates 



respectively. 12-in.X9-in. 



(Williams & Korgate. Price 2/- net each.) 



Catalogue of 2,013 Stars between 35° and 37° S. Dec. — By 



W. Ernest Cooke. 122 pages. 12J-in. X 10-in. 



(Fred. W. Simpson, Perth, ."Xustralia.) 



.Astrographic Catalogue. 1900-0. Perth Section. Dec. 



-31° to -11°. Vol. L— Hy W. Ernest Cooke, M.A., 



F.R.A.S. 52 pages. 12-in.X9Mn. Vol. IV. 72 pages. 



12-in. X9J-in. 



(Fred. W. Simpson, Perth, .\ustralia.) 



NOTICES. 



THE HAMPSTEAD SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.— From 

 the Annual Report for the year 1911 it is evident that the 

 Hampstead Scientific Society is doing excellent work in 

 astronomy, natural history, and photography, each of which 

 is dealt with by a separate section, as well as through the 

 meetings of the Society generally. 



THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.— 

 The current Bulletin of this society contains an interesting 

 article on Professor John Milne, as well as a most useful paper 

 on the choice of a seismograph, in which the many forms of 

 the instrument are described and illustrated. 



BOOKS ON LONDON.— We have received from Messrs. 

 Sotheran & Company a beautifully illustrated catalogue 

 of books and prints dealing with London and its neighbour- 



hood, as well as social memoirs and diaries and some fine 

 engravings, not to mention a series of one hundred and fifty 

 pictures and caricatures dealing with fashions in head dress 

 during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 

 — Volume LVII, numbers 6, 7 and 8. deal with Cambrian 

 Geology and Palaeontology, Volume IX, numbers 4 and 5, 

 with new genera and species of hymenoptera and micro- 

 lepidoptera, respectively, from Panama. 



NOTICE OF REMO\'AL. — Owing to the rapid increase 

 in the Manufacturing Branch of their business. Messrs. 

 Isenthal & Company have now removed the whole of their 

 Works and Offices to the Factory at Denzil Road, Neasden, 

 to which address all correspondence should now be directed. 



