IV. 



KNOWLEDGE 



Bird-Songs in Autumn — 



By C. A. WiTCHELL 



Bird -Songs in Spring- 

 By C. A. \VlTCHEI.L 



Bird-Songs in Summer— 



Bv C. A. WiTCHELL 



Bird-Songs in Winter — 



By C. A. WiTCHELL ... 



Letter on ; by C. A. Witchell 



Birds, A Dictionary of — 



By Prof. A. Newton, Eeview of 



Birds. British, A Concise Handbook of— 



By H. K. SwANN, Review of 



Birds, British, An Illustrated Manual of— 



By Howard Saunders, Keview of 



Birds. North American, Life Histories of— 



By Charles Bendire, Keview of 



Birds. International Congress on Protection of— 



Letter on ; by M. L. Lemon ... 



Birds of Oban's Isles — 



By Harry F. Witherby 



Birds of our Country — 



By 11. E. Stewart, Eeview of 



Birds of our Islands— 



By F. A. FuLCHER, Review of 



Birds, Society for Protection of— 



Educational Leaflets, Review of 



Blaine, Robert Gordon, M.E., Assoc.M.Inst.C.E.— 



Progress in Mechanical Science during the 

 Queen's Reign 



Book Table. Our 



Books and Periodicals, Short Notices of — 



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225 



81 

 157 



17 



262 



190 

 32 

 298 

 215 

 292 

 221 

 214 

 191 

 29 



132 

 25 



Amateur Observer's Almanack, The, 1897 — Arthur 



Mee ... ... ... ... ... 48 



Arch of Titus, The— William Knight ... ... 32 



Art of Extempore Speakmg, The — Harold Ford ... 32 

 Art of Projection and Complete Magic Lantern 



Manual ... ... ... ... ... 97 



Artistic Landscape Photography — A. H. Wall ... 49 



Astronomical Chart ... ... ... ... 32 



Biological Problem of To-Day, Tlie— Oscar Hertwig 70 



Bond, William Cranch, Memorials of ... ... 238 



British Guiana and its Resources ... ... 32 



British Patent Law — Hubert Haes ... ... 71 



Celestial Motions — W. T. Lynn ... ... ... 142 



Cliild's History of Scotland^ A —Mrs. Oliphant ... 32 

 Confidences of an Amateur Gardener — A. M. Dew- 



Smith ... ... ... ... ... 215 



Earth, The, and its Story^Angelo Heilprm ... 97 

 Elementary Decoration as applied to the Decora- 

 tion of Dwelling Houses— James William Facey 32 

 Elements of Chemistry — Rufus P. Williams ... 299 

 Elements of General Philosophy — George Groom 



Robertson ... ... ... ... ... H7 



Elements of Physics, The— Ed. L. Nichols and 



W. S. Franklin ... ... ... .. 70, 216 



English Literature from a.d. 670 to a.d. 1832 — 



Stoitlord A. Brooke ... ... ... ... 169 



Era of Light — I. G. Ouseley ... ... ... 71 



European Architecture— Russell Sturgis ... 117 



Everybody's Guide to Photography . ... 142 



Exterior and Interior Photography— F. W.Mills... 142 



Fruit Culture for Amateurs— S. T. Wright ... 141 

 Fuel and Refractory Materials — A. Humboldt 



Sexton ... ... ... _ 72 



Geology of North-East Durham— D. A. Woolacott 238 



Greenwood's Library Year Book ... ... ... 97 



PA8E 



History of Mankind, The— F. Ratzel ... ... 141 



Induction Coils and Coil-Making— F. C. Allsop ... 97 



Insects and Spiders— J. W. Tutt ... ... 49 



Ireland— R. Barry O'Brien ... ... ... 117 



Is the Earth a Planet ?—C. Robertson ... ... 215 



Italian Highways — E. Augusta King ... ... 192 



Library, The, 1896 ... ... ... ... 32 



Light as the Interjjretatiou of the Law of Gravity 



— Alexander M. Cameron ... ... ... 141 



Literary Year Book, The, 1S97— F. G. Atlalo ... 117 



Literature of Music, The — James E. Matthew ... 97 



Manual of Ethics— John S. Mackenzie ... ... 299 



Manual of Mending and Repairing, A — Charles 



Godfrey Lcland ... ... ... ... 33 



Model Drawing and Shading from Casts- — T. C. 



Barfield ... ... ... ... ... 32 



Model Locomotive Engineer — Michael Reynolds ... 32 



Modern Optical Instruments^Henry Orford ... 71 

 Months, The, descriptive of the Successive Beauties 



of the Year — Leigh Hunt ... ... ... 169 



Oiu- Place among Infinities— Richard A. Proctor... 215 



Our Weights and Measures — H. J. Chancy ... 216 



Outlines of Physics— Edward L. Nichols ... 299 



Photogram, The (January) ... ... ... 49 



Photo-Trichromatic Printing — C. G. Zander ... 32 



Physics Note Book— J. C. P. Adolphus ... ... 71 



Practical Astrology — Alan Leo ... ... ... 238 



Practical Electricity— W. E. Ayrton ... ... 215 



Practical Histology — Edward Albert Schafer ... 299 



Practical Wort in Physics^ W. G. WooUcombe ... 49 



Private Libraries, List of ... ... ... 97 



Progi'ess in Printing and tlie Graphic Arts during 



the Victorian Era — John Southward ... ... 299 



Queen's London, The ... ... ... ... 238 



Pocks and Minerals— J. W. Tutt ... ... 49 



RoQtgen Rays — Edward P. Thompson ... ... 142 



Story of the Chemical Elements, The — M. M. 



Pattison Muir ... ... ... ... 141 



Story of the Earth's Atmosphere, The — Douglas 



Archibald ... ... ... ... ... 215 



Story of the Mine— Charles Howard Shinn ... 238 



Story of the Weather, The— G. F. Chambers ... 141 



Structural Botany — Dunkinfield Henry Scott ... 70 



Studio, The, 1896 ... ... ... ... 32 



Text-Book on Shades and Shadows and Perspective 



—John E.Hill ... ... ... ... 216 



Theories of Magnetism and Electricity — Charles E. 



Curry ... ... ... ... ... 299 



What to do in Cases of Poisoning — Murrell ... 117 



Whitaker's Almanack, 1897 ... ... ... 32 



Who's Who, 1897 ... ... ... ... 117 



Winnipeg, Manitoba, To, and Back — Stephen 



Marriott ... ... ... ... ... 32 



AVood Carving — Joseph Phillips ... ... 32 



Botanical Microtechnique— 



By Dr. A. Zimmermann, Keview of ... ... 297 



Browne, W. Lyon, Jun. — 



Letter on the Language of Shakespeare's 



Greenwood ... ... ... ... ... 213 



Bulman, G. W.— 



Letter on Bacillus in Coal 50 



Busbridge, A. W.— 



Letter on " Lather" and " Dilhng" 167 



Calendar, The Indian— 



By R. Sewell and Sankara B. DIksit, 



Review of ... ... ... ... ... 48 



Cambridge Natural History- 

 Volume II., M'cniis, Rotifers, and Polyzoa, 



Review of 140 



Cat, The Pedigree of the— 



By R. Lydekker ... ... ... ... 181 



Chemical Solubilities, Inorganic, A Dictionary 

 of- 



By A. M. CoMEY, Eeview of 30 



