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of "New Matriculation Chemistry"; "Tutorial 

 Chemistry," part i. ; " First Stage Building Construction," 

 by B, Cunningham ; " First Stage Magnetism and Elec- 

 tricity," by Dr. R. H. Jude. 



Messrs. Archibald Constable and Co., Ltd., announce : — 

 " Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo, Travels and 

 Researches of a Naturalist in Sarawak," by Dr. O. Beccari, 

 revised and edited by Dr. F. H. H. Guilleman, illustrated; 

 "Agricultural and Pastoral Prospects in South Africa," by 

 Colonel O. Thomas; " The Conception of Immortality," by 

 Prof. \V. Royce, being the Ingersol lecture; "Science and 

 Immortality," by Prof. \V. Osier, F.R.S. ; "New Methods 

 of Treatment," by Dr. Laumonier, translated and edited 

 from the second edition by Dr. H. \V. Syers ; " The Surgery 

 of the Diseases of the Appendi.\ Vermiformis and their 

 Complications," by \V. H. Battle and Dr. E. M. Corner; 

 " Clinical Causes of Cancer of the Breast," by C. H. Leaf; 

 " Leprosy and Fish Eating," by Dr. J. Hutchinson, F.R.S. ; 

 " Clinical and Pathological Observations on Acute 

 Abdominal Diseases," by Dr. E. AL Corner; "Reinforced 

 Concrete," by C. F. Marsh, illustrated ; " Smoke Preven- 

 tion and Fuel Economy," by W. H. Booth and J. B. Ker- 

 shaw, illustrated ; " Small Dust Destructors for Institutional 

 and Trade Refuse," by \V. F. Goodrich, illustrated; 

 "The Microscope," by Prof. A. E. Wright, illustrated; 

 " Electric Furnaces and their Industrial Application," by 

 J. Wright, illustrated; and a new edition of "Farthest 

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.Messrs. J. M. Dent and Co. will issue : — " Forestry," by 

 Prof. Schwappach, translated by F. Storey. 



Messrs. Duckworth and Co. announce : — " Fetichism in 

 Wes^Africa," by the Rev. Dr. R. H. Nassau, illustrated; 

 and a new edition of " A Glossary of Botanic Terms," by 

 B. D. Jackson. 



Mr. W. Engelmann (Leipzig) gives notice of : — 

 " Einfiihrung in die medizinische Optik," by Dr. A. 

 <_;ieirhen, illustrated; " Handbuch der Heidekultur," by Dr. 

 P. Graebner, illustrated; "Conspectus Flor« Grtecae," by 

 E. V. Halacsy, vol. iii,, fasc. ii. ; " Handbuch der Bliiten- 

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 " E.\perimenteller Beitrag zur Physiologie der Spinalgan- 

 glien und zur Lehre von den trophischen Nerven. Zu gleich 

 ein Beitrag zur Pathogenese der Tabes dorsalis," by Dr. 

 Kiister ; " Grundziige der Kristallographie," by Prof. 

 <'. M. Viola, illustrated ; " Kants Rassentheorie und ihre 

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 buch des gesamten Tiefbaus," by Prof. K. Esselborn, 

 illustrated. 



Messrs. J. Finch and Co., Ltd., give notice of : — " The 

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 of physical, philosophical, and social sciences in the words 

 of their original masters : — " Philosophy," by Dr. E. Reich ; 

 " Economics," by A. Milnes; and "Natural Science," by 

 Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S. 



Mr. Gustav Fischer (Jena) promises :— " Ergebnisse, 

 Wissenschaftliche, der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem 

 Dampfer I'aldivia, 189S-9," edited by Prof. C. Chun : — 

 vol. iv., He.xactinellida, by Prof. F. E. Schulze, illus- 

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 trated ; and " Handbuch der pathogenen Mikroorganismen," 

 vol. iv., illustrated. 



