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Refraction of Liquid Mixtures, the Indices of, Edm. van Aubel, 
47 
Retractivities of the Inert Gases, Clive Cuthbertson, 607 
Regeneration in Plants, 379; Prof. Goebel, 514 
Reid (Clement), Geology of the Hampshire Basin, 486 
Reid (Margery A.), Physical Geography, 653 
Reiss (R. A.), Employment of Urine in the Development of the 
Photographic Plate, 144 
Relations Between Metallurgy and Engineering, the, ‘‘ James 
Forrest ” Lecture at Institution of Civil Engineers, Sir. W. 
C. Roberts-Austen, K.C.B., F.R.S., 18 
Religio Medici, &c., 457 
Religion, the Keal Origin of, Jabelon, 491 
Remarkable Sunsets at Madeira, F. W. T. Krohn, 199; A. R. 
Tankard, 254; see a/so Sunsets. ’ 
Renault (B.), on Fossil Pollens, &c. in the Coal-measures, 432 
Resultant Tones and the Harmonic Series, Prof. Silvanus P. 
Thompson, F.R.S., 6; Margaret Dickens, 78 
Retention of Leaves by Deciduous Trees, 56, 344; Jul. Wulff, 
32; Wm. Gee, 32; G. W. Bulman, 56; P. T., 56; Prof. 
W. R. Fisher, 370; Dr. D. T. Smith, 631 
Retina, on the Distribution in the, of the Photo-sensitive Pig- 
ment, the Visual Purple, Dr. Edridge Green, 666 
Return of the Arctic Expeditions, 542 
REVIEWS AND OuR BooKksHELY :— 
Manual of Alcoholic Fermentation and the Allied Industries, 
Charles G. Matthews, 1 
Materialen zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes Entwurf einer 
Geographisch-geologischen Beschreibung der Insel Celebes, 
Dr. Paul Sarasin and Dr. Fritz Sarasin, 3 
More Tales of the Birds, W. W. Fowler, 4 
College Algebra, L. E. Dickson, 4 
A Laboratory Manual of Physics, H. Crewand R. R. Tatnall, 
4 
Photographic Apparatus, Making and Repairing, F. W. 
Cooper and D. W. Gawn, 4 
Monographie der Gattung Alectorolophus, Dr. Jacob von 
Sterneck, 4 
A Text-book of Insanity, Charles Mercier, 5 
Lecons sur les Series a Terms Positifs, Emile Borel, 5 
Practical Exercises in Magnetism and Electricity, H. E. 
Halley, 5 
The Wiltshire Archeological and Natural History Magazine, 
Stonehenge and its Barrows, William Long, F.S.A., Stone- 
henge Bibliography Number, W. Jerome Harrison, Sir 
Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 2 
Die Vegetation der Erde, Sammlung Pflanzengeographischer 
Monographien : (1) Grundziige der Pflanzenverbreitung auf 
d. Iberische Halbinsel, Moritz Willkomm, 27 ; (2) Grund- 
ziige d. Pflanzenverbreit. i. d. Karpathen, F. Pax, 27; 
(3) Grundziige d. Pflanzenverbreit i. d. Kaukasuslandern, 
von der Unteren Wolga ueb. der Manytsch-Schneider, 
bis z. Scheitelflache Hocharmeniens, Dr. Gustav Radde, 
27 ; (4) Die Vegetationsverhaltnisse d. Illyrischen Lander, 
Dr. Giinther Ritter Beck v. Mannagetta, 27; (5) Die 
Heide Norddeutschlands, P. Graebner, 27 
La Question de ?Eau Potable devant les Municipalités, P. 
Guichard, 28 
Plissements et Dislocations de l’écorce Terrestre en Gréce, 
Ph. Negris, 28 
Last Words on Materialism, L. Biichner, 29 
The Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia, R. N. Hall and W. G. Neal, 
Prof. A. H. Keane, 34 
Der Grosse Staubfall von 9 bis 12 Marz, 1901, in Nordafrica, 
Sud- und Mitteleuropa, G. Hellmann and W. Meinardus, 41 
Mathematical and Physical Papers, Sir G. G. Stokes, Prof. 
