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NATURE 



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CTOBER 3, 1895 



illustrations ; " A Natural Method of Physical Training," by 

 Edwin Checkley, illustrated from photc^raphs, new edition ; 

 "The Law of Psychic Phenomena," a workinij hypothesis for 

 the study of hypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, &c., by 

 T. J. Hudson. 



The Clarendon Press has in active preparation : — " A New 

 English Dictionary," portions of D, edited by Dr. J- A. H. 

 Murray, and of E, edited by H. Bradley ; " British Moralists of 

 the Eighteenth Century," edited by L. .-V. Selby-Bigge, two vols. ; 

 " Index Kewensis," compiled at the e.\]>ense of the late C. R. 

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 Daydon Jackson, two vols. ; and "An Introduction to the Algebra 

 of <,)uantics," by E. B. Elliott. 



.Messrs. G. Bell and Sons have in the press : — " The 

 Mechanism of Men-of-War," by Eleet-Engineer R. C. 

 <1Idknow, R.N. : "Torpedoes, Torpedo Boats, and Torpedo 

 Warfare," by Lieut. J. -Vrnistrong, R.N. ; "Naval Ciunnery," 

 by Capt. II. tj. Cia'rlwlt, R.N. ; "Naval -Vrchitecture, the 

 Designing and Construction of a Warship," by J. J. Welch; 

 " L(^c : a Handbook for the Use of Students," by I'. Ryland ; 

 " Gas Manufacture," by J. Hornby. 



Messrs. James MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow, have in pre- 

 paration a volume on " Deaf-mutism, including Chapters on the 

 Education of Deaf Mutes," by Dr. J. K. Love and W. II. 

 Addison; a new edition of a "Treatise on Diseases of the 

 ICar," by Dr. Thos. Barr ; " An .-Vccount of the Institution and 

 Progress of the Eacultyof Physicians and Surgeons of Gla^ow," 

 by .-Uexander Duncan. 



.Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons' announcements include : — 

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 new edition, with coloured charts and engravings ; Page's 

 " .\dvanccd Text-BiX)k of Geology," new edition, revised and 

 enlarged by Prof. I^ipworth : Dr. Mackays "Elements of 

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 " .Menial .\rithmelic." 



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 and " Strength ; or, the Development and Use of Muscle," by 

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Messrs. A. D. Innes and Co. will publish: — "A Naturalist 

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 of Designs," by Prof ,\. C. Haddon. 



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 the following : — " .Sir Joseph Banks's Journal," selections edited 

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NO. 1353, VOL. 52] 



Dr. Douglas Houghton Campbell ; " The Scenery of Switzer- 

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 High Schools," by R. S. Tarr. 



Total 



240 



Sp€iics of Eiiropfan AM/iisia occnrring abtindaiilly in Ihe 

 Coralline Crag. 



Southern and not British (28 per cent.) ... 42 

 British (rare) and Southern 9 



(35 per cent.) 



British (characteristic) and Southern 

 ,, and not Southern 



Total 



Total number of species 



5' 

 91 



'4j 

 436 



GEOLOGY AT THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION, j 



A FTER the presidential address, which was of great local J 

 "^ interest, and listened to with much attention by a large 

 audience, .Mr. Marnier read two papers bearing on the Coralline 

 and Red Craes. This veteran geologist, who, with the late 

 Mr. Scarles Wood, juii., did so much to unravel the age of the 

 various Tertiary deposits in East Anglia, rendered much service 

 to the Section, not only by the contribution of papers and in the 

 discussions, but by attending the numerous excursions, and 

 placing his knowledge and experience at the service of those less 

 acquainted with Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks. 



"Taking the 240 more abundant niolluscan sijecies found in the 

 Coralline Crag apart from those which are represented by rare 

 or even unicjue species, he finds that their a.sseinblagc points, 

 more distinctly than the mere aggregate of fossils, to tlie Sotithern 

 char.acter of the fauna ; 57 per rent, being extinct, only one 

 species is not found south of Britain, .-ind not less th,an 36 per 

 cent, are characteristically Southern. The fiillowing summary 

 gives the principal ficts on which this conclusion is based. 



Summary of the abundant and characteristic Species of Mollusca 



occurring in the Coralline Crag. 



Not known as living (37 per cent.) ... ... So 



Living in di.stant .seas .. ... ... ... S 



,, ,, the Mediterranean 133 



,, ,, the West European area 



,, not south of Britain 1 



