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[March i6, 1905 



Girders, and Columns, in Machines and Structures, with 

 Examples in Graphic Statics," by VV. H. Alhcrton, illus- 

 trated ; " Smoke Abatement," by W. Nicholson, illustrated ; 

 and new editions of " Electrical Practice in Collieries," by 

 D. Burns, illustrated ; " The Principles and Construction of 

 Pumpinfj Machinery (Sleani and Water Pressure)," by H. 

 Davey, illustrated; "The Metallurgy of Steel," by !•". W. 

 Harbord, illustrated; "Gas, Oil, and Air Engines," by 

 B. Donkin, illustrated; and " Properties of Matter " (vol. i. 

 of " A Text-Book of Physics "), bv Profs. J. H. Poynting, 

 F.R.S., and J. J. Thomson, I-".R.'S., illustrated. 



Mr. Heinemann directs attention to : — " Publications of an 

 American Archa;ological Expedition to Syria in 1899-1900, 

 part iv., Semitic Inscriptions," by Dr. E. Littmann, illus- 

 trated. 



Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton's list includes : — " Nerves 

 in Order, or the Maintenance of Health," by Dr. A. T. 

 Schofield ; " Modern Electricity," by J. H. and K. J. Hora ; 

 " Woodmyth and Eable, " by E. Thompson Seton ; "The 

 Lure of the Labrador Wild, a .Story of the Exploring Ex- 

 pedition conducted by Leonidas Hubbard, jun.," by D. 

 Wallace; and " The New Knowledge, a Simple Explanation 

 of the New Physics and the New Chemistry in their Relation 

 to the New Theory of Matter," by Prof. R. K. Duncan. 



Mr. U. Hoepli (Milan) announces: — " Contribuzioni alia 

 Storia della Botanica," by O. Penzig ; and "La Flora 

 Legnosa del Sottoceneri," by \. Bettelini. 



In Messrs. Longmans and Co.'s list we notice: — "A 

 Systematic Course of Practical Organic Chemistry," by 

 i^. G. Radcliffe ; "Elementary Steam Engineering," by 

 H. W. Metcalfe, illustrated; and "An Atlas of Derma- 

 tology," by Dr. M. Dockrell ; " K Common Humoral Factor 

 of Disease, and its Bearing on the Practice of Medicine," 

 bv Dr. F. Hare, 2 vols. ; " Ice or Water, another Appeal to 

 Induction from the Scholastic Methods of Modern Geology, " 

 by Sir H. H. Howorth, K.C.I.E., F.R.S. 



Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., direct attention to : — 

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 Avebury, F.R..S. ; " The Historical Relations of Medicine 

 and Surgery," being the address delivered at the St. Louis 

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 of the Malay Peninsula," by W. W. Skeat, illustrated ; " A 

 Treatise on Chemistry," by Sir H. I-C. Roscoe, F.R.S., and 

 Prof. C. .Schorlemmer, F.R.S., i., " The Non-Metallic 

 Elements," revised by Drs. II. G. Colman and A. Harden ; 

 " Stonehenge Astronomically Considered," by Sir Norman 

 Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., ' illustrated ; "The Theory of 

 Light," by Dr. C. E. Curry; " Magnetism and Electricity 

 for Students," by H. V.. Hadley; "Lectures on the Phil- 

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 Prof. H. Sidgwick ; "Philosophical Studies," by D. G. 

 Ritchie, edited by Prof. R. Latta ; and a new edition of 

 " A Handbook of Metallurgy," by C. Schnabsl, translated 

 and edited by Prof. H. Louis. 



Messrs. Masson and Co. (Paris) promise : — " Traits de 

 Chimie min^rale," edited by H. Moissan, tome ii., fasc. i. ; 

 tome iv., fasc. i. ; " Le Chauflage des Habitations, par 

 Circulation d'Air chaud, de Vapeur ou d'Eau chaude, " by R. 

 IV-rissi; ; " Le Chauffage (Slectrique," by Lcvylier ; " Les 

 Moulins i Vent," by Prof. Htrisson ; " Le Vinaigre," by 

 Astruc ; " Proc^dcis de Commande m(5canique par I'l^^lectri- 

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 L. M. Granderye. 



Messrs. Methuen and Cu. annciiinci' : " .Xrchteology and 

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Mr. John Murray's list includes : — " Lhasa and its 

 Mysteries," by Lieut. -Col. L. A. Waddell, C.B., illus- 

 trated; "Our Sudan, its Pyramids and Progress," by 

 J. Ward; " .\n ICxpedilion into the Central Tian Shan, 

 carried out in the Years 1902-iqo.^," by Dr. G. Merzbacher, 

 illustrated ; " .\n Account of the Rothamsted Experiments," 

 by A. D. Hall ; " Recent Development in Biological 

 Science," by W. B. Hardy, F.R.S.; " Descartes: his Life 

 and Times," by E. S. Haldane, illustrated; " .Artillery and 

 Explosives," essays and lectures written and delivered at 

 various times, by Sir A. Noble, K.C.B., F'.R.S., illustrated; 

 " Growth and Spread of Culture," by Prof. E. B. Tylor, 

 F.R.S., illustrated; and new editions of " Marine Boilers, 

 their Construction and Working," dealing more especially 

 with tubulous boilers, based on the first edition of the work 

 liy M. L. E. Bertin, edited by L. S. Robertson, illustrated ; 



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" The Vegetable Garden, or the Edible Vegetables, Salads 

 and Herbs Cultivated in Europe and America," by W. 

