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[October io, 1901 



Messrs. W. and R. Chambers, Ltd., announce: — "The 

 Nineteenth Century Series," in which we notice " Medicine, 

 Surgery and Hygiene in the Century," by Dr. E. H. Stafford ; 

 "Discoveries and Explorations of the Century," by Prof. 

 Charles G. D. Roberts ; " Inventions of the Century," by 

 William TI. Doolittle ; " Progress of Education in the Century," 

 by Tames Laughlin Hughes and Dr. Louis K. Klemm ; 

 " Progress of Science in the Century," by Prof. J. Arthur 

 Thomson. 



Among the forthcoming works of Messrs. Chapman and Hall, 

 Ltii., we see: — "Steam Boiler Economy; a Treatise on the 

 Theory and Practice of Fuel Economy in the Operation of 

 Steam Boilers," by William Kent, illustrated ; " Elevation 

 and Stadia Tables, lor obtaining Differences of Altitude for all 

 Angles and Distances, Horizontal Distances in Stadia Work, 

 Sc."^ with all necessary Corrections, &c.," by Arthur P. Davis ; 

 "Specifications for Steel Bridges," by J. A. L. Waddell ; "A 

 Manual of Assaying ; the Fire Assay of Gold, Silver and Lead, 

 including Amalgamation and Chlorination Tests," by Prof. 

 Alfred ' Stanley Miller, illustrated ; " High Temperature 

 Measurements," by Prof. H. Le Chalelier and O. Boudouard, 

 translated by George K. Burgess, illustrated ; " Mechanical 

 Drawing," by Lieut. Commander F. W. Bartlett, illustrated ; 

 " Practical Workshop Mechanics," by Wallace Bently ; " The 

 Human Figure in Motion ; an Electro-photographic Investigation 

 of Consecutive Phases of Muscular Actions," by Eadward 

 Muybridge, illustrated : " Intermediate Practical Physics ; a 

 Manual for the use of Intermediate and Preliminary Scientific 

 Students," by John B. Wilkinson ; and new editions of " Notes 

 on Thermodynamics," by H. W. Spangler, part i. ; "A Text- 

 book of Mechanical Engineering," by Wilfrid J. Lineham, 

 illustrated. 



Messrs. J. and A. Churchill's list contains :— " A Manual on 

 Anatomy," by the late Prof. Alfred W. Hughes, edited by Prof. 

 Arthur Keith; "Clinical Essays and Lectures," by Howard 

 Marsh ; " GynLecological Pathology," by Dr. Charles Hubert 

 Roberts, illustrated ; " The Bacteriological Examination of Water," 

 by Major Horrocks; "Serum-Therapy," by Prof. R.T. Hewlett ; 

 "A Text-Book of Clinical Medicine," by Dr. T. D. Savill ; 

 " A Hand-Book of Nursing, Medical and Surgical," by Dr. 

 Hadley ; " Elementary Ophthalmic Optics, including Ophthal- 

 moscopy and Retinoscopy," by J. Herbert Parsons ; vol. 4 of 

 Groves' and Thorpe's "Chemical Technology"; "Electric 

 Lighting and Photometry," by W. T. Dibdin and G. E. Cooke | 

 and new editions of :— " A Manual of the Practice of Medicine," 

 by Dr. Frederick Taylor ; " A Text-Book of Medicine," edited 

 by Dr. Pye-Smith, vol. i. ; " Chemistry, Inorganic and 

 Organic," by Prof. John Millar Thomson and Arthur G. 

 Bloxam ; "A Short Manual for Monthly Nurses," by Dr. 

 Cullingworth ; " A Simple Method of Water Analysis," by 

 Dr. John C. Thresh; "The Pharmacopreia of the Throat 

 Hosp'ital " ; " Dissection Outlines for use with Morris's Treatise 

 on Anatomy." 



The Clarendon Press announces :—" Micro-Anatomy," by 

 Gustav Mann. 



Messrs. J. M. Dent and Co. announce:— "A Primer of 

 Physiology,"" by Dr. Alex. Hill; "Northern Mythology," by 

 Prof. Kaufmann ; " Beautiful Birds," by Edmund Selous. 



Messrs. Duckworth and Co. will publish : — A new edition in 

 one volume of "The Country Month liy Month," by J. A. Owen 

 (" A Son of the Marshes ") and Prof. G. S. Boulger, with Notes 

 by the late Lord Lilford. 



Mr. Gustav Fischer (Jena) announces : — " Abhandlungen, 

 Geologische und Palaeontologische," edited by E. Koken, band 

 V. heft I; "Geologic der Radsiadter Tauern," by Prof. F. 

 Freeh, illustrated ; " Zur Lehre von der Blutzirkulation in der 

 Schadelhdhle des Menschen, namentlich unter dem Einflussvon 

 Medikamenten,'" by Dr. Hans Berger ; " Fauna Arctica," 

 edited by Dr. Fritz Rdmer and Dr. Fritz Schaudinn, zweiter 

 band, erste lieferung ; "Die Dipsomanie," by Dr. Robert 

 Gaupp ; "Die Malaria," by Battista Grassi, zweite vermehrte 

 auHage ; "Handbuch der Geschichte der Medizin," edited by 

 Prof. Max Neuburger and Julius Pagel, erste lieferung ; " Das 

 Agglutinationsphanomen," by Dr. Fritz Kohler ; " Topo- 

 graphischer Atlas der medizinischen Diagnostik," by Prof. 

