October 15, 1903] 



NATURE 



591 



Science of Human Society," by Dr. J. H. W. Stuckenberg ; 

 *• Psychology and Common Life, a Survey of the Present 

 Results of Psychical Research, with Special Reference to 

 their Bearings upon the Interests of Everyday Life," by 

 F- S. Hoffman; "Christopher Columbus," by J. B. 

 Thacher, 3 vols., illustrated ; and a new edition of " Think- 

 ing, Feeling, Doing," by Dr. E. W. Scripture. 



Mr. Grant Richards promises : — " The Law of Evolu- 

 tion : its True Philosophical Basis," by J. Scouller ; and 

 a new illustrated edition of " Pioneers of Evolution," by 

 I E. Clodd. 



Messrs. Rivingtons' list contains : — " Arithmetical Types 

 and E.\amples, " by W. G. Borchardt ; and Rivingtons' 

 Junior Mathematics, by H. G. Willis, " Arithmetic," 

 part ii. 



In the list of Messrs. George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 

 are to be found : — " The Management of Infancy and Child- 

 hood in Health and Disease," by Dr. H. Barratt ; "Tube, 

 Train, Tram, and Car, a non-Technical Description of 

 Electric Locomotion," by A. H. Beavan ; "Nature Study 

 Readers," edited by J. C. Medd ; " Electric Locomotion," 

 by Sir W. Preece, K.C.B., F.R.S. ; and a new edition 

 of Morris's " British Butterflies." 



The Sanitary Publishing Co., Ltd., announce: — "The 

 Zymotic Enquiry Book," by J. Storey; " The Full Solution 

 of the Sewage Problem, being the Presidential Address to 

 the Association of Managers of Sewage Disposal Works at 

 Carshalton, March 28, 1903," by W. D. Scott Moncrieff ; 

 "The Sanitary Record Diary and Year-Book " ; "The 

 Sanitary Record and Journal of Sanitary and Municipal 

 Engineering, &c.," by Dr. W. Robertson; and new 



irions of " Disinfection and the Preservation of Food, 

 ither with an Account of the Chemical Substances used 

 Antiseptics and Preservatives," by Dr. S. Rideal ; and 



1 he Purification of Sewage and Water," by W. J. Dibden. 



Ihe Walter Scott Publishing Company, Ltd., are adding 

 In their "Contemporary Science Series": — "Morals: a 

 '1 leatise on the Psycho-Sociological Bases of Ethics," which 

 is a translation, by W. J. Greenstreet, of Duprat's " La 

 Morale"; "Consumption, its Nature, Causes, Prevention, 

 and Cure," by Dr. S. de Plauzoles ; " Indigestion, its Pre- 

 vention and Cure," by Dr. F. H. Alderson ; and a new 

 edition of "An Introduction to Comparative Psychology," 

 hv Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, F.R.S. 



Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co., give notice of : — " A 

 Naturalist in the Guianas, " by E. Andr^, illustrated; 

 " Doctors and their Work, or Medicine, Quackery, and 

 Disease," by R. Brudenell Carter. 



The announcements of Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and 

 Co., Ltd., include : — " A History of Contemporary Philo- 

 sophy," by Prof. M. Heinze, translated by Prof. W. 

 Hammond; "Physiological Psychology," by Prof. W. 

 ■VVundt. A translation of the fifth and wholly rewritten 

 (1902-3) German edition, by Prof. E. B. Titchener, in three 

 volumes, vols. i. and ii., illustrated ; " The Philosophy of 

 Auguste Comte, " by Prof. L. L. Bruhl, translated with 

 notes and index by the Hon. Mrs. de Beaumont-Klein ; 

 "Some Popular Philosophy," by G. H. Long; "The 

 Student's Text-book of Zoology," by A. Sedgwick, F.R.S., 

 vol. ii., illustrated ; " The Fourth Dimension," by C. H. 

 Hinton, illustrated; "Fatigue," by Dr. Mosso, translated 

 by W. B. Drummond, illustrated; " Cancer: Nature's Own 

 and Onlv Remedv," by Dr. C. Carillo ; "Specimens of Bush- 

 man Folklore, "by Dr. W. H. J. Bleek and Miss L. C. 

 Lloyd ; and a new edition of " Introduction to the Study 

 of Organic Chemistry," by J. Wade, illustrated. 



