Nature^ ~] 



.«ii, 190SJ 



Index 



xli 



Rope, Methods of Rescue and Transport, Lionel F. 

 West, 190 

 What Rome was built with, a Description of the Stones 

 employed in Ancient Times for its Building and Decora- 

 tion, Mary Winearls Porter, 196 

 Nature's Hvgiene and Sanitary Chemistry, C. T. Kingzett, 



196 ■ 



Etude sur les Foudroiements d'arbres constates en Belgique 



pendant les Annees 18S4-1906, E. Vanderlinden, 197 

 The Laws of Health, a Handbook on School Hygiene, Dr. 



Carstairs G. Douglas. 197 



Records of the Geological Survey of India, Notes on 



Certain Glaciers in North-west Kashmir, H. H. Hayden ; 



Glaciers in Lahaul, H. Walker and E. H. Pascoe ; 



G. de P. Cotter and J. Caggin 



Bonney, F.R.S., 201 



of the Stresses in Masonrv Dains, 



and A. F. Campbell Pollard, Prof. 



Itv of .*\queous Solutions, Arthur 

 in Mixed Solvents, Harry C. 



Glaciers in Kumaon, 



Brown, Prof. T. G. 

 An Experimental .Study 



Karl Pearson, F.R.S. 



E. Brown, 200 

 The Electrical Conduct 



.\. Noyes, 213 

 Conductivity and Viscosit 



Jones, 213 



Histoire de la Navigation a^rienne, W. de Fonvielle, 217 

 The Garden Beautiful : Home-woods and Home Landscape, 



William Robinson, 217 

 Clean Water, and How to Get It, Allen Hagen, 218 

 A Manual of \"eterinarv Physiology, Colonel F. Smith, 



C.B., C.M.G., Dr. Percy t. Herring, 219 

 The Polarity of Matter, .Alex. Clark, 219 

 Wild Bees, Wasps and .\nts, and other Stinging Insects, 



Edward Saunders, F.R.S., 220 

 Das Problem der Schwingungserzeugung, Dr. H. Bark- 



hausen, 220 

 Album de Aves -Amazonicas, Dr. E. A. Goeldi, 220 

 Newfoundland and its L'ntrodden Ways, J. G. Millais, 223 

 Plagues and Pleasures of I^ife in Bengal, Lieut. -Colonel 



D. D. Cunningham, 223 

 The Sutherland \'olcanic Pipes and their Relationship to 



other Vents in South .\frica, A. W. Rogers and A. L. 



du Toit, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 224 

 The Diamond Pipes and Fissures of South Africa, H. .S. 



Harger, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 224 

 The Occurrence in Kimberlite of Garnet-pyroxene Nodules 



carrying Diamonds, G. S. Corstorphine, Dr. F. H. 



Hatch, 224 

 Kimberlite Dykes and Pipes, F. W. Voit, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 



224 

 The Origin of Diamonds, F. W. \"oit, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 



Geological Survey of the Eastern Portion of Griqualand 



West, A. L. du Toit, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 224 

 L'eber die siidafrikanischen Diamantlagerstatten, A. Macco, 



Dr. F. H. Hatch, 224 

 Untersuchungen iiber einige siidafrikanische Dia- 



mantenlagerstatten, R. Beck, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 224 

 The Wild and Cultivated Cotton Plants of the World, a 



Revision of the Genus Gossypium, Sir G. \\ att, F. 



Fletcher, 241 

 Evolution and .Animal Life, an Elementary Discussion of 



Facts, Processes, Laws, and Theories relating to the Life 



and Evolution of Animals, David Starr Jordan and Vernon 



Lyman Kellogg, 242 

 The Practice of Instruction, 243 

 \oad-making and Maintenance, a Practical Treatise for 



Engineers, Surveyors, and Others, Thomas Attken, 244 

 A History of Chemistry. Hugo Bauer, 244 

 Neolithic Dew-ponds and Cattle-ways, Dr. -Arthur John 



Hubbard and George Hubbard, W. E. Rolston, 24^ 

 Ubungsbeispiele aus der ancrganischon Experimentalchemie, 



Heinrich Biltz und Wilhelm Biltz, 245 

 The Bacteriological Examination of Disinfectants, William 



Partridge, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 246 

 Ergebnisse und Fortschritte der Zoologie, 246 

 Observations simultanees de la Surface de Jupiter r^unies, 



M. Jean Mascart, 259 

 Manx Crosses : or the Inscribed and Sculptured Monuments 



of the Isle of Man from about the end of the Fifth to the 



Beginning of the Thirteenth Century, P. M. C. Kermode, 



265 

 Van Nostrand's Chep-,ical .Annual, 1907, 267 



Elements of Psychology, Dr. S. H. Mellone and Margaret 



Drummond, 267 

 Die Physik Roger Bacos, Sebastian Vogl, 26S 

 The Preservation of Infant Life, Emilia Kanthack, 26S 

 Sanitation in Daily Life, Ellen H. Richards, 268 

 Der neue Leitfaden, L. M. de la Motte Tischbrock, 268 

 Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, the 



Geological Structure of the North-west Highlands of 



Scotland, B. N. Peach, John Home, W. Gunn, C. T. 



