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Index 



Read (C. H.), on an Early Cinghalese Bronze Image of Buddha, 



163 ; on Ancient Works of Art from Benin City, 164 

 Realc Instituto Lombardo ; Prize Awards, 39+ 

 Recent Advances in Astronomy, A. II. Fison, 367 

 Recent and Fossil Rhinoceroses, H. F. Osborn, 87 

 Recent Work in Comparative IVIyology, 229 

 Recettes du Distillateur, les, Ed. Fierz, 339 

 Recherches sur les Instruments, les Methodes et le dessin 



Topographiques, Colonel A. Laassedat, 481 

 Records of the Rocks, the, 313 



Reed (Dr. Archdall), the Temperance Question from a Bio- 

 logical Standpoint, 41 

 Reed (Prof W. H.), Discovery of Huge Fcssil Dinosaur, 253 

 Reeves (J. H.), Method of Measuring Eftect of Stray Fields on 



Ammeters and \'oltmeters, 70 

 Regnault's Caloric and Specific Volumes of Steam, G. P. 



Starkweather, 332 

 Reichert's Microscope for Opaque Objects, 95 

 Relation of Eros to Mars, Herr J. Bauschinger, 494 

 Relief Model of the Moon, the Schmidt-Dickert, Oliver C. 



Farrington, 20I 

 Remarkable Comets, Lynn's, 379 

 Remedy for Bookworms, A. J. Ewen Davidson, 126 ; Thomas 



Steel, 439 

 Renault (B.), Constitution of Peat, 119 

 Report of the Select Committee on the Science and Art 



Department, 441 

 Report of Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm 



Pests during the Year 1S9S, with Methods of Prevention and 



Remedy, Eleanor A. Ormerod, 581 

 Reptiles : the Hatching of Tuatara Eggs, Prof. Arthur Dendy, 



Prof. G. B. Howes, F.R.S., 340 

 Research, the Development of, 241 

 Kesearches into the Origin of the Primitive Constellations of the 



Greeks, Phoenicians, and Babylonians, Robert Brown, jun., 



553 

 Resolution, Illusory, of the Lines of a Spectrum, Prof. G. 



Johnstone Stoney, F.R.S., 294; Prof. Thomas Preston, 



F.R.S., 295 

 Resources of the Sea, the, W. C. Mcintosh, F.R.S., Prof. W. A. 



Herdman, F.R.S., 602 

 Respiratory Exercise in the Treatment of Disease, Harry 



Campbell, Dr. F. W. Tunniclift'e, 150 

 Reversion in Birds and Mammals, Prof. Ewart, 191 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf: 



A Manual of Chemical Analysis— Qualitative and Quantitative, 



G. S. Newth, Prof. Arthur Smithells, i 

 A Laboratory Guide in ijualitative Chemical Analysis, H. L. 



Wells, Prof. Arthur Smithells, i 

 A Short Course in Inorganic (Qualitative Analysis, J. S. C. 



Wells, Prof. Arthur Smithells, i 

 The Cubomedusa;, Franklin Story Conant, 4 

 Special Report on the Beet-Sugar Industry in the United 



States, 4 

 Traite d'Algebre Superieure, Henri Weber, 4 

 A Manual of the Grasses of New South Wales, J. H. Maiden, 5 

 Manuel de I'Explorateur, E. Blim, Rollet de ITsle, 5 

 The New E.xplicit Algebra in Theory and Practice : for 



Teachers and Intermediate and University Students, James 



J. O'Dea, 25 

 Syllabus of Lectures on the Vertebrata, Prof. E. D. Cope, 27 

 A Classification of Vertebrata, Recent and Extinct, Dr. H. 



Gadow, 27 

 First Principles of Electricity and Magnetism, C. H. W. 



Biggs, 27 

 Medical Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, Dawson Williams, 



28 

 A Text-Book of General Botany, Carlton C. Curtis, 28 

 Domestic Hygiene, Arnold W. Williams, 28 

 TheTeachers' Manual of Object-Lessons in Domestic Economy, 



Vincent T. Murche, 28 

 Lessons in Domestic Science, Ethel R. Lush, 28 

 The Structure and Classification of Birds, F. E. Beddard, 49 

 British Museum : a Guide to the First and Second Egyptian 



Rooms, Mummies, Mummy Cases, and other Objects con- 

 nected with Funeral Rites of the .\ncient Egyptians, E. A. 



