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[March 15, 1906 



FURTHCOMING BOOKS OF SCIENCE. 



MESSRS. BAILLIERE, TINDALL AND COX'S list 

 ^ includes: — "Applied Bacteriology," by Prof. R. T. 



Hewlett and C. G. Moor, illustrated ; " Laboratorj Manual 

 of Physiology," by Dr. F. C. Busch ; " Trypanosomes and 

 Trypanosomiasis," by Laveran and Mesnil, translated 

 and edited by Dr. 1). Nabarro ; "Practical Agricultural 

 Chemistry," by F. Robertson; " Rontgen Rays in Genera] 

 Practice," bj R. 11. Cooper; and a new edition of " Philo- 

 sophy of Voice," by C. Lunn. 



Messrs. A. and C. Black promise: — "A Treatise on 

 Zoology," edited by Pruf. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 

 part v., " Mollusca," by Dr. P. Pelseneer, illustrated. 



Messrs. Gebruder Borntraeger I Berlin) give notice of: — 

 " Hygienisches Centralblatt," edited by Dr. P. Sommer- 

 feld ; " Zeitschrift fiar Gletscherkunde, " edited by Prof. E. 

 Bruckner; "Tabulae botanicae, " edited by Drs. E. Baur 

 and Jahn ; " Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg," 

 Band ii., Laubmoose ; " Forstbotanisches Merkbuch," iv., 

 Schleswig-Holstein ; " Allgemeine Botanik," by Prof. 

 Warming; and " Geschichte Roms," by Prof. Drumann, 

 Band iii. 



The Cambridge University Press list includes : — " Cam- 

 bridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics," 

 No. 3. " Quadratic Forms and their Classification by Means 

 of Invariant Factors," by Prof. T. I 'A. Bromwich ; 

 " Trigonometry for Beginners," by J. W. Mercer. The 

 following are in preparation : — " The Definite Integral, its 

 Meaning and Fundamental Properties," by Dr. E. W. 

 Hobson, F.R.S. ; " Singular Points and Asymptotes of 

 Plane Curves," by Prof. C. A. Scott; "The Axioms of 

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 Eikonal and its Application to Optical Instruments," by 

 E. I . Whittaker, F.R.S. 



Messrs. J. and A. Churchill give notice of : — " A Short 

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 Thresh ; " Essentials of Surface Anatomy," by C. R. 

 Whittaker; "A Manual of Midwifery," by Dr. T. W. 

 Eden ; " Clinical Applied Anatomy ; or, the Anatomy of 

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 " A Manual of Pathology, General and Special," by Prof. 

 R. T. Hewlett; "A Manual of Prescribing," by Prof. 

 C. R. Marshall; " Spinal Curvature," by H. R. H. Bigg; 

 " Pharmaceutical Latin Grammar; or Prescriptions, how 

 to Write and Read Them," by R. R. Bennett; and new 

 editions of "A System of Dental Surgery," by C. S. 

 Tomes and W. S. Nowell ; and " Minor Surgery and 

 Bandaging," by B. Pollard. 



Messrs. A. Constable and Co., Ltd., will publish : — 

 " Radio-active Transformations," by Prof. E. Rutherford, 

 F.R.S., illustrated; "The Integrative Action of the 

 Nervous System," by Prof. C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., 

 illustrated; and " Physiology of the Nervous System," by 

 J. P. Morat translated and edited by Dr. H. W. Syers, 

 illustrated. 



Messrs. J. M. Dent and Co. direct attention to : — 

 " English Men of Science," edited by Prof. J. R. Green, 

 F.R.S. — " Herbert Spencer," bv Prof. J. A. Thomson; 

 " Priestley," by Dr. T. E. Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S. ; " George 

 Bentham," by B. D. Jackson; " Huxley," by Prof. 

