March 15, 1906J 



NA TURE 



477 



"Wanderings in South America," with notes, &c, bv 

 W. A. Harding. 



In Mr. John Lane's list are: — "Bombay Ducks: an 

 Account of Some of the Everyday Birds and Beasts found 

 in a Naturalist's El Dorado," by D. Dewar, illustrated; 

 " The Wild Flowers of Selborne and Other Papers," by 

 the Rev. Canon Vaughan, illustrated. New volumes in 

 the " Practitioners' Library," edited by H. Roberts: 

 " Forms of Paralysis," by Dr. J. S. Collier; " X-Rays in 

 General Practice," by Captain A. E. Walter. New- 

 volumes in the Country Handbooks, edited by H. 

 Roberts: "The Stable Handbook," by T. F. Dale, illus- 

 trated; "The Country Cottage," by G. L. Morris and 

 E. Wood, illustrated. New volumes in the Handbooks of 

 Practical Gardening: "The Book of Rarer Vegetables," 

 by G. Wythes and H. Roberts; " The Book of the Winter 

 Garden," by D. S. Fish; "The Book of Market Garden- 

 ing," by R. L. Castle, illustrated; and a new edition of 

 " Rifle and Romance in the Indian Jungle: being the 

 Record of Thirteen Years of Indian Jungle Life," by Cap- 

 tain A. I. R. Glasfurd, illustrated. 



Mr. T. Werner Laurie will publish : — " Fishing for 

 Pleasure and Catching It," by E. Marston, with two 

 chapters on Salmon and Trout Fishing in North Wales by 

 R. B. Marston, illustrated ; and " Modern Medicine for the 

 Home," by E. Walker. 



Among Messrs. Crosby Lock wood and Son's forthcoming 

 books we notice : — New editions of " The Art of Leather 

 Manufacture," by A. Watt; "Colliery Working and 

 Management," by 11. F. Bulman and R. A. S. Redmayne, 

 illustrated; "A Handybook for Brewers," by H. E. 

 Wright; and "Sheet Metal Worker's Instructor," by 

 R. H. Warn and J. G. Horner, illustrated. 



Messrs. Longmans and Co. 's list includes: — " Mammals 

 < I t.reat Britain and Ireland," by J. G. Millais, vol. iii., 

 completing the Rodentia with the Hares and the Rabbit ; 

 it will also contain the Cervidae (the Deer family), the 

 Bovidae ( the Oxen), and the Cetaceae (Whales), illustrated: 

 " Health of Our Children in the Colonies, a Book for 

 Mothers," by Dr. !,. A. Robinson; "Plants and their 

 Ways in South Africa," by B. Stoneman ; " Design of 

 Lathes for High Speed and Heavy Cutting," by J. T. 

 Nicolson and D. Smith; "Practical Manual of Tides and 

 Waves," by W. H. Wheeler, illustrated; " Scientific Prin- 

 ciples of Wireless Telegraphy," by Prof. J. A. Fleming, 

 F.R.S. ; " Modern Steam Road Wagons," by W. Norris, 

 illustrated; " Synthetica, being Meditations Epistemological 

 and Ontological, comprising the Edinburgh Gifford Lec- 

 tures of 1905," by Dr. S. S. Laurie, two vols. ; " Plant 

 Response," by Prof. J. C. Bose, CLE. ; " Mathematical 

 Papers of J. Willard Gibbs," two vols. ; " Manual of 

 Diseases of the Nose and its Accessorv Cavities," bv Dr. 

 H. L. Lack ; and " Philosophy of Religion," by Prof. G. T. 

 Ladd, two vols. 



Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd., will 

 issue: — "Cotton Manufacture," by E. A. Posset, part ii., 

 treating of combing, drawing, roller covering and flv 

 frames, with an illustrated description of all the modern 

 processes and machinery used, also all the calculations 

 required. 



Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., announce: — 



Mediaeval Rhodesia," by D. Randall-Maclver, illustrated; 

 "' The Philosophy of Religion," by Prof. H. Hoffding, 

 translated bv Miss B. E. Meyer; "Electrical Engineering 

 in Theorv and Practice," bv G. D. Aspinall Parr, illus- 

 trated; "Physical Optics, " "by Prof. R. W. Wood, illus- 

 trated; "A Manual of Geometry," by W. D. Eggar ; 



Lessons in Science, a Preliminary Course of Physics and 

 Chemistry," by Prof. R. A. Gregory and A. T. Simmons; 

 and a new edition of " Appendicitis : its Pathology and 

 Surgery," by C. B. Lockwood. 



Messrs. Methuen and Co. promise : — " Electrical In- 

 dustry, Lighting. Traction, and Power," "Shipbuilding 

 Industry, its History, Science, Practice, and Finance," 



Monev Market," " Business Side of Agriculture," 

 "Brewing Industry," "Automobile Industry," "Mining 

 and Mining Investments," "Civil Engineering," "Coal 

 Industry," "Iron Trade," and "Cotton Industry and 

 Trade." 



Mr. John Murray announces: — " Heredity," bv Prof. 