 Politick, zweite lieferung ; " Handbuch der Hygiene," edited 

 by Dr, Th. Weyl, erster supplementband, erstes heft ; " Bedeu- 

 tung eines systematischen Studiums des Skleroms," by Dr. von 

 Schrutter ; " Lehrbuch der vergleichenden B:ntwickelungs- 

 geschichte der vvirbellosen Thiere," by Profs. E. Korschelt and 



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K. Heider, allgemeiner teil ; " Technische Mykologie," by 

 Prof. F. Lafar, zweiter band, erste lieferung ; " Normentafeln 

 zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der Wirbeltiere," edited by Prof. 

 Dr. F. Keibel, drittes heft, illustrated ;" Tropenhygiene mit 

 spezieller Beriicksichtigung der Deutschen Kolonien," by Prof. 

 F. Plehn ; " Die Bakterien," by Drs. J. Schmidt and Weis, 

 illustrated. 



The announcements of Messrs. Charles Grifftn and Co., Ltd., 

 include :—" Trades' Waste, its Treatment and Utilisation, 

 with Special Reference to the Prevention of Rivers' Pollution," 

 by W. Naylor : " The Metallurgy of Steel," by F. W. Harbotd, 

 illustrated ; "Elementary Coal-Mining, for the Use of Students,, 

 Miners, and others preparing for Examinations," by George L. 

 Kerr, illustrated; "A Dictionary of Textile Fibres," by 

 William I. Hannan, illustrated ; " Sanitary Engineering, a 

 Practical Manual of Town Drainage and Sewage and Refuse 

 Disposal," by Francis Wood, illustrated ; " Ferments and their 

 Action, a Text-book on the Chemistry and Physics of Fermen- 

 tative Changes," by Dr. Carl Oppenheimer, translated by 

 C. Ainsworth Mitchell ; " Tables and Data for the Use of 

 Analysts, Chemical Manufacturers, and Scientific Chemists," by 

 Prof. J. Castell- Evans, in 2 vols. ; "A Text-Book of Physics," 

 by Prof. J. IL Poynting, F.R.S., and J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., 

 illustrated, introductory volume on Properties of Matter ; 

 " Diseases of the Organs of Respiration, an Epitome of the 

 Etiology, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of 

 the Lungs and Air Passages," by Dr. Samuel West, illustrated : 

 " Official Year- Book of Scientific and Learned Societies of 

 Great Britain and Ireland," eighteenth annual issue. 



Mr. W. Heinemann's list includes :—" The Play of Man," 

 by Prof. Karl Groos, translated with the author's cooperation 

 by Elizabeth L. Baldwin; "The Regions of the World," 

 a series of twelve volumes descriptive of the physical 

 environment of the nations, edited by H. J. Mackinder :— 

 "Britain and the British Seas," by the Editor; "The Near 

 East," by D. G. Hogarth ; " Western Europe and the Mediter- 

 ranean," by Elisee Reclus ; " Central Europe," by Dr. Joseph 

 Bastoch ; " Scandinavia and the Arctic Ocean," by Sir Clements 

 R. Markham, F.R.S. ; "The Russian Empire," by Prince 

 Kropotkin ; "Africa," by Dr. J. Scott Keltie ; "India," by 

 Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich ; " The Far East," by Archibald 

 Little; " North America," by Dr. Israel C. Russell; "South 

 America," by Dr. John C. Branner ; " Australasia and 

 Antarctica," by Dr. H. O. Forbes. 



Mr. H. K. Lewis's list is as follows : — " A Handbook of 

 Bacteriological Diagnosis for Practitioners, including Instructions 

 for the Clinical Examination of the Blood," by Prof. W. d'Este 

 Emery, illustrated ; " Transactions of the Dermatological 

 Society of Great Britain and Ireland," vol. vii.; and new 

 editions of :—" Elements of Practical Medicine," by Prof. 

 A. H. Carter ; " The Sanitary Inspector's Handbook," by 

 Albert Taylor, illustrated; "Rough Notes on Remedies," by 

 Dr. William Murray. 



Messrs. Crosby Lockwood and Son announce :— " Prospecting 

 for Gold," by D. J. Rankin, illustrated ; " Mining Calculations, 

 comprising Arithmetic, Algebra and Mensuration," by T. A. 

 O' Donahue, illustrated; "The Pocket-book of Refrigeration 

 and Ice-Making for 1902, with Diary," edited by A. J. Wallis- 

 Tayler ; "The Bacterial Purification of Sewage," by Dr. 

 Sidney Barwise, illustrated ; and new editions of " Water and 

 its Purification, a Handbook for the Use of Local Authorities, 

 Sanitary Officers, and others interested in Water Supply," by 

 Dr. S. Rideal, illustrated; " Lockwood's Dictionary of Terms 

 used in the Practice of Mechanical Engineering," edited by 

 Joseph G. Horner ; " The Health Officer's Pocket-book, a 

 Guide to Sanitary Practice and Law," by Dr. Edward F. 

 Willoughby, illustrated. ^ 



Messrs. Longmans and Co.'s list contains:— "The Great 

 Deserts and Forests of North America," by Paul Fountain ; 

 " Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death," by 

 Frederic W, H. Myers, 2 vols. ; " Dreams and their Mean- 

 ings," by Horace G. Hutchinson ; " Intuitive Suggestion," by 

 J. W. Thomas ; " Higher Mathematics for Students of Chemistry 

 and Physics, with Special Reference to Practical Work,' by 

 J. W. Mellor ; "A Practical Guide to the Administration of 

 "Anresthetics," by Dr. R. J. Probyn-Williams ; "A Practical 

 Treatise on Mine Surveying," by Arnold Lupton, illustrated ; 

 " Bricklaying and Brick-cutting," by H. W. Richards, illus- 

 trated ; "The Mind of a Child," by Ennis Richmond. 



Messrs. Sampson Low and Co., Ltd., promise :—" The 



