March 5, 1908J 



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antagonistic to this either in the memorandum or in the 

 schedule. Though not aiming directly at scientific facts, 

 the medical inspection will certainly accumulate a vast 

 number of facts thai will form material of the first value 

 for the anthropologist's methods. 



We congratulate both the Board of Education and the 

 British Medical Association on the practical sense dis- 

 played in these documents, and the general regard paid in 

 each to the claims of science as well as to the claims of 

 medicine. The great movement is now effectively inaugu- 

 rated. Many points will emerge for adjustment, but these 

 only experience can reveal. The main thing is that the 

 work should now proceed on approximately uniform lines, 

 and the Board of Education has given an effective lead. 



FORTHCOMING BOOKS OF SCIENCE. 

 "P OLLOWING our usual custom, we give the titles and 

 names of authors of works relating to science which 

 are to be found in the spring announcement lists of various 

 publishers : — 



Mr. S. .Appleton : — " Minerals," by L. J. Spencer, illus- 

 trated ; and "The Life and Habits of the Ants," by Dr. 

 L. I. Dublin, illustrated. 



Mr. Edward Arnold : — " Power Gas Producers, their 

 Design and Application," by P. W. Robson. 



Messrs. A. and C. Black; — "A Treatise on Zoology," 

 edited by Sir E. Ray Lankester, K.C.B., F.R.S., part i., 

 first fascicle, " Introduction and Protozoa," by Prof. S. J. 

 Hickson, F.R.S.. Dr. F. W. Gamble, F.R.S., J. J. Lister, 

 F.R.S., Dr. H. M. Woodcock, and the late Prof. 

 Weldon, F.R.S., illustrated; part vii., "Crustacea," by 

 W". T. Caiman, illustrated; part ix., " Vertebrata 

 Craniata," by E. S. Goodrich, F.R.S., illustrated; "The 

 .Science and Philosophy of the Organism," the Gifford 

 Lectures delivered before the University of Aberdeen in 

 the Year 1907, by Dr. H. Driesch ; "Cancer: Relief of 

 Pain and Possible Cure," by S. and G. E. Iseith ; 

 " Analvtical Geometrv of the Conic Sections," by the 

 Rev. Dr. E. H. Askwith ; " A Plant Book for Schools, 

 being an Easy Introduction to the Study of Plant Life," 

 by O. y. Darbishire. illustrated; "Descriptive Geography 

 of the British Isles," by F. D. Herbertson, illustrated; 

 " Man : his Manners and Customs," by Prof. L. \V. Lyde, 

 illustrated; "School Text-book of Geography," by Prof. 

 L. W. Lvde ; and new editions of " Studies in Fossil 

 Botany," by Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., illustrated; "An 

 Introduction to Structural Botany," by Dr. D. H. Scott, 

 F.R.S., part ii., " Flowerless Plants," ilKisiratcd ; and 

 " Totemism," by Prof. J. G. Frazer. 



Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons: — " Stephen's Book of 

 the Farm," by J. Macdonald ; "Forest Entomology," by 

 A. T. Gillanders : "Significant Etymology," by J. 

 Mitchell ; and " Through the Depths of Space : a Primer 

 of .Astronomy." by H. Macpherson. 



Messrs. Cassell and Co., Ltd. : — " The Complete Farmer 

 — Soils : their Nature and Management," by P. McConnell ; 

 " Cassoll's ABC of Gardening: an Illustrated Encyclo- 

 paedia of Practical Horticulture," by W. P. Wright, illus- 

 trated : " The Townsman's Farm," by " Home Counties " ; 

 "Familiar Swiss Flowers," by F. E. Hulme, illustrated; 

 "Gardening for \A'omen," by the Hon. F. Wolseley ; 

 " ."^trurtural Engineering," by Prof. A. W. Brightniore, 

 illustraifd ; and " Tinplate Work," edited by P. N. 

 Hasluck. illustrated. 



Messrs. Chatto and Windus : — " A History of Babylonia 

 and Assyria from the Earliest Times until the Persian 

 Conquest," by L. \^'. King, illustrated; vol. i., "A 

 History of Sumer and Akkad, being an Account of the 

 Primitive Inhabitants of Babylonia from the Earliest 

 Times to about B.C. 2000"; vol. ii., "A History of 

 Babylon from the Period of the First Dynasty, about 

 B.C. 2000. until the Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus, 

 B.C. 539 "; vol. iii., " .\ History of Assyria from the Earliest 

 Period until the Fall of Nineveh before the Mcdes, 

 B.C. 606"; "The Open Air." by R. Jefferies, illustrated; 

 and " Nature near London," by R. Jefferies, illustrated. 



