October 15, 1903J 



NATURE 



589 



Prof. L. C. Miall, F.R.S. ; and a third series of " Memories 

 of the Months," by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart. 



Messrs. Bailli^re, Tindall and Cox announce : — " Health 

 of Armies in the Field," by Major R. Caldwell; "The 

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 " Students' Aids to Chemistry," by T. A. Henry. 



Messrs. A. and C. Black direct attention to : — " Trout 

 Fishing: an Essay in the Study of Natural Pheijomena, " 

 by W. Earl Hodgson, illustrated; "The Direction of 

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 and a new edition of " Text-book of Operative Surgery," 

 by Dr. T. Kocher, translated by Dr. H. J. Stiles. 



The list of the Cambridge University Press includes : — 

 " Micro-cosmographie, or, a Piece of the World dis- 

 covered ; in Essays and Characters," by John Earle, printed 

 from the sixth augmented edition of 1633 ; " Principia 

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 by J. H. Grace and A. Young; "The Collected Mathe- 

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 by Dr. H. F. Baker, F.R.S. ; "Radio-activity," by Prof. 

 E. Rutherford, F.R.S. ; " The Fauna and Geography of the 

 Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Being the Account 

 of the Work carried on and of the Collections made by 

 an Expedition during the years 1899 and 1900 under the 

 leadership of J. S. Gardiner," vol. ii. part ii., illustrated; 

 " Reports of the Anthropological Expedition to Torres 

 Straits by the Members of the Expedition," edited by Dr. 

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 by F. G. Binnie, illustrated ; " Rabies, its Place amongst 

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 by Dr. D. Sime ; "The Natural History of some Common 

 Animals," by O. H. Latter; "A Systematic Account of 

 the Seed-Plants," by Dr. A. B. Rendle, vol. i. ; " Fossil 

 Plants, a Manual for Students of Botany and Geology," 

 by \. C. Seward, F.R.S., vol. ii. ; " The Morphology of 

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 and " A Manual and Dictionary of the Flowering Plants 

 and Ferns," by J. C. Willis. 



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Messrs. W. and R. Chambers, Ltd., will issue : — 

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The list of the University of Chicago Press (Chicago) 

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 volumes ; " Studies in Logical Theory," edited by J. Dewey ; 

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Messrs. J. and A. Churchill announce new editions of 

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NO. 1772, VOL. 68] 



and A. G. Bloxam ; and " Elementary Practical Chemistry," 

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The Clarendon Press will publish : — " The Theory of 

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Messrs. R. Friedlander and Son (Berlin) give notice of :— 

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 Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft, reprint 

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