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In 20 vols., vol. xix., ‘© Tuberculosis and Leprosy” ; vol. xx., 
“Syphilis and General Index ;” and new editions of “‘ Instruc- 
tions in Photography,” by Captain W. de W. Abney, F-.R.S. ; 
“A Key to Engines and Engine Running,” by J. Rose. | 
In the list of Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., we notice :— 
**Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, F.R.S.,’ by 
Leonard Huxley, with portraits and illustrations, 2 vols ; ‘‘ Life 
of James Hack Tuke,” by the Right Hon. Sir Edward Fry, 
F.R.S., with portrait; ‘‘ Notes on Sport and Travel,” by the late 
Dr. George Kingsley, with introductory memoir by his daughter, 
Mary H. Kingsley, with portrait ; ‘‘ Malay Magic ; being an 
Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religions of the Malay 
Peninsula,” by W. W. Skeat, illustrated; ‘‘A History of 
Modern Philosophy,” by Dr. Harald Hoffding, translated from 
the German by B. E. Meyer, 2 vols. ; ‘‘ The Social Philosophy 
of Rodbertus,” by E. C. K. Gonner ; ‘‘ A Manual of Zoology,” 
by the late Prof. T. J. Parker, F.R.S., and Prof. W. A. Has- 
well, F.R.S., illustrated ; ‘‘ Elementary Practical Zoology,” by 
the late Prof. T. J. Parker, F.R.S., and Prof. W. Newton 
Parker, illustrated; ‘‘ Elements of ‘‘ Paleontology,” by Prof. 
Karl A. von Zittel, translated and edited by Dr. Chas. R. 
Eastman, illustrated (this English edition is revised and en- 
larged by the author and editor in collaboration with numerous 
Specialists) ; ‘* Introduction to Physical Chemistry,” by Prof. 
James Walker ; ‘‘ Dictionary of Political Economy,” edited by 
R. HH. Inglis Palgrave, F.R.S., vol. iii. (completing the work) ; 
“* Micro-organisms and Fermentation,” by Alfred Jorgensen, 
translated by Dr. Alex. K. Miller and E. A. Lennholm, illustrated ; 
““A System of Medicine,” by many writers, edited by Prof. 
Thomas Clifford Allbutt, F.R.S., vol. viii. (concluding the 
work) ; ‘‘ An Introduction to the Study of Mental Affections,” 
by Dr. John Macpherson ; ‘ Introduction to the Outlines of the 
Principles of Differential Diagnosis, with Clinical Memoranda,” 
by Dr. Fred. J. Smith; ‘* A Manual of Medicine,” edited by 
Dr. W. H. Allchin, in five vols. ; ‘‘A Manual of Surgery,” by 
Chas. Stonham, in three vols, ; ‘“‘ Experimental) Physiography 
for Section I, Physiography of the Science and Art Department,” 
by Prof. R. A. Gregory and A. T. Simmons; ‘‘ Building 
Construction for Beginners,” by J. W. Riley; ‘‘ Chemistry for 
Organised Schools of Science,” by S. Parrish; ‘‘ A Treatise on 
Elementary Dynamics, dealing chiefly with Motion in Two 
Dimensions,” by H. A. Roberts ; ‘* Dictionary of Philosophy,” 
edited by Prof. J. Mark Baldwin; ‘‘ Methods of Knowledge,” 
by Walter Smith; ‘‘First Experiments in Psychology,” by Prof. 
Titchener ; ‘‘ The Hygiene of the School and of Instruction,” 
by Edward R. Shaw; ‘‘ Method in Education,” by Walter L. 
Hervey ; ‘‘ The Study and Teaching of Geography,” by Jacques 
W. Redway ; ‘“‘The Study and Teaching of Mathematics,” by 
Principal David Eugene Smith ; ‘‘ Elementary Chemistry,” by 
A. L. Arey; **An Encyclopedia of American Horticulture,” 
by L. H. Bailey, in 3 vols. ; ‘‘ Practical Garden Book,” by L. 