The list of the University Tutorial Press, Ltd., com- 

 prises: — "Modern Navigation," by Rev. W. Hall; "The 

 Shilling Arithmetic "; " The Key to the New Matriculation 

 Algebra"; "The School Arithmetic," by W. P. Work- 

 man ; " Advanced Botany," by J. M. Lowson ; " Graphical 

 Representation of Algebraic Functions," by C. H. French 

 and G. Osborn ; and new editions of " The Tutorial 

 Dynamics " and " The Tutorial Statics," by Dr. W. Briggs 

 and Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S. ; " Advanced Magnetism 

 and Electricity," by Dr. R. W. Stewart; "First Stage 

 Magnetism and Electricity," by Dr. R. H. Jude ; "Advanced 

 Mechanics," vol. i., Dvnamics ; vol. ii., Statics, bv Dr. 

 W. Briggs and Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S. ; and " A Higher 

 Text-book of Magnetism and Electricity," by Dr. R. W. 

 Stewart. 



NO. 1772, VOL. 68] 



Mr. T. Fisher Unwin gives notice of : — " Big Game 

 Shooting and Travel in South and East Africa," by F. R. H. 

 Firicllay, illustrated ; " The Mystics, Ascetics and Saints of 

 India," by J. C. Oman, illustrated; "Bird Life in Wild 

 Wales," by J. A. W. Bond, illustrated. 



Messrs. Whittaker and Co. will issue : — " Electric Trac- 

 tion, a Practical Handbook on the Application of Electricity 

 as a Locomotive Power," by J. H. Rider; " Electric Light- 

 ing and Power Distribution," by W. P. Maycock, vol. ii. ; 

 " Friction and its Reduction," by G. U. Wheeler; and new 

 editions of "The Dynamo," by C. C. Hawkins and 

 F. Wallis ; " Electricity in its Application to Telegraphy," 

 by T. E. Herbert ; and " The Alternating Current Circuit 

 and Motor," by W. P. Maycock. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



Cambridge. — The election of a professor of physiology in 

 succession to Sir Michael Foster will take place on 

 November 6, and the election to the chair of mechanism 

 and applied mechanics, vacant by the resignation of Prof. 

 Ewing, on November 14. Candidates are requested to 

 communicate with the Vice-Chancellor. 



Mr. J. M. Dodds, Peterhouse, and Mr. E. W. Barnes, 

 Trinity, have been appointed moderators, and Mr. A. Berry, 

 King's, and Mr. A. S. Ramsey, Magdalene, examiners for 

 the mathematical tripos, 1904. 



Mr. J. E. Wright, senior wrangler 1900 and Smith's 

 prizeman 1902, and Mr. H. A. Webb, third wrangler 1902, 

 have been elected to fellowships at Trinity College. 



The Duke of Norfolk has contributed 8000Z. towards the 

 endowment of a university in Sheffield, if the charter be 

 granted. Sir F". Mappin, Sir H. Stephenson, and the 

 Sheffield Corporation Tramways committee have also each 

 given 5000/. 



In some American colleges there is a system by means 

 of which the work done throughout the various terms of 

 the college course is taken into account in awarding a 

 student a degree. The plan adopted is known as the credit 

 system. Thus in the current " Year Book " of the Michigan 

 College of Mines, there is published an outline list of courses 

 of instruction arranged in order of sequence, and under each 

 main subject is given the number of attendances which 

 must be made at the classes in different branches of that 

 subject in order to secure certain credits. To take two 

 instances, under the heading mathematics we find 

 " spherical trigonometry, six times a week, five weeks; to 

 count as three-tenths of a credit." Or, under physics, 

 " light, six hours a week, twelve weeks; to Count as two- 

 tenths of a credit," and so on. By some such plan in this 

 country regularity of attendance by students at their classes 

 would be quite assured. 



Mr. S. D. Chalmers has been appointed head of the new 

 department of technical optics at the Northampton Insti- 

 tute, Clerkenwell. Evening classes in technical optics were 

 started at the Northampton Institute as part of the work 

 of the Applied Physics Department in the session 1898-99. 

 In the first session the students largely consisted of those 

 who desired to take the examinations of the Spectacle 

 Makers' Company, and the work was confined to lectures 

 and laboratory work. In the following session an optical 

 workshop was added, and an increasing number of students 

 engaged, professionally or otherwise, in optical work have 

 in recent years been enrolled as students. Owing to the 

 assistance of the London Technical Education Board, it 

 has now become possible to separate the department of 

 technical optics from that of applied physics, and place it 

 in charge of a responsible head who can devote his whole 

 time to its organisation and development. 



The following entrance scholarships in connection with 

 medical schools have been awarded : — St. Mary's Hospital 

 Medical School — natural science scholarship, 145/., G. E. 

 Oates, St. Paul's School ; natural science scholarships, 

 yRl. 15s., (i) J. E. L. Johnston, Epsom College and St. 

 Mary's Hospital, (2) W. E. Haigh, Bradford Technical 

 College; natural science scholarship, 52/. 10s., D. W. 

 Daniels, Wyggeston Schools, Leicester ; university scholar- 



