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xii., by II. M. Taylor; and in the "Cambridge Natural Science 

 Manuals : " Mechanics and Hydrostatics : Part iii. Hydro- 

 statics," by R. T. Gla/.ebrook ; " Electricity and Magnetism," 

 liy the same; "Solution and Electrolysis," by \V. C. D. 

 Whelham ; "Sound," by J. \V. Capstick ; "Fossil Hants: a 

 Manual for Students of Botany and (leology," by A. C. 

 Seward; "The \'etebrate Skeleton," by S. H. Reynolds; 

 "Text- Book of Physical Anthropology," by Prof. Macalister : 

 .ind a second edition of " Practical Physiology of Plants," by 

 !■'. Darwin and E. H. Acton. 



Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Co.'s list includes : — " Te.\t- 

 Book of Embr)-ology : Invertebrates," by Drs. Korschelt and 

 Heider, part i., translated and edited by Dr. E. L. .Mark and 

 Dr. VV. .M. Woodworth, with additions by author and trans- 

 lators : parts ii. and iii. translated and edited by H. T. 

 Campbell ; " Text-book of Palncontology for Zoological 

 .Students," by Theodore T. Groom, illustrated; "The Indian 

 Calendar," containing complete tables for the verification of 

 Hindu and Muhammedan dates for a period of 1600 years (a.d. 

 300 to igoo) for the whole of India, by Robert Sewell, of the 

 .Madras Civil Service, \\\ collaboration with Sankara Balkrishna 

 Dikshit, with a table of eclipses by Dr. Schram ; " Practical 

 Plant Physiology," by Prof. Wilhelm Detmer, translated by 

 S. .-V.Moor; " Introductory Science Text-books " — "Zoology," 

 by B. Lindsay, with illustrations and diagrams ; " P^lementary 

 Biology," by Dr. H. J. Campbell, second edition, with appendix ; 

 " Organic Chemistry," by J- Wade ; Voung Collector Series : 

 " Fishes," by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson ; " Mammalia," 

 by the Rev. H. \. .Macpherson; "Birds' Eggs and Xests," 

 by W. C. J. Ruskin Butterfield. 



Messrs. Longmans and Co.'s forthcoming books include : — 

 "The Romance of the Woods: reprinted .•Articles and 

 .Sketches," by Fred. J. Whishavv ; "The Life of Joseph 

 Wolf, Artist and Naturalist," by .\. H. Palmer ; " The 

 Life of Sir Henry Halford, Bart., F.R.S., President of 

 the Royal College of Physicians, Physician to George HI., 

 Cieorge IV., William I\'., and to Her Majesty (^ueen Vic- 

 toria,"' by Dr. William Munk ; " Darwin, and After Darwin : 

 an Exposition of the Darwinian Theory, and a Discussion on 

 Post-Darwinian Questions," by the late Dr. George John 

 Romanes, F.R.S. Part ii. Post-Darwinian Questions : Heredity 

 ;ind Utility ; " The Life and Letters of George John Ronianes, 

 F.R.S.," written and edited by his Wife; "Studies of 

 Childhood," by Prof. James Sully ; and in a new series of 

 " Physical and Electrical Engineering Laboratory Manuals," 

 " Elementary Physics," by John Henderson; "The Magnetic 

 Circuit in Theory and Practice," by Dr. H. du Bois, translated 

 from the (ierman by Dr. Y.. .\tkinson. 



Mesiirs. George Philip and .Son's announcements include : — ■ 

 J/a/j- -Topographical Map of the .'\rgentine Republic, in 10 

 sheets, scale I : 2,000,000, by H. D. lloskold. Geological 

 Map of the British Isles, forming part of the International (leo- 

 logical Map of Europe, scale I : 1,500,000. Philip's Topo- 

 graphical Nlap of England and Wales, in 40 sheets, scale 

 I : 200,000. Philip's Library Map of India, scale i : 5,000,000. 

 Philip's Large Map of Western .Australia, scale I : 1,500,000. 

 Philip's New Map of Liverpool, scale 6 inches to i mile. 

 Books — " Telescopic Astronomy," by .V. l'"o\vIer ; ' 'The .-Vnatomy 

 of the Human He.ad and Neck," illustrated by means of 

 movable coloured plates, with description, by William .S. 

 Furneaux ; "The Ox,'' its external and internal organisation, 

 illustrated by nteans of movable coloured plates, with descrip- 

 tion, by Prof. G. T. Brown; "The Oar.sman's Guide to the 

 Navigable Rivers and Canals of the British Isles," by Members 

 of the Cruising Club. 



Messrs. Crosby I^ockwood ai.d .Son hope to issue : — " Rural 

 W.ater Supply : a Practical Hand-book on the Supply of Water 

 and Construction of Water Works for Small Country Districts," 

 by Allan (ireenwell and W. T. Curry: "Dangerous Goods: 

 their .Sources and Properties, and Modes of Storage and Trans- 

 port," by H. Joshua Phillips ; " Practical Masonry : a Treatise 

 on the Art of .Stone-cutting," comprising the construction, set- 

 ting out, and working of stairs, arches, niches, domes, iVc. , with 

 fifty lithographic plates, by Wni. R. Purchase ; " Refrigerating 

 and Ice- Making .Machinery,'' by .\. J. Wallis-Tayler ; and new- 

 editions of " 'I'he .Metallurgy of Gold,'' by M. Eis,sler, with 

 twenty-five additional plates and working drawings, and chapters 

 on recent milling operations in the Transvaal, and the future out- 

 look in the South African Gold-fields ; and " Practical Tunneli- 



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ing," by F. Simms, with large additions on recent tunnelling 

 practice by D. K. Clark. 