 J. A. Thomson; " Researches in Sinai," by Prof. W. 



NO 1898, VOL. 73] 



Flinders Petrie, F.R.S. , illustrated; "Noteworthy Fami- 

 lies (Science), an Index to Kinships in Near Degrees 

 between Persons whose Achievements are Honourable, and 

 have been Publicly Recorded," by Dr. F. Galton, F.R.S., 

 and E. Schuster; " Our Waterways, a History of Inland 

 Navigation considered as a Branch of Water Conservancy," 

 by I. A. Forbes an. I W. H. R. Ashford ; " Life of Isabella 

 Bird (Mrs. Bishop)," by Miss A. M. Stoddart, illustrated; 

 " The Dead Heart of Australia, a Journey around Lake 

 Eyre in the Summer of 1901-1902, with an Account of the 

 Lake Eyre Basin and the Flowing Well of Central Aus- 

 tralia," by Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., illustrated; 

 " Human Blood, an Introduction to the Normal and Patho- 

 logical Morphology of Human Blood," eight lectures de- 

 livered in the Pathological Laboratory of the University of 

 London, by Dr. G. A. Buckmaster, illustrated ; " The 

 Transition in Agriculture," by E. A. Pratt; "Recent 

 Development in Biological Science," by W. B. Hardy, 

 F.R.S.; "Artillery and Explosives, Essays and Lectures 

 Written and Delivered at Various Times," bv Sir A. 

 Noble, K.C.B., F.R.S., illustrated; and " Chemistry of the 

 Albumens," by Dr. O. B. Schryver. 



The list of the Oxford University Press contains : — 

 " Elementary Chemistry, Progressive Lesson in Experiment 

 and Theory," by I-'. R. L. Wilson and G. W. Hedley, 

 part ii. ; Knuth's " Flower Pollination," authorised English 

 translation by J R. A. Davis, vol. i. ; Solereder's " Ana- 

 tomical Characters of the Dicotyledonous Orders," author- 

 ised English translation by L. A. Boodle and F. E. Fritsch, 

 revised by H. D. Scott; "A Catalogue of the Herbarium 

 of Dillenius," bv G. C. Druce, with the assistance of Prof. 

 S. H. Vines, F.R.S. ; " The Face of the Earth " (" Das 

 Antlitz der Erde "), by Prof. E. Suess, translated by Dr. 

 H. B. C. Sollas under the direction of Prof. W. J. Sollas, 

 F.R.S., vol. ii., illustrated; "The Oxford Geographies," 

 vol. ii., "The Preliminary Geography," by Dr. A. J. 

 Herbertson, illustrated; "The Dawn of Modern Geo- 

 graphy," by C. R. Beazley, vol. iii.; "Lectures on the 

 Method of Science," edited" by Dr. T. B. Strong; and a 

 new edition of "Human Anatomy for Art Students," by 

 Prof. A. Thomson, illustrated. 



.Messrs. G. Philip and Son, Ltd., have in the press: — 

 "A Rhythmic Approach to Mathematics," bv E. L. 

 Somervell. 



Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., announce : — " Mech- 

 anical Traction on Highways in the United Kingdom," 

 by Dr. C. A. M. Barlow; and a new edition of " Home 

 Gymnastics for Old and Young," bv Dr. T. J. Hartelius, 

 translated and adapted from the Swedish by C. Lofving, 

 illustrated. 



Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons promise : — " Jordan 

 Valley and Petra, " by Prof. W. Libbey and Dr. F. E. 

 Hoskins, two vols., illustrated; and "Tibet and Turkes- 

 tan," by O. T. Crosby, illustrated. 



The Religious Tract Society announces : — " By-paths in 

 Nature," bv F. Stevens, illustrated; and "Every Boy's 

 Book of British Natural History," by P. Westell. 



The Sanitary Publishing Co., Ltd., announce : — " Smoky 

 Fogs, How to Prevent," by A. J. Martin; "Drainage, 

 Cast Iron House Drainage, with Especial Reference to 

 the Drainage of Town Houses," by G. - J. G. Jensen; and 

 new editions of " Drainage, By-laws as to House Drainage 

 and Sanitary Fittings made by the London County 

 Council," annotated by G. J. Jensen, illustrated; and 

 " Drainage, Modern Drainage Inspection and Sanitary 

 Surveys," by G. J. G. Jensen, illustrated. 



The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge will 

 publish: — "The Frozen South"; a volume on the 

 Spectroscope, bv Mr. H. F. Newall ; and " The Properties 

 of Liquids," by Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S. 



Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Co., Ltd., promise 

 "Physiological Psychology," by Prof. W. Wundt, trans- 

 lated by Prof. E. B. Titchener, in three vols., vol. ii., 

 illustrated; "The History of Philosophy," by Dr. J. F. 

 Erdmann, translated abridgment by W. S. Hough ; 

 " Thoughts and Things : a Genetic Study of Logical 

 Process," by Prof. M. Baldwin, vol. i., " Theory of 

 Knowledge, Functional Logic," vol. ii., "Theory of 

 Reality, Real Logic"; "Man: or Problems Ancient and 

 Modern relating to Man, with Guesses at Solutions," bv 

 i Rev. W. T. Nicholson; "The Student's Text-book of 