Messrs. R. Friedlander und Sohn (Berlin) give notice of : — 

 " Die Kafer der Balkanhalbinsel mit Beriicksichtigung 

 Klein-Asiens und Kretas," by V. Apfelbeck, vol. ii. ; " Die 

 \'6gel der palaarktischen Fauna," by E. Hartert, Heft. iii. ; 

 " .-Vnalytische Ubersicht der palaarktischen Lepidopteren- 

 familien," by C. v. Hormuzaki, illustrated; " Abbildungen 

 <ler Grundformen deutscher Orchideen," by Kranzlin Mtiller, 

 coloured plates with text ; " R^sultats du Voyage du S.Y. 

 lielgica, 1897-09, sous le Commandement de A. de Gerlache 

 ■de Gomery," in ten volumes; " R^sultats des Campagnes 

 scientifiques accomplies par Albert I"', Prince de Monaco "; 

 ■" Tierreich " : — Lief. 21, Amphipoda, i., by T. R. R. 

 Stebbing ; Lief. 22, Heliconiidse, by H. Stichel and H. 

 Riffarth; " Catalogus Mammalium tain viventium quam 

 fossilium," Quinquennale Supplementuni Anno 1904, by 

 E. L. Trouessart, fasc. ii. 



The list of Messrs. Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., is as 

 •follows: — "A Text-book of Physics," by Profs. J. H. 

 l^oynting, F.R.S., and J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., vol. iii., 

 NO. 1822, VOL. 70] 



"Heat," illustrated; "Light and Magnetism and 

 Electricity"; "Constructional Steel Work," by A. W. 

 Farnsworth, illustrated; " Oil Fuel," by S. H. North, illus- 

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

 " .Analysis of -Mine Air," being translations, with additions, 

 by the late Sir C. Le Neve F'oster, F\R.S., of pamphlets 

 by M. Poussigne and Dr. Brunck, to which is added original 

 papers by Dr. J. S. Haldane, F.R.S., illustrated; "Elec- 

 tricity Control," a treatise on electricity switchgear and 

 systems of transmission, by L. Andrews, illustrated; 

 " Spinning and Twisting of Long Vegetable Fibres (Flax, 

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 trated ; " The Synthetic Dyestuffs and the Intermediate Pro- 

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 Landois, translated and edited by Drs. A. P. Brubaker and 

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Messrs. Gurney and Jackson have in preparation an illus- 

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 Hamilton, based to some e.xtent on the work of the late 

 Prof. T. Bell. 



Mr. W. Heinemann's list contains: — "The World's 

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 Eastern Europe, the Slavs, and the Teuton and Latin Races ; 

 also " In the Unknown Pamirs: Vakhan and Garan," by 

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Messrs. T. C. and E. C. Jack promise : — " The Edin- 

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Mr. John Lane gives notice of : — " Africa from South to 

 North through Marotseland," by Major A. St. H. Gibbons, 

 two vols., illustrated; " Birds by Land and Sea," by J. M. 

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 W. Gibson; "The Book of Rarer Vegetables," bv 

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 R. I. Lynch; and " The Book of the Scented Garden," by 



F. W. Burbridge. 



The following is the list of Messrs. Crosby Lockwood and 

 Son : — " Marine Engines and Boilers, their Design and 

 Construction," based on the work of Dr. G. Bauer, trans- 

 lated by E. M. Donkin and S. B. Donkin, edited by L. S. 

 Robertson; "The Mechanical Handling of Materials," by 



G. F. Zimmer, illustrated ; " Engineering Tools, a Practical 

 Treatise, including Instruments of Measurement," by 

 J. Horner, illustrated; "The Cultivation and Preparation 

 of Para Rubber," by W. H. Johnson ; " Building Materials, 

 a Practical Handbook on their Properties and Uses," by 

 C. Healy ; and a new edition of " Concrete, its Nature and 

 Uses," by G. L. Sutcliffe. 



Messrs. Longmans and Co. announce: — "The Mammals 

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