Nature, ] 
December 14, 1899 
Index 
XXIX 
Die Farbenevolution bei den Pieriden, M. C. Piepers, 97 
Scientific Papers, Peter Guthrie Tait, Prof. Horace Lamb, 
F.R.S., 98 
Elementary Physiology, Benjamin Moore, 99 
The Dawn of Reason, James Weir, jun., 100 
The Arithmetic of Chemistry, John Waddell, 100 
The Flora of Cheshire, the late Lord de Tabley (Hon. J. 
Byme, Leicester Warren), 100 
Man, Past and Present, A. H. Keane, 121 
Text-Book of Practical Solid Geometry, for the Use of the 
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Captain E. H. de V. 
Atkinson, R.E., 122 
Geometrical Drawing for Army and Navy Candidates and 
Public School Classes, E. C. Plant, 122 
Michael Faraday, his Life and Work, Silvanus P. Thomp- 
son, F.R.S., 123 
Untersuchungen iiber Strukturen, O. Biitschli, 124 
A Manual of Library Cataloguing, J. Henry Quinn, 124 
Zur Anthropologie der Badener, Bericht iiber die vom anthro- 
pologischen Kommission des Karlsruher Altertumsvereins 
an Wehrpflichtigen und Mittelschiilern vorgenommenen 
Untersuchungen, Otto Ammon, 145 
The Microscopy of Drinking-water, G. C. Whipple, 146 
Examination of Water (Chemical and Bacteriological), W. P. 
Mason, 146 
Kritik der Wissenschaftlichen Erkenntniss, Dr. H. von 
Schoeler, 147 
Les Plantes Utiles du Sénégal—Tlantes Indigénes—Plantes 
Exotiques, Le R. P. A. Sébire, J. M. Hillier, 148 
Applied Geology, J. V. Elsden, 148 
On Buds and Stipules, the Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, 
Bart., F.R.S., 149 
The Philippines and Round About, Major G. J. Young- 
husband, 149 
The Slide Valve Simply Explained, W. J. Tennant, 149 
In the Australian Bush, and on the Coast of the Coral Sea, 
being the Experiences and Observations of a Naturalist in 
Australia, New Guinea, and the Moluccas, Richard Semon, 
169 
Chapters on Natural History of the United States, R. W. 
Shufeld, 170 
Cries and Call-Notes of Wild Birds, C. A. Witchell, 171 
Psychologische Untersuchungen iiber das Lesen, Benno Erd- 
mann and Raymond Dodge, A. E. Taylor, 172 
The Story of the Mind, J. M. Baldwin, A. E. Taylor, 172 
Sewage Analysis, J. Alfred Wanklyn and W. J. Cooper, 172 
Sewer Design, H. N. Ogden, 172 
The Hygiene of the Mouth, a Guide to the Prevention and 
Control of Dental Diseases, R. Denison Pedley, 172 
A Manual of Locomotive Engineering, William Frank Petti- 
grew, Norman J. Lockyer, 193 
The Hereford Earthquake of December 17, 1896, Charles 
Davison, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 194 
L’ Année Biologique, 195 
A Short History of Astronomy, Arthur Berry, 196 
Outlines of Physical Chemistry, A. Reychler, 197 
Views on some of the Phenomena of Nature, James Walker, 
197 
The Geography of Mammals, W. L. and P. L. Sclater, 217 
Antiquities from the City of Benin, &c., in the British 
Museum, C. H. Read and O. M. Dalton, H. Ling Roth, 
219 
Theory of the Earth, with Proofs and Illustrations, James 
Hutton, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 220 
Animals in Motion, E. Muybridge, 220 
Sanatoria for Consumptives in various Parts of the World, F. 
Rufenacht Walters, 221 
Measurement and Weighing, E. Edser, 221 
Die physikalischen Erscheinungen und Krafte, Prof. Dr. Leo 
Grunmach, 221 
Practical Plane and Solid Geometry (Test Papers), George 
Grace, 221 
Practical Dictionary of Electrical Engineering and Chemistry 
in German, English and Spanish, Paul Heyne, Dr. E. 