Clough, and L. Hinxman ; Petrological Notes, J. J. H. 



Teall, Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S'., 272 

 On the Impulses of Compound Sound Waves and their 



Mechanical Transmission through the Ear, Sir Thomas 



Wrightson, Bart., 289 

 The Prolongation of Life, Elie Metchnikoff, 289 

 Proceedings of the .Aristotelian Society, 290 

 .Ancient Egypt the Light of the World : a Work of Reclama- 

 tion and Restitution, Gerald Massey, 291 

 Primitive Traditional History : the Primitive History and 



Chronology of India, South-eastern and South-western 



Asia, Egypt, and Europe, and the Colonies thence sent 



forth, J. F. Hewitt, 291 

 Cyclopedia of American .Agriculture, 292 

 Penrose's Pictorial Annual, 1907-8, 292 



The Education of To-morrow, John Stewart Remington, 292 

 Scouting for Bovs, Lieut. -Colonel R. S. S. Baden-Powell, 



C.B., 293 

 Photograms of the A'ear 1907, 293 



India-rubber and its Manufacture ; with Chapters on Gutta- 

 percha and Balata, Hubert L. Terry, C. Simmonds, 296 

 Report on Scenery Preservation for the Year 1906-7, Prof. 



.Arthur Dendy, 297 

 Report on a Botanical Survey of Kapiti Island, L. Cockayne, 



Prof. .Arthur Dendy, 297 

 Der Einfluss des Klimas auf den Bau der Pflanzengewebe, 



.Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen in den Tropen, 



Dr. Carl Holtermann, 313 

 The Pulse of Asia : a Journey in Central Asia illustrating 



the Geographic Basis of History, Ellsworth Huntington, 



Prof. Grenville .A. J.' Cole, 314 

 Microscopy the Construction, Theory, and Use of the 



Microscope, E. J. Spitta, 314 

 Easy Exercises in .Algebra for Beginners, W. S. Beard, 315 

 Plane Geometry for Secondary Schools, C. Davison and 



C. H. Richards, 315 

 Cartesian Plane Geometry, Charlotte .A. Scott, 315 

 .A Sequel to Elementary Geometry, J. W. Russell, 315 

 Text-book of Mechanics, L- -A. Martin, jun., 315 

 Elementary Statics, W. P. Borchardt, 315 

 Elementary Trigonometry, C. Hawkins, 315 

 Mining Tables, Dr. F. H. Hatch and E. J. Vallentine, 317 

 The Weights and Measures of International Commerce, 317 

 Les .Aciers sp^ciaux, L. ReviUon, 317 

 Voice Training in Speech and Song, H. H. Hulbcrt, 317 

 Revisio Conocephalidarum, H. Karny, 317 

 Seed and Soil Inoculation for Leguminous Crops, Prof. 



W. B. Bottomley, 330 

 Is Mars Habitable? a Critical Examination of Prof. 



Lowll's Book, " Mars and its Canals," with an Alterna- 

 tive Explanation, Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, F.R.S., Dr. 



William J. S. Lockyer, 337 

 (i) Races bovines, France — Etranger, (2) Races chevalines. 



Prof: Paul Diffloth, 339 

 Medico-Physical Works of John Mayow (1674), 330 

 Town Gas' and its Uses for the Production of Light, Heat, 



and Motive Power, W. H. Y. Webber, 340 

 The Canterbury Puzzles and other Curious Problems, H. E. 



Dudeney, 341 

 Matter and Intellect : a Reconciliation of Science and the 



Bible, .Andrew .Allan, 341 

 Lecons sur la Viscosite des Liquides et des Gaz, Marcel 



Brillouin, 341 

 .Aphorisms and Reflections, T. H. Huxley, 341 

 The Journal of the South-eastern .Agricultural College, Wye, 



Kent, 345 

 Transvaal .Mines Department, Report of the Geological 



Survey for the Year 1906. Dr. F. H. Hatch, 346 

 Notes on Indian Mathematics, .Arithmetical Notation, R. 



Kaye, 347 

 Memoirs of the Indian Meteorological Department, being 



