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NATURE 
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A. Meek, illustrated. Cambridge Unversity Press. — 
‘The Anthocyanin ‘Pigments of Plants, M. Wheldale; | 
Algae, vol. i., Myxophycez, Peridiniez, Bacillariez, 
Chlorophycez, together with a brief summary or tnc 
occurrence and distribution of Freshwater Alge, Dr. 
G. S. West (Cambridge Botanical Handbooks). Cas- 
sell and Co., Ltd.—An Introduction to a Biology, the 
late A. D. Darbishire. Hodder and Stoughton.—Wild 
Animal Ways, E. Thompson-Seton, illustrated; The 
Hunting Wasp, J. H. Fabre. T. C. and E. C. Jack, 
Ltd.—Wild Flowers of Britain through the Camera, 
a series of 100 plates, selected and described by M. 
Skene; Wild Birds of Britain through the Camera, 
a series of 100 plates, selected and described by F. B. 
Kirkman, Longmans and Co.—British Birds, written 
and illustrated by A. Thorburn, vol. iv. Macmillan 
and Co., Ltd.—Nature in Australasia, for Boys and 
Girls, Jane Ada Fletcher, illustrated; Around the Year 
in the Garden, F. F, Rockwell, illustrated. Methuen 
and Co., Ltd.—Secrets of Earth and Sea, Sir Ray 
Lankester, illustrated. John Murray.—What is In- 
stinct? Some Thoughts on Telepathy and  Sub- 
consciousness in Animals, C. B. Newland; Recent 
Progress in the Study of Variation, Heredity, and 
Evolution, Dr. R. H. Lock, new edition. revised by 
Dr. L. Doncaster, with a Biographical Note by 
Mrs. R. H. Lock; Form and function: a Con- 
tribution to the History of Animal Morphology, 
E. S. Russell, illustrated; Vegetable Fibres, Dr. E. 
Goulding (Imperial Institute Handbooks); The Study 
of Animal Life, Prof. J. A. Thomson, new edition, 
illustrated. Oxford University Press.—Three Lec- 
tures on Experimental Embryology, Capt. J. W. Jen- 
kinson, illustrated, with a short biographical notice of 
the author by Dr. R. R. Marett. Bernard Quaritch. 
—The Birds of British Guiana, based on the Collec- 
tion of F. V. McConnell, C. Chubb, with a preface 
by Mrs. F. V. McConnell, vol. ii. Grant Richards, 
Ltd.—Insect Enemies, C. A. Ealand, illustrated. 
George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., and Kegan Paul 
and Co., Ltd—The Fisherman’s Entomology, M. E. 
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pagation of Tree Fruits, Prof. B. S. Brown; A Prac- 
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guson. Williams and Norgate.—Plant Seeds and Cur- 
rents in the West Indies and Azores, H. B. Guppy. 
CueEMISTRY. 
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Graphics of Machine Design, E.,S. Andrews; Power 
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A. Greene; The Planning of the Modern City, N. P. 
Lewis. Constable and Co., Ltd.—The Flying Machine 
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and F, Fernie; Submarine Cable Laying and Repair- 
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Aitken. Crosby Lockwood and Son.—Oil-field Develop- 
ment : a Guide to the Exploration of Petroleum Lands, 
and a Study of the Engineering Problems connected 
with the Winning of Petroleum, including Statistical 
Data of Important Oil-fields, Notes on the Origin and 
Distribution of Petroleum, and a Description of the 
Methods of Utilising Oil and Gas Fuel, A. B. Thomp- 
son, illustrated. Longmans and Co.—Strength of Ships, 
A. J. Murray, with diagrams; Practical Shipbuilding : 
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edition. Methuen and Co., Ltd.—The Elements of En- 
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Structure, W. C. Cocking; Elementary Mathematics 
for Engineers, E. H. Sprague (Broadway Series of 
Engineering Handbooks). Whittaker and Co,—Oil, 
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ternal Combustion Engines, Judge; Electric Traction, 
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Indge. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (New York).— 
Municipal Engineering, A. P. Folwell; Elements of 
Refrigeration, Prof. A. M. Greene; Mechanical Equin- 
ment of Buildings, L. A. Harding and A. C. 
Willard; Modern Underpinning, L. White and E, A. 
Prentis, jun.; Applied Mechanics, vol. ii., Strength 
of Materials, Prof. C. E. Fuller and W. A. Johnston ; 
The Mining Engineers’ Handbook, edited by Prof. R. 
Peele; Valuation, Depreciation, and the Rate Base, 
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GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. 
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Round the World, 1510-1617, edited by P. F. Alex- 
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