H. Bailey; “Irrigation,” by Prof. F. H. King; ‘‘ Thermo- 
dynamics,” by E. Buckingham ; ‘‘The Teaching Botanist,” by 
Prof. William F. Ganong ; ‘‘ Elementary Electricity and Mag- 
netism,” by D. C. Jackson and J. P. Jackson; ‘* The Myxo- 
mycetes, a Handbook of North American Slime Moulds,” by 
Prof. Macbride ; ‘‘Imperative Surgery, for the General Prac- 
titioner, the Specialist, and the Recent Graduate,” by Dr. 
Howard Lilienthal; and a new edition of ‘*An Atlas of 
Practical Elementary Biology,” by Prof. G. B. Howes, F.R.S. 
Messrs. Methuen and Co. give notice of :—‘‘ The Scientific 
Study of Scenery,” by J. E. Marr, F.R.S. ; ‘*A Handbook of 
Nursing,” by M. N. Oxford ; ‘* Practical Physics,” by Prof. H. 
Stroud ; ‘‘ General Elementary Science,” by Dr. J. T. Dunn and 
V. A. Mundella, illustrated ; ‘‘The Metric System,” by Leon 
Delbos ; “‘ The Highest Andes,” by E. A. Fitzgerald, illustrated. 
Mr. Murray will issue in his Progressive Science Series :— 
‘*On Whales,” by F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., and ‘‘ Heredity,” by 
Prof. J. A. Thomson, He also announces :—‘‘ The Yang-Tse 
Valley and Beyond,” by Mrs. Bishop, illustrated ; ‘* A Glimpse 
at Guatemala, and some Notes on the Ancient Monuments of 
Central America,” by Annie Cary Maudslay and Alfred Percival 
Maudslay, illustrated ; ‘‘ Preparatory Geography for Irish 
Schools,” by John Cooke, coloured and relief maps ; ‘‘ The 
Making of a Frontier, Five Years’ Experiences and Adventures 
in Gilgit, Hunza Nagar, Chitral, and the Eastern Hindu-Kush,” 
by Colonel Algernon Durand, illustrated ; and a new edition of 
““The Natural History of Religion, based on the Gifford Lec- 
tures delivered in Aberdeen in 1889-90 and in 1890-91,” by 
Prof. E. B. Tylor, F.R.S., illustrated. 
NO. 1564, VOL. 60] 
Messrs. George Newnes, Ltd., announce :—‘‘The Story o. 
some Wandering Atoms, especially those of Carbon,”’ by M. M. 
Pattison Muir; ‘* The Story of Life’s Mechanism,” by H. W. 
Conn; ‘* The Story of Thought and Feeling,” by F. Rylands ; 
“The Story of the Alphabet, with a brief account of some 
Ancient Records,” by Edward Clodd, illustrated. 
Mr. David Nutt’s list contains:—‘‘ Problems of the 
Mycenzean Age,” by H. R. Hall; ‘‘ Egyptian Chr-nology,” by 
F. G. Fleay. 
Messrs. G. P. Putnam’s Sons announce :—‘‘ Nature Studies in 
Berkshire,” by the Rev. S. Coleman Adams, illustrated ; 
‘* Birds that Hunt and are Hunted,’ by Neltje Blanchan, 
illustrated. 
Messrs. Sands ard Co. announce :—‘‘ Picturesque Kashmir,” 
by Dr. A. Reve, with a chapter entitled ‘‘The Shaping of 
Kashmir,” being a description of the geological formation and 
aspects of the country, illustrated ; ‘‘ Types of British Animals,” 
by F. G. Aflalo, illustrated ; ‘‘ The Animals of Africa,” by H. 
A. Bryden, illustrated ; ‘‘ Types of British Plants,” by C. S, 
Colman, illustrated. 
Messrs. Walter Scott, Ltd., will add to the Contemporary 
Science Series ‘* The Races of Man: a sketch of Ethnography 
and Anthropology,” by Dr. J. Deniker ; and ‘* The Psychology 
of Religion,” by Prof. Starbuck, each illustrated. 
Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co. promise :—‘“* Tlealth Abroad, a 
Medical Handbook for Travellers,” edited by Dr. Edmund 
Hobhouse ; Orthopeedic Surgery,” by C. B. Keetley, illustrated ; 
“* Lectures on the Practice of Medicine,” by Dr. W. B. Cheadle, 
illustrated. 
The science list of Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Co., Ltd., 
is as follows :—“‘ The Victoria Nyanza : the Land, the Races and 
their Customs with specimens of some of their Dialects,” by Lieut. 
P. Kollmann, illustrated ; ‘‘ The Antarctic,” by Dr. K. Fricker, 
illustrated ; ‘* Aristotle’s Psychology, including the Parva 
Naturalia,” translated and edited with commentary and intro- 
duction by Prof. William A. Hammond; ‘‘A History of 
Contemporary Philosophy,” by Prof. Max Heinze, translated 
by Prof. William Hammond ; ‘‘ Ethics,” by Prof. W. Wundt, 
vol. iii. : ‘* The Principles of Morality and the Sphere of their 
Validity,” translated by Prof. E. B. Titchener ; ‘* Physiological 
Psychology,” by Prof. W. Wundt, translated by Prof. E. B. 
Titchener, 2 vols. illustrated; ‘*The Scientific Basis of 
Morality,” by Dr. G. Gore, F.R.S,; ‘‘ Text-book of Palz- 
ontology for Zoological Students,” by Theodore T. Groom, 
illustrated ; ‘‘ Text-book of Embryology: Invertebrates,” by 
Profs. E. Korschelt and K. Heider, vol. iii., translated from 
the German by Mrs. H. M. Bernard, and edited (with additions) 
by Martin J. Woodward, illustrated; ‘*‘ Mammalia,” by the 
Rey. H. A. Macpherson ; ‘‘ Birds’ Eggs and Nests,” by W. C. 
J. Ruskin Butterfield; and new editions of ‘‘ Handbook of 
Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and_ private 
Students,” by Prof. E. Strasburger, edited by Prof. W. Hill- 
house, illustrated; ‘‘ An Introduction to Zoology,” by B. 
Lindsay, illustrated; ‘‘The Dog: its Management and 
Diseases,” by Prof. Woodroffe Hill, illustrated; and ‘‘Intro- 
duction to the Study of Physiological Psychology,” by Prof. Th. 
Ziehen, translated and edited by Dr. O. Beyer and C. CG. 
Vanliew, with diagrams. 
The list of the S.P.C.K. contains a new edition of ‘The 
Bible Atlas of Maps and Plans to illustrate the Geography of 
the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha,” with ex- 
planatory notes by the late Rev. Samuel Clarke, and a complete 
index of the geographical names in the English Bible, by Sir 
George Grove. 
Mr, Edward Stanford will issue :—‘‘ Europe, Vol. i., the 
Countries of the Mainland (excluding the North-West),” by 
George G. Chisholm, illustrated; ‘The Evolution of Geo- 
graphy, a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Geographical 
Knowledge,” by John Keane, illustrated. 
Mr. T. Fisher Unwin calls attention to:—‘‘ Hermann Von 
Helmholtz,” by Prof. J. G. McKendrick, F.R.S. ; ‘* Experi- 
ments on Animals,” by Dr. S. Paget; ‘‘In Dwarf-Land and 
Cannibal Country,” by A. B. Lloyd, illustrated ; ‘‘ From the 
Alps to the Andes,” by M. Zurbriggen, illustrated. 
Messrs. Frederick Warne and Co. promise :—‘‘ The Flowering 
Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns:of Great Britain,” by Anne 
Pratt, edited and revised by Edward Step ; ‘‘The Romance of 
Wild Flowers,” by Edward Step, illustrated. 
Messrs. Whittaker and Co.’s announcements are :—‘‘ Central 
Station Electricity,” by A. Gay and C. H. Yeaman; ‘‘ Arc 
