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contributors, edited by Dr. W. Bain, illustrated ; " Machine 

 Tools and Workshop Practice," by A. Parr, illustrated; 

 " Laboratory Studies for Brewing Students, a Systematic 

 Course of Practical Work in the Scientific Principles Under- 

 lying the Processes of Malting and Brewing," by A. J. 

 Brown, illustrated ; " Petrol Motors and Motor Cars, a 

 Handbook for Engineers, Designers, and Draughtsmen," 

 by T. H. White, illustrated ; " A Complete Class Book of 

 Naval Architecture, Practical, Laying Off, Theoretical," by 

 W. J. Lovett, illustrated ; " An Introduction to the Geology 

 of Cape Colony," by A. W. Rogers ; " A Gardener's Year," 

 by H. Rider Haggard, illustrated; "Life and Energy, an 

 Attempt at a New Definition of Life with Applications to 

 Morals and Religion," by W. Hibbert ; "The Principles 

 of Education," by T. Raymont ; " A Handbook to Agra and 

 the Taj, Sikandra, Fatepursikri, and the Neighbourhood," 

 by E. B. Havell, illustrated ; and a new edition of 

 " Engineer's Valuing Assistant, being a Practical Treatise 

 on the Valuation of Collieries and other Mines," bv H. D. 

 Hoskold. 



Messrs. Sampson Low and Co., Ltd., promise ; — " Japan, 

 the Place and the People," by G. W. Browne, illustrated; 

 and new editions of " Manual of First Aid," by Dr. J. A. 

 Austin; and "Analysis Tables for Chemical Students," by 

 R. L. Taylor. 



Messrs. Luzac and Co. have in the press a translation of 

 Baron Max von Oppenheim's " Rabeh and the Lake Chad 

 Country." 



In the list of Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., we 

 notice: — "The Native Tribes of South-east Australia," by 

 Dr. A. W. Howitt, illustrated ; " Tribes of the Malay Penin- 

 sula," by W. W. Skeat, two vols., illustrated ; " The Origin 

 and Development of Moral Ideas," by Dr. E. Westermarck, 

 two vols.; ".Scientific Fact and Metaphysical Reality," by 

 R. B. Arnold ; " Miscellaneous Essays " and " Philosophical 

 Fragments," each by Prof. H. Sidgwick ; "The Cam- 

 bridge Natural History," edited by Dr. S. F. Harmer, 

 F.R.S., and A. E. Shipley, F.R.S., illustrated :— vol. vii., 

 Balanoglossus, &c., by Dr. S. F. Harmer, F.R.S., Ascidians 

 and Amphioxus, by Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., Fishes, 

 by Dr. T. W. Bridge and G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. ; vol. i.. 

 Protozoa, by Prof. M. Hartog, Sponges, by Prof. W. J. 

 Sollas, F.R.S. , Jelly-fish, Sea-Anemones, &c., by Prof. S. J. 

 Hickson, F.R.S., Star-fish, Sea-Urchins, &c., by Prof. E. W. 

 MacBride ; vol. iv.. Spiders, TVlites, &c., by C. Warburton, 

 Scorpions, Trilobites, &c., by Dr. M. Laurie, Pycnogonids, 

 by Prof. D'Arcy W. Thompson, C.B., Linguatulida and 

 Tardigrada, by A. E. Shipley, F.R.S., Crustacea, by Prof. 

 W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S. ; and new editions of " The 

 Scenery of England and the Causes to which it is Due," 

 by the Right Hon. Lord .\vebury, F.R.S., illustrated; "A 

 Treatise on Chemistry," by Sir H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S., and 

 Prof. C. Schorlemmer, F.R.S., vol. i., the Non-metallic 

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

 and " A Handbook of Metallurgy," by Prof. C. Schnabel, 

 translated and edited by Prof. H. Louis, two vols., illus- 

 trated. 



In Mr. Murray's list are to be found : — " Recent Develop- 

 ment in Biological Science," by W. B. Hardy, F.R.S.; 

 "Bacteriology and the Public Health," by Dr. G. New- 

 man; " The Culture of Fruit Trees in Pots," by J. Brace, 

 illustrated; "River, Road, and Rail, some Engineering 

 Reminiscences of Undertakings in Various Parts of the 

 World, including the St. Gothard Tunnel and the Zambesi 

 Falls Bridge," by F. Fox, illustrated; " Hints on the Horse, 

 for Artist and Buyer," by Captain C. N. Gonne, R.-'V., 

 illustrated ; " The Moon, a Summary of the Existing Know- 

 ledge of our Satellite, with a Complete Photographic 

 Atlas," by Prof. W. H. Pickering, illustrated; "Artillery 

 and Explosives, Essays and Lectures Written and Delivered 

 at Various Times," by Sir A. Noble, K.C.B., F.R.S., illus- 

 trated ; in the "Progressive Science" Series: — "Earth- 

 quakes, in the Light of the New Seismology," by Major C. E. 