Wallis Budge, F.S.-A., 50 

 An Introduction to Practical Physics for Use in Schools, D. 



Kintoul, 51 



A Text-Book of Special Pathological Anatomy, Prof. Ernst 



Ziegler, 51 

 Eclipses of the Moon in India, Robert Sewell, 52 

 Famous Problems of Elementary Geometry, F^elix Klein, 52 

 The Evolution of the Aryan, R. von Ihering, 52 

 First Lessons in Modern Geology, A. II. Green, F.R.S., 52 

 F'irst-Stage Inorganic Chemistry (Practical), Frederick Bed- 



dow, 52 

 Marvels of Ant Life, W. F. Kirby, 52 

 Facsimile of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus in the British 



Museum, with an Introduction by E. .K. Wallis Budge, 



F.S.A., 73 

 Synopsis Characeariim Europearttm, Dr. Walter Migula, H. 



and y. Groves, 74 

 The Unconscious Mind, A. T. Schofield, A. E. Taylor, 75 

 Higher Arithmetic, W. W. Beman and D. E. Smith, 75 

 The Story of Marco Polo, 75 

 L'Art de Decouvrir les Sources et de les Capter, E. S. Auscher, 



75 

 Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruits, 

 with Means of Prevention and Remedy, Eleanor A. Ormerod, 



75 

 Gas and Petroleum Engines, Henry de Grafifigny, 76 

 The Story of the Farm, and other Essays, James Long, 76 

 Publications of the British Fire Prevention Committee, 76 

 The Story of the Cotton Plant, F. Wilkinson, 76 

 Seismology, John Milne, F.R.S., Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., 



97 

 Coffee and India-rubber Culture in Mexico, Matias Romero, 



99 

 Practical Mechanics, Sidney H. Wells, 100 

 Skiagraphic Atlas, showing the Development of the Bones 



of the Wrist and Hand, John Poland, 100 

 A Manual of Bacteriology, Clinical and Applied, Richard T. 



Hewlett, 100 

 Darwin, and After Darwin, Dr. G. J. Romanes, 121 

 Theory of Groups of Finite Order, W. Burnside, FR.S., 



Prof. H. Burkhardt, 122 

 Radiation : an Elementary Treatise on Electro-Magnetic 



Radiation, and on Rontgen and Kathode Rays, H. H. 



Francis Hyndman, 123 

 Four-footed Americans and their Kin, Mabel Osgood Wright, 



124 

 Electricity made easy by Simple Language and Copious 



Illustration, Edwin J. Houston and Arthur E. Kennelly, 



124 

 Differential and Integral Calculus for Technical Schools and 



Colleges, P. A. Lambert, 124 

 Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies, Abbe J. A. 



Dubois, Dr. M. Winternitz, 145 

 Fossil Plants for Students of Botany and Geology, -A. C. 



Seward, F.R.S., 146 

 Infinitesimal Analysis, William Benjamin Smith, 147 

 Die Optik der elektrischen Schwingungen (Experimental 



Investigations on Electromagnetic Analogies of the most 



important Optical Phenomena), Prof. A. Righi, 14S 

 Calculations in Hydraulic Engineering, T. Claxton Fidler, 148 

 Birds of the British Isles, John Duncan, 14S 

 Railway Block Signalling, James Pigg, 148 

 The Story of Geographical Discovery, Joseph Jacobs, 149 

 The Sphere of Science, F. S. Hoffman, 149 

 Chloroform : its Absolutely Safe Administration, Robert 



Bell, 149 

 A Middle Algebra, William Briggs and G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 



149 

 Primer of Geometry, James Sutherland, 149 

 Verglcichende Anatoiiiie der Wirbelthiere, mit Beriicksichti- 



gung der Wirbellosen, Carl Gegenbaur, Dr. H. Gadow, 



F.R S., 169 

 An Introduction to Practical Quantitative Analysis, II. P. 



Highton, 172 

 The Illustrated Annual of Microscopy, 173 

 Wild Animals in Captivity, A. D. Bartlett, 173 

 Wild Life at Home ; how to Study and Photograph it, R. 



Kearton, 174 

 .A Pocket Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases, 



Edwin J. Houston, 174 

 Ricettario Industriale, I. Ghersi, 174 

 Deutscher Botaniker Kalender ftir 1S99, P. Sydow, 174 

 Nine Years on the Gold Coast, Rev. Dennis Kemp, 193 



