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late A. D. Darbishire; Rockeries: How to Make and 
Plant Them, H. H. Thomas. Chapman and_ Hall, 
Lid.—A Practical Entomology for Schools, E. D. 
Sanderson and Prof. L. M. Peairs. Methuen and Co., 
Ltd.—Secrets of Earth and Sea, Sir Ray Lankester, 
illustrated; The Mammary Apparatus of the Mam- 
malia in the Light of Protogenesis and Phylogenesis, 
Prof. E. Bresslau, illustrated; British Ferns and How 
to Know Them, S. L. Bastin, illustrated; British 
Insects and How to Know Them, H. Bastin, illus- 
trated; Vegeculture: How to Grow Vegetables, 
Salads, and Herbs in Town and Country, H. A. Day. 
John Murray.—The Study of Animal Life, Prof. 
J. Arthur Thomson, new edition, illustrated; Horses, 
R. Pocock, with a preface by Prof. J. Cossar Ewart. 
L. Reeve and Co-, Ltd.—The Flora of Tropical Africa, 
vol. ix., part i., and vol. vi., section 2, continuing the 
Moracez, by J. Hutchinson. T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. 
—Studies in Insect Life and other Essays, Dr. A. E. 
Shipley, illustrated. 
CueEnmistrRy. 
Bailliére, Tindall and Cox.—Chemistry for Begin- 
-ners, C. T. Kingzett. Cambridge University Press.— 
Chemistry and Technology of Oils and Fats, F. E. 
Weston and P. J. Fryer; Chemistry of Dyeing, Dr. 
LL. L. Lloyd and M. Fort. J. and A. Churchill.—Ex- 
plosives: their History, Manufacture, Properties, and 
Tests, A. Marshall, new edition in 2 vols. Constable 
and Co., Ltd.—Ozone: its Properties, Manufacture, 
and Uses, Dr. A. Vosmaer, illustrated; Chemical 
Calculations, Dr. H. Ashley, illustrated; Elements of 
Industrial Chemistry, A. Rogers, illustrated; The 
Theory and Use of Indicators, Dr. E. B. R. Prideaux; 
Mining and Mine Ventilation, J. J. Walsh, illus- 
trated; Photography, A. H. Watkins, new edition, illus- 
trated. Gurney and Jackson.—Supplementary volume 
to Prof. Lunge’s Sulphuric Acid and Alkali, vol. i., 
dealing with the latest developments in this branch 
of chemical technology. Crosby Lockwood and Son.— 
Industrial and Manufacturing Chemistry: Inorganic, 
Dr. G. Martin, 2 vols., illustrated. Macmillan and Co., 
Ltd.—A Text-book of Thermo-chemistry and Thermo- 
dynamics, Prof. O. Sackur, translated and revised 
by Dr. G. E.. Gibson. University Tutorial Press, 
Ltd.—Tutorial Chemistry, Dr. G. H. Bailey, part ii., 
Metals and Physical Chemistry, new edition. 
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M. Merriman, new edition; Municipal Engineering 
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Text-book for Students, Engineers, and Warehousemen, 
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Mason, new edition; Laboratory Manual of Bitumin- 
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Engineering, P. Hubbard; Underpinning of Build- 
ings, L. White and E. A. Prentiss; Concrete, Plain 
and Reinforced, the late Dr. F. W. Taylor and S. E. 
Thompson, new edition; The Design of Railway Loca- 
tion, C. C. Williams; The Engineers’ Manual, R. G. 
Hudson, assisted by Dr. J. Lipka, H. B. Luther, and 
D. Peabody, Jr.; Elementary Cams, Prof. F. D. 
Furman. Constable and Co., Ltd.—Text-book of 
Motor-car Engineering, A. G. Clarke, vol. ii., Design, 
illustrated; Turbines Applied to Marine Propulsion, 
S. J. Reed, new edition, illustrated; Essentials of 
Electrical Engineering, J. F. Wilson, illustrated; Rail- 
way-maintenance Engineering: with Notes on Con- 
struction, W. H. Sellew, illustrated; Design of Marine 
Engines and Auxiliaries, E. M. Bragg, illustrated. 