Horace Lamb, F.R.S., 49 
The Anthracite Coal Industry, Peter Roberts, 50 
Organographie der PAlanzen insbesondere der Archegoniaten 
und Samenpflanzen, Dr. K. Goebel, Prof. J. B. Farmer, 
BORS., 51 
The Hurricanes of the Far East, Prof. Dr. Paul Bergholz, 51 
Bird Hunting on the White Nile, H. F. Witherby, 52 
An Introduction to Chemistry and Physics, W. H. Perkin, 
jun., and Bevan Lean, 52 
The Oil Chemist’s Handbook, Erastus Hopkins, 52 
Elements of Botany, W. J. Browne, 52 
The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids, Frederick Boyle, 59 
Index 
Nature, 
Dec, 18. 1902 
Studies in Auditory and Visual Space Perception, Arthur 
Henry Pierce, Prof. Alex. Crum Brown, F.R.S., 73 
Das Problem der Befruchtung, Dr. Th. Boveri, 74 
The Book of the Rose, Kev. A. Foster-Melliar, 74 
The Birds of North and Middle America, The Fringillide, 
R. Ridgway, 75 
The Lens, a Practical Guide to the Choice, Use and Testing 
of Photographic Objectives, T. Bolas and George E. Brown, 
7 
A Asko of Geology, Albert Perry Brigham, 75 
Elementary Plant Physiology, D. T, Macdougal, 76 
Diagramme der Electrischen und Magnetischen Zustande und 
Bewegungen, IF. W. Wiillenweber, 76 
The Attractions of the Himalaya Mountains upon the Plumb- 
line in India, Major S. G. Burrard, So 
The Tribes of the Brahmaputra Valley, a Contribution on 
their Physical Types and Affinities, L. A. Waddell, 91 
The Coorgs and Yeruvas, an Ethnological Contrast, T. H. 
Holland, 91 
Encyclopedia Britannica, 97 
Directions for Class Work in Practical Physiology, Elementary 
Physiology of Muscle and Nerve, and of the Vascular and 
Nervous Systems, E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., 100 
The Elements of Physical Chemistry, J. Livingston R. 
Morgan, 100 
Practical Botany for Beginners, F. O. Bower, F.R.S., and 
Dr. T. Gwynne-Vaughan, 101 
Quelques réflexions sur la Mecanique, suivies d’une Premiere 
Lecon de Dynamique, Emile Picard, ror 
Thomas Henry Huxley, Edward Clodd, Sir W. T. Thiselton- 
Dyer, F.R.S., 121 
A Monograph of the Culicidee of the World, F. W. Theobald, 
123 
The Electric Arc, Heitha Ayrton, 124 
Palzontologie und Descendenzlehre, E. Koken, 126 
The Laboratory Companion to Fats and Oils Industries, Dr. 
J. Lewkowitsch, 126 
The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India, South- 
Western Asia and Southern Europe, J. F. Hewitt, 145 
History and Chronology of the Myth-making Age, J. F. 
Hewitt, 145 
Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, L. H. Bailey, 147 
Les Cables Sous-Marins, Fabrication, Alfred Gay, 148 
Some Thoughts on the Principles of Local Treatment in 
Diseases of the Upper Air Passages, Sir Felix Semon, 149 
Flora der Ostfriesischen Inseln, Dr. Fr. Buchenau, 149 
Occultations of Stars and Solar Eclipses, Francis Cranmer 
Penrose, 149 
Algebra, H. G. Willis, 149 
Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution, his Life and Work, 
Alpheus S. Packard, 169 
Elementary Inorganic Chemistry, James Walker, F.R.S., 170 
Experimental Chemistry, Lyman C. Newell, 170 
Elementary Experimenjal Chemistry, W. F. Watson, 170 
The Elements of Euclid, Book xi., R. Lachlan, 171 
Recuéil de I’Institut Botanique (Université de Bruxelles), L. 
Errera, 171 
Dynamos, Alternators and Transformers, Gisbert Kapp, 172 
Etude Pratique sur les Différents Systems d'Eclairage, J. 
Defays and H. Pittet, 172 
Sanitary Engineering, a Practical Manual of Town Drainage 
and Sewage and Refuse Disposal, Francis Wood, 173 
The Story of Animal Life, B. Lindsay, 173 
Municipal Engineering and Sanitation, M. M. Baker, 173 
Alaska: Harriman Alaska Expedition 1899, 176 
Encyclopedia Biblica, a Critical Dictionary of the Literary, 
Political and Religious History, the Archeology, Geography 
and Natural History of the Bible, Rev. T, K. Cheyne and 
J. Sutherland Black, 193 
The Foraminifera, an Introduction to the Study of Protozoa, 
Frederick Chapman, 196 
Enzymes and their Applications, J. Effront, Dr. F. Mollwo 
Perkin, 197 
Astronomischer Jahresbericht, Walter F. Wislicenus, Dr. 
W. J. S. Lockyer, 198 
Elements of Metaphysics, J. S. Mackenzie, 198 
Histoire des Mathematiques dans l’Antiquité et le Moyen Age, 
, H. G. Zeuthen, 199 
A la Conguete du Ciel, Contributions Astronomiques de 
F. C. de Nascius, en Quinze Livres, 199 