 Robinson. 



Messrs. George Newnes, Ltd., promise: — " Reptile Life," 

 by W. P. Pycraft. 



Messrs. Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh) direct attention to : — 

 " Structural and F'ield (leology for Beginners in Geology 

 and Students of Mining, (-'ivil Engineering, .Agriculture, 

 Public Health, &c.," by Prof. J. Geikie, F.R.S., illustrated. 



Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons give notice of : — " The Case 

 for Physical Culture," by H. I. Hancoik, illus- 

 trated; "The Jordan Valley and Petra," by Prof. 

 W. Libbey and Rev. F. E. Hoskins, illustrated; 

 " Physical Regeneration," by J. Cantlie, illustraltd; "The 

 Trees of Norlh-Eastern America," with introduction by 

 N. L. Britton ; and new editions of " The Shrubs of North- 

 Eastern America," by C. S. Newhall, illustrated; "An 

 Introduction to Vertebrate Embryology based on the Study 

 of the F'rog and the Chick," by Dr. A. M. Reese, illus- 

 trated; "Materia Medica for Nurses," by L. L. Dock; 

 and " Thinking, Feeling, Doing," by Dr. E. W. Scripture, 

 illustrated. 



The list of the Walter Scott Publishing Co. includes : — 

 " Diet and Hygiene for Infants," by Dr. F. H. .Alderson. 



Messrs. Swan .Sonnenschein and Co., Ltd., announce: — 

 " The History of Philosophy," by Dr. J. E. FZrdmann, fifth 

 German edition, revised by W. B. F>dmann, an ICnglish 

 abridgment, transl;iled and edited by W. S. Hough ; 

 " Student's Text Book of Zoology," by A. Sedgwick, 

 F'.R.S., vol. ii., illustrated; "The Races of South 

 .Africa : their Migrations and Invasions, showing the 

 Intrusion of the Stronger Races into Hunting Grounds 

 of the Ancient .Abatur.i or Bushmen, the Aboriginal 

 Cave Dwellers of the Country," by G. W. Stow, 

 illustrated; "Physiological Psychology," a translation 

 of the fifth and wholly re-written (1902-3) Gerinan 

 edition, by Prof. E. B. Titchener, vol. ii., illustrated; and 

 new editions of " Introduction to the Study of Organic 

 Chemistry," by J. Wade; "Sanatoria for Consumptivfs 

 in Various Parts of the World," by F. R. Walters, illus- 

 trated; and " Handbook of Systematic Botany," by Dr. E. 

 Warming, edited by Prof. M. C. Potter, illustrated. 



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

 prises: — " Cheinistry, First 'Stage, Theoretical Organic." 

 by Dr. R. A. Lyster ; "Chemistry, Junior," by R. H. 

 .Vdie; "Technical Electricity," by Prof. II. T. Davidge 

 and R. W. Hutchinson ; " Magnetism and Electricity, 

 School," by Dr. R. II. Jude; "Practical Physics," by 

 W. R. Bower; " Properties of Matter," by C. ]'. L. Wag'- 

 staff ; " I'^lenientary Science of Common Life (Chemistry)," 

 by W. r. Boone; "Physiography, Section One"; " G o- 

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 " Geotnetry, Preliminary (Part i.. Junior Geometry)," by 

 the same authors; " Geometry, Theoretical and Practical," 

 by the same authors; " Scholarship Geometry," by W. P. 

 Workman and A. G. Cracknell ; " Scholarship Elementary 

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 and new editions of "Chemical Analysis," by Drs. W. 

 Briggs and R. W. Stewart; " Light, Text-Book of," by 

 Dr. R. W. Stewart; " Inorganic Chemistry, Second Stage 

 (TheoreticTl)," by Dr. (";. 11. Bailey; and "The New 

 Matriculation Phvsics : lli:ii, Light, and Sound," l)v Dr. 

 R. W. St-wart. ' 



Mr. T. F'isher I'nwin announces: — ^" Travels of a 

 Naturalist in Northern Europe," by J. .A. Harvie-Brown ; 

 " Siberia, a Record of Travel. Exploration, and Climbing," 

 by S. Turner; " The .\gi' of the ICarlh, and othei' Geological 

 Studies," by Prof. W. J. Sollas, F'.R.S. ; and "Gardening 

 for the Million," by .A. Pink. 



Messrs. W. Wesley and .Son promise : — .An authorised 

 English edition of the " .Atlas of Emission Spectra of most 

 of the Elements," by Prof. A. Ilagenbach and II. Konen, 

 translated by Dr. A. S. King. 



The following are Messrs. Whittaker and Co.'s announce- 

 ments : — "Steam Turbines," by H. M. Hobart and T. 

 Stevens; "Armature Construction," by H. M. Ilobari ; 

 " Concrete-Steel, a Treatise on the Theory and Practice of 

 Reinforced Concrete Construction," by W. Noble Twelve- 

 trees; " Pr:ictical Wireless Telegrai)hv and Telephony," by 

 Prof. Ma/zotin, lransl.(i,.(l hv S. R. Bollone ; ;liuI new 