We find in the list of the S.P.C.K. :— "The Romance of 

 .Science '" Series, " The Splash of a Drop," by Prof. Worthington, 

 with numerous diagrams ; "The Work of the Spectroscope," by 

 Dr. Huggins ; ""Time," by Prof. Boys. .Manuals of Science — 

 " Physiology," by Prof. Macalister ; " .\ncient History from the 

 Monuments : Babylonia," by Prof. Sayce, a new edition, edited 

 and brought up to date ; " Simjjie .Methods for Detecting Food 

 Adidteration," by J. \. Bower, with di;igrams ; " (Josse's Even- 

 ings at the Microscope," a new edition, revised by Prof. F. 

 Jeffrey Bell ; " Iceberg, Prairie and Peak : some Gleanings 

 from an Emigrant Chaplains Log," by the Rev. Alexander A. 

 Boddy ; "The Zoo.' vol. iv., by the Rev. T. Wood, with 

 coloured illustrations. 



Among Messrs. A. and C. Black's new books will be : — The 

 last part of Prof. Newton's " Dictionary of Birds" ; "Artistic 

 and Scientific Taxidermy and Modelling,"' by Montagu Browne ; 

 Vol. i. of "Zoology," by Prof. Ray Lankester ; "Text-book 

 of General Pathology and Pathological .-Vnatomy," by Prof. R. 

 Thonia, translated by Dr. -\lexander Bruce, tw-o volumes, illus- 

 trated ; " Introduction to the Study of Fungi,'' by Dr. M. C. 

 Cooke, illustrated ; " Dynamics," by Prof. P. G. Tait ; " Milk : 

 its Nature and Composition," by Dr. C. M. .-Vikman, illustrated ; 

 and a new edition of " Black's General Atlas of the World," 

 with twenty-six additional maps of the North .-Vmerican States. 



Messrs. Cassell and Co., Limited, promise : — The Century 

 .Science .Series, edited by Sir Henr)- Roscoe, F.R.S. ; "Charles 

 Lyell : bis Life and Work,'' by Prof T. G. Bonney, F.R.S. ; 

 "British Birds' Nests: How, Where, and When to Find and 

 Identify them," by R. Kearton, with illustrations of nests, eggs, 

 young, cVc. , in their riatural situations and surroundings; 

 " Popular History of Animals for Voung People," by Henrj' 

 .Scherren, with thirteen coloured plates and numerous illustra- 

 tions in the text; "The Vear-book of Treatment for 1896," 

 twelfth year of publication, illustrated. 



The Religious Tract Society promises : — " Rambles in Japan : 

 the Land of the Rising .Sun," by Canon Tristram, with forty- 

 five illustrations : " .-V Visit to Bashan and .\rgob,"' by Major 

 Algernon Heber-Percy, illustrated; " Plants of the Bible," by 

 Rev. tieorge Henslow, illustrated ; " .V Primer of Hebrew 

 -Vntiquities, " by Rev. (). C. Whitehouse, illustrated: "Hidden 

 Beauties of Nature,'' by Richard Kerr, illustrated ; "Consider 

 the Heavens : a Popular Introduction to .-Vstronomy," by Mrs. 

 William Steadman -\ldis, illustrated : " .-V Popular Handbook to 

 the Microscope," by Lewis Wright, illustrated, " Lighthouses : 

 their History and Romance," by W. J. Hardy, illustrated. 



Messrs. Sampson Low and Co. will publish by subscription 

 "Twentieth Century Practice : an International Encyclopaedia 

 of Modern Medical .Science," by leading authorities of Europe 

 and .-Vmerica, edited by Dr. Thomas L. Stedman, in twenty 

 volumes. Their other scientific publications include the second 

 edition of " A History of Scandinavian Fishes "" ; " .\ Manual of 

 Obstetric Nutsing," by Marian Humfrey, vol. ii. , and new 

 editions of Hofmann's "Treatise on Paper-Making," and 

 Davis's " Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Brick, Tiles, 

 and Terra-Cotta."" both fully illustrated. 



Messrs. Whittaker and Co. armounce the following works: — 

 " Transformers for Single and Polyphase .Alternating Currents," 

 by Gisbert Kapp, translated from the German : "The Ins])ec- 

 tion of Railway Material," by G. R. Bodmer : " The Chemist's 

 Compendium, a Pocket-book for Pharmacists and Students," 

 by C. J. S. Thompson ; " Modern Printing, a complete hand- 

 book of printing," by J. Southward ; a new and enlarged 

 edition of " Coal-pits and Pitmen,'" by R. Nelson Boyd ; "A 

 Practical Trigonometry for the use of Engineers, Architects, and 

 Surveyors,'' by Henry .-Xdams. 



Messrs. Rivington, Percival, and Co. will issue : — " Clinical 

 Illustrations of the Diseases of the Fallopian Tubes and of Tubal 

 Gestation," by Dr. C. J. Cullingworth ; "Mensuration," by 

 Rev. \. D. Clarke : " Beginner's Text-Books of Science " 

 .Series, "Chemistry," by G. Stallard ; " Gcolog)'," by C. L. 

 Barnes: "Electricity and Magnetism," by L. Cumming ; 

 "Ileal," by G. Stallard: " Slechanics' (treated experi- 

 mentally), by L. Cumming ; " Physical Geography, " by C. L. 

 Barnes. 



In Messrs. Putman's Son's list we find: — "Wild Flowers of 

 the North- Eastern States," drawn and carefully described from 

 life, by Margaret C. Whiting and Ellen >Iiller, with 30S 