Messrs. Archibald Constable and Co., Ltd. : — " The 

 North-West Passage : being the Record of a ^'oyage of 

 Exploration of the Ship Gjoa, 1903-1907," by R. 



NO. 2001. VOL. 77] 



Amundsen, with a supplement by First Lieut. G. Hansen, 

 2 vols., illustrated ; " Ice-bound Heights of the Mustagh : 

 being an Account of Two Seasons of Pioneer Exploration 

 and High Climbing in the Baltistan Himalaya," by F. B. 

 and W. H. Workman, illustrated; "Electrical Measuring 

 Instruments, Recorders and Meters," by K. Edgcumbe ; 

 '■ Heavy Electrical Engineering," by H. M. Hobart, illus- 

 trated; " Steam Electric Power Plants and their Construc- 

 tion," by F. Korster, illustrated; "Text-book of the 

 Steam Engine," by J. Richardson, illustrated; "Boiler 

 Construction," by F. B. Kleinhans, illustrated; "Hydrau- 

 lics and its Application," by A. H. Gibson, illustrated; 

 " Cranes," by A. Bottcher, translated from the German, 

 enlarged, and edited with a complete description of English 

 and American practice by A. Tolhausen, illustrated; 

 " Sewage Disposal Works," by H. P. Raikes, illustrated; 

 "Economics of American Railway Operation," by M. L. 

 Byers, illustrated; "Railway Shop Up-to-date; a Refer- 

 ence Bool-t of .•\merican Railway Shop Practice," compiled 

 by the editorial staff of the Railway Master Mechanic ; 

 " Patents, Trade Marks and Designs," by K. R. Swan, 

 illustrated; "The Manufacture of Paper," by R. W. 

 Sindall, illustrated; "Wood Pulp and its Applications," 

 by C. F. Cross, E. J. Bevan, and R. W. Sindall, illus- 

 trated; "Steam Engines," by J. T. Rossiter, illustrated; 

 "Electric Lamps," by M. Solomon, illustrated; "Steam 

 Locomotives," by V. Pendred, illustrated; "Gold and 

 Precious Metals'," by Dr. T. K. Rose; "Photo- 

 graphy," by A. Watkins, illustrated; "Commercial Paints 

 and Painting," by A. S. Jennings, illustrated; " Brewing 

 and Distilling," by J. Grant, illustrated; "Specifications 

 and Contracts," b.v Dr. J. A. L. Waddell and J. C. Wait; 

 and a new edition of " Railway Tracks and Track Work," 

 by E. E. R. Tratman, illustrated. 



Mr. H. Frowde and Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton : — 

 " A System of Medicine," edited by Prof. W. Osier, 

 F.R.S.', and Dr. T. McCrae, 7 vols., 'illustrated, vols. iv. 

 and v.; "The Collected Papers of Lord Lister," with an 

 introduction by W. W. Cheyne, F.R.S., 2 vols. ; " ."V 

 System of Diet and Dietetics," under the editorship of 

 Dr. G. A. Sutherland, introduction by Sir Lauder Brunton, 

 F.R.S. ; and "Diseases of the Eye," by S. Mayou, illus- 

 trated. 



Messrs. Gauthier-Vi liars (Paris) ; — " Lecons sur les 

 Fonctions d^finies par les Equations diff^rentielles du 

 premier Ordre," by P. Boutroux ; " GEuvres completes," 

 bv A. Cauchy, Rre. S^rie, Tome II., M^moires extraits 

 des M^moires de I'Acad^mie des Sciences; "Lecons 

 61^mentaires sur le Calcul des Probabilites," by de 

 Montessus, illustrated; "La Terre et la Lune : Forme 

 ext^rieure et Structure interne," by P. Puiseux, illus- 

 trated; "Precis d'.Arithmetique des Calculs d'emprunts i 

 Longterme et de Valeur mobiliere," by H. Sarrette ; and 

 a new edition of Villard's " Rayons calhodiques