 Dutton, illustrated; and " Heredity," by Prof. J. A. Thom- 

 son, illustrated; also " Growth and Spread of Culture," by 

 ProL E. B. Tylor, F.R.S., illustrated: "A Second Course 

 of Practical Science," by J. H. Leonard and W. H. Salmon ; 

 "A Primer of Botany," by Prof. J. B. Farmer, F.R.S.; 

 " The Vegetable Garden, or the Edible Vegetables, Salads, 

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

 Robinson; and a new edition of " Marine Boilers, their 



Construction and Working, Dealing more Especially with 

 Tubulous Boilers," based on the first edition of the work 

 by M. L. E. Bertin, brought up to date, edited by L. S. 

 Robertson. 



.Messrs. J. Nisbet and Co., Ltd., promise: — " .\ Tropical 

 Dependency, being some Account of Nigeria, its Progress, 

 and its Peoples," by Lady Lugard, illustrated. 



.Mr. D. Nutt announces:^ — "Folk-lore of the Musquakie 

 Indians of North America and Catalogue of Musquakie 

 Beadwork, and other Objects in the Collection of the Folk- 

 lore Society," by M. A. Owen, illustrated. 



Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons' announcements include: — 

 " The Heart of the Orient : Saunterings through Georgia, 

 Armenia, Persia, Turkomania, and Turkestan, to the Vale 

 of Paradise," by M. M. Shoemaker, illustrated; "Stra- 

 bismus, or Squint, Latent and Fixed, a Supplement to 

 ' Errors of Refraction, '" by Dr. V. Valk ; " Field Book 

 of ^\'ild Birds and their Music, being a Description of the 

 Songs and Colouring of Wild Birds intended to Assist in 

 the Identification of Species Common in the Eastern United 

 States," by F. S. Mathews, illustrated; "An Introduction 

 to \'ertebrate Embryology Based on the Study of the Frog 

 and the Chick," by Dr. A. M. Reese; " Bog Trotting for 

 Orchids," by G. G. Niles, illustrated; "The Mystic Mid- 

 Region, the Deserts of the South-west," by A. J. Burdick, 

 illustrated; "The Trees of North-eastern America," with 

 introduction by N. L. Britton ; and new editions of " Land- 

 scape Gardening," by S. Parsons, juri. ; and " The Shrubs of 

 North-eastern America," by C. S. Newhall, two vols, in 

 one, illustrated. 



The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., give notice of : — 

 " .'\ Study of Recent Earthquakes," by Dr. C. Danison ; 

 " Science and Hypothesis," by Prof. H. Poincare, translated 

 bv W. J. Greenstreet ; and a new edition of "Electricity 

 in Modern i^ife," by G. W. de Tunzelmann, illustrated. 



The announcements of Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and 

 Co., Ltd., include: — " Physiological Psychology," by Prof. 

 W. Wundt, a translation of the fifth and wholly rewritten 

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

 three vols., vol. i., illustrated; an abridged edition of 

 Erdmann's " History of Philosophy," based on the fifth 

 German edition, revised by Dr. B. Erdmann, translated and 

 edited by W. S. Hough; " .\ Philosophical Introduction to 

 Ethics," by W. B. B. Gibson; " Thoughts and Things: a 

 Genetic Study of Logical Process," by Prof. M. Baldwin; 

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

 F.R.S., vol. ii., illustrated ; and new editions of " Hand- 

 book of Systematic Botany," by Dr. E. Warming, trans- 

 lated and edited by Prof. M. C. Potter, illustrated ; " Intro- 

 duction to the Study of Organic Chemistry," by J. Wade, 

 illustrated ; and " Sanatoria for Consumptives in Various 

 Parts of the World," by Dr. F. R. Walters, illustrated. 



Mr. E. Stanford announces ; — " The Sea Fishing Industry 

 of England and Wales, a Popular Account of the Sea 

 Fisheries and Fishing Ports of those Countries," by F. G. 

 Aflalo, illustrated; " Stanford's Compendium of Geography 

 and Travel " (supplementary volume), " Glossary of Geo- 

 graphical and Topographical Terms, and of Words of Fre- 

 quent Occurrence in the Composition of such Terms and 

 of Place Names," by \. Knox; "Stanford's Geological 

 Atlas of Great Britain (based on Reynold's Geological 

 Atlas), with Plates of Characteristic Fossils, Preceded by a 

 Description of the Geological Structure of Great Britain 

 and its Counties, and of the Features Observable along, the 

 Principal Lines of Railway," by H. B. Woodward, F.R.S., 

 illustrated; and a new edition of " Stanford's Compendium 

 of Geography and Travel" — "Africa, vol. ii.. South 

 Africa," by Dr. K. H. Keane, illustrated. 



Messrs. W. Thacker and Co. promise: — "The Explor- 

 ation of Tibet," by G. Sandberg ; " The Birds of Calcutta," 

 by F. Finn; "Indian Electricity Act, 1903," by J. W. 

 Meares ; and new editions of "Game, Shore, and Water 

 Birds of India," by Colonel Lemessurier; and " .'\stronomy 

 without a Telescope," by E. W. Maunder. 



The University "of Chicago Press (Chicago) will publish : — 

 " Studies in General Physiology," by Dr. J. Loeb, two 

 vols. ; and " Lectures on the Calculus of Variations," by 

 Prof. O. Bolza. 



Mr. Fisher Unwin announces : — " Travel, Exploration 

 and Climbing in Siberia," bv S. Turner, illustrated; "The 

 Land of the Horn." bv ' W. S. Barclay, illustrated; 



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