The “ Electrician”’ Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd. 
—The Theory of the Submarine Cable, Dr. H. W. 
Malcolm; Electric Measuring Instruments: their 
Design, Construction, and Application, Dr. C. V. 
Drysdale and A. .C. Jolley; and new editions of 
Electric Mains and Distributing Systems, J. R. Dick 
and F. Fernie; Aitken’s Manual of the Telephone; 
Submarine Cable Laying and Repairing, H. D. Wil- 
kinson; Electricity Meters: their Construction and 
Management, C. H. W. Gerhardi; Primary Batteries : 
their Construction and Use, W. R. Cooper. Crosby 
Lockwood and Son.—The Aviation Pocket Book for 
1917, illustrated, R. B. Matthews; The Engineer's 
Year-book for 1917, comprising formule, rules, 
tables, data, and memoranda, forming a compendium 
‘of the modern practice of civil, mechanical, electrical, 
marine, gas, and mine engineering, H. R. Kempe, 
illustrated; Longmans and Co.—Steam Turbines: a 
Text-book for Engineering Students, W. J. Goudie, 
illustrated; Tube Teeth and Porcelain Rods, Dr. J. 
Girdwood, illustrated; Warships: a Text-book on the 
Construction, Protection, Stability, Turning, etc., of 
War Vessels, E. L. Attwood, new edition. Whittaker 
and Co.—Manuals of Aeronautics, vol. ii., Properties of 
Aero-foils and Resistance of Aero-dynamic Bodies, 
A. W. Judge, illustrated; Modern Milling, E. Pull, 
illustrated; Continuous-current Motors and Control 
Apparatus, W. P. Maycock, illustrated; Electric Trac- 
tion: A Treatise on the Application of Electric Power 
to Electric Traction on Railways and Tramways, 
A. Dover, illustrated; Power Wiring Diagrams: for 
users of electric-power plant, A. Dover. 
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in Wiltshire, E. Hutton, with illustrations by Nelly 
Erichsen. Methuen and Co., Ltd.—Argentina and 
Uruguay, H. J. G. Ross, illustrated. John Murray.— 
Hunting Pygmies, Dr W. E. Geil, illustrated. 
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 
Chapman and Hall, Ltd.—Pocket Handbook of 
Minerals, G. M. Butler, new edition. Gurney and 
Jackson.—The Banket: A Study of the Auriferous 
Conglomerates of the Witwatersrand and the Associ- 
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canic Studies in Many Lands, the late Dr. Tempest 
Anderson, 2nd series, illustrated. 
MaTHEMATICAL AND PuHysIcaL SCIENCES. 
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structor S. F. Card, new and revised edition. Cam. 
bridge University Press.—The Psychology of Sound, 
Dr. H. J. Watt; Optical Theories: based on Lectures 
delivered before the Calcutta University, Dr. D. N. 
Mallik; A Treatise on the Analytical Dynamics of 
Particles and Rigid Bodies: with an Introduction to 
the Problem of Three Bodies, Dr. E. T. Whittaker, 
new edition. Chapman and Hall, Ltd.—Differential 
Calculus, H. B. Phillips; Elliptic Integrals, Prof. H. 
Hancock (Mathematical Monograph Series); Field 
Astronomy, Prof. A. H. Holt. Constable and Co., 
Ltd.—Ranges of Electric Searchlight Projectors, J. 
Rey, translated by J. H. Johnson, illustrated; Practical 
Surveying, E. McCullough. illustrated. Longmans 
and Co.—Differential Equations, Dr. H. Bateman; 
Practical Arithmetic and Mensuration, F. M. Saxelby 
and C. H. Saxelby; X-rays: an Introduction to the 
Study of Réntgen Rays, Capt. G. W. C. Kaye, new 
edition. Methuen and Co., Ltd.—Housecraft Science, 
E. D. Griffiths, illustrated. T. Murby and Co.—Elec- 
trical Experiments, A. R. Palmer. University Tutorial 
Press, Ltd.—Advanced Text-book of Magnetism and 
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