 J. R. A, Davis; "Sir Wm. Flower," by R. Lydekker, 

 F.R.S. Of Dent's Mathematical and .Scientific Series, the 

 following are in preparation: — "Geometrical Conies," by 

 Profs. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., and R. II. Pinkerton ; 

 " Analytical Conies," by Prof. C. A. Scott; " Mechanics," 

 by C. S. Jackson and R. M. Milne; "Trigonometry," by 

 C. Hawkins; "Algebra," by Prof. H. W. LI. Tanner, 

 F.R.S., and W. J. Greenstreet ; " Practical Mathematics," 

 by J. E. Boyt ; "Light," by F. E. Rees ; "A French 

 Scientific Reader," compiled by W. J. Greenstreet; " A 

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 " Mathematical Tables," by Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S. 



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

 Allgemeine Botanische Zeitung," Jahrgung 1906, edited 

 by Prof. K. Goebel, Heft i., illustrated; " Klinisches Jahr- 

 buch, " fiinfzehnter Band, zweites Heft, illustrated; " Phy- 

 siologic des Menschen," by Prof. L. Luciani, German trans- 

 lation, Band ii., illustrated ; " Das Rettungs- und Kranken- 

 heforderungswesen im deutschen Reiche, " bv Prof. G. 



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Meyer, Bildet zugleich den drittcn Erganzungsband zum 

 klinischen Jahrbuch, illustrated; " Rcsultats scientifiques 

 du Congres international de Botanique, Wien, 1905," illus- 

 trated; " Die Wirbeltiere Europas mil Beriicksichtigung 

 der Faunen von Vorderasien und Nordafrika," by Prof. 

 O. Schmiedeknecht ; " Yegetationsbilder," edited by Profs. 

 G. Karsten and H. Schenck, dritte Reihe, Heft vi. : 

 Emerich Zederbauer, Yegetationsbilder aus Kleinasien, 

 illustrated ; " Verhandlungen der deutschen pathologischen 

 Gesellschaft," edited by G. Schmorl, neunte Tagung, 

 gehalten in Meran vom 25 bis 29 September, 1905, illus- 

 trated ; " Gesammelte Abhandlungen, " Band iv., Sozial- 

 politische Schriften, by Prof. E. Abbe ; and new editions 

 of " Lehrbuch der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen 

 und der Wirbeltiere," by Prof. O. Hertwig, illustrated: 

 " Tabellen zur Gesteinskunde (iir Geologen, Mineralogen, 

 Bergleute, Chemiker, Landwirte und Techniker," by Prof. 

 G. Linck, illustrated ; " Einfiihrung in das Studium der 

 Malariakrankheiten," by Dr. R. Ruge, illustrated; 

 " Anatomische, physiologische und physikalische Daten 

 und Tabellen zum Gebrauche fur Mediziner," by Prof. H. 

 Vierordt ; and " Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Pathologie und 

 der pathologischen Anatomie," by Prof. E. Ziegler, 

 Band ii., Lehrbuch der speziellen pathologischen Anatomie, 

 edited by Drs. E. Gierke and K. Ziegler, illustrated. 



Messrs. Gauthier-Villars (Paris) promise : — " Guide du 

 Me^eorologiste amateur," by Loisel ; " Lerons sur le 

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 des Phenom^nes fondee sur les Analogies," by Petrowitch ; 

 and " Les Conserves alimentaires," by Rocques. 



Messrs. Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., announce : — " The 

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 " Motor-car Mechanism and Management," by W. P. 

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 A. C. M.William and P. Longmuir, illustrated; "The 

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 the author, since the publication of the German edition ; 

 " The Treatment of the Diseases of the Digestive System," 

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 a Practical Treatise," by Sir B. Redwood, illustrated: 

 and " Aids in Practical Geology : with a Section on 

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Messrs Hodder and Stoughton give notice of: — "A 

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Messrs. Hutchinson and Co. announce : — " Liberia, the 

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 of Species," edited by J. W. Mathews; and Waterton's 