Sanchez-Rosal, 221 
An Illustrated Manual of British Birds, Howard Saunders, 
241 
Thatsachen und Auslegungen in Bezug auf Regeneration, 
Augus Weismann, 242 
West African Studies, Mary H. Kingsley, 243 
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 
244 
The Larve Collector’s Guide and Calendar, J. and W. Davis, 
244 
Theory of the Motion of the Moon ; containing a New Calcu- 
lation of the Expressions for the Coordinates of the Moon 
in Terms of the Time, Ernest W. Brown, F.R.S., 260 
Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Prestwich, 265 
Neudrucke von Schriften und Karten iiber Meteorologie und 
Erdmagnetismus, Prof. Dr. G. Hellmann, 266 
Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, 
266 
Annales de l’Observatoire nationale d’Athénes, publiées par 
Démétrius Eginitis, 266 
Liquid Air and the Liquefaction of Gases, T. O’Conor Sloane, 
268 
The History of Mankind, Prof. Friedrich Ratzel, 269 
A Theory of Reality, Prof. George Trumbull Ladd, 270 
Great and Small Game of Africa ; an Account of the Dis- 
tribution, Habits, and Natural History of the Sporting 
Mammals, with Personal Hunting Experiences, 270 
An Introduction to the Carbon Compounds, R. H. Adie, 271 
Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie, Prof. Dr. H. Erdmann, 
289 
Marine Boilers, L. E. Bertin, 289 
The Elements of Euclid, J. Todhunter, F.R.S., 290 
Essentials of Plane and Solid Geometry, W. Wells, 290 
A Manual of Surgical Treatment, W. Watson Cheyne, F.R.S., 
and F. F. Burghard, 291 
Impressions of America, T. C. Porter, 291 
Tables for Quantitative Metallurgical Analysis for Laboratory 
Use, J. James Morgan, 291 
Bergens Museum: Report on Norwegian Marine Investi- 
gations, 1895-97, Dr. Johan Hjort O. Nordgaard and H. 
H. Gran, 313 
Premiers Principes de Géometrie Moderne, E. Duporeq, 314 
Kanon der Physik, Felix Auerbach, Prof. Arthur Schuster, 
F.R.S., 314 
Insects: their Structure and Life ; a Primer of Entomology, 
George H. Carpenter, 315 
Year-Book of the United States Department of Agriculture, 
1898, 315 
Organoterapia, Dr. E. Rebuschini, 316 
Ueber die Theorie des Kreisels, F. Klein and A. Sommerfeld, 
319 
Flora Capensis: being a Systematic Description of the Plants 
of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, and Port Natal (and Neigh- 
bouring Territories) by various Botanists, W. T. Thiselton- 
Dyer, F-R.S., 337 
Flora of Tropical Africa, W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 
337 
Die Methode der Variationsstatistik, Georg Duncker, 338 
Physics, Experimental and Theoretical, R. H. Jude and H. 
Gossin, Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 339 
The Tides Simply Explained: with Practical Hints to 
Mariners, Rev. J. H. S. Moxly, 340 
Defective Eyesight, Dr. D. B. St. John Roosa, 341 
The Lancashire Sea Fisheries, Charles L. Jackson, 341 
A Country Schoolmaster, James Shaw, of Tynron, Dumfries- 
shire, 341 
Ueber die Theorie des Kreisels, F. Klein u. A. Sommerfeld, 
Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 346 
The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation, J. Reynolds Green, 
F.R.S., 361 
Traité de Nomographie, Maurice d’Ocagne, 363 
Die Spiele der Menschen, Karl Groos, 363 
Physique et Chemie Viticoles, A. de Saporta, 364 
Cours Elémentaire de Zoologie, Remy Perrier, 364 
The Book of the Dead: Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, 
Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet, with Supplementary Text 
from the Papyrus of Nu, with Transcripts, Translations, 
E. A. Wallis Budge, 385 
Elements of Quaternions, the late Sir W. R. Hamilton, 387 
A Short History of the Progress of Scientific Chemistry in 
our own Times, Prof. W. A. Tilden, 387 
La Géologie Experimentale, Stanilas Meunier, 388 
The Fauna of Shropshire, H. E. Forrest, 388 
La Pratique du Maltage, Lucien Lévy, 388 
Curiosities of Light and Sight, Shelford Bidwell, F.R.S., 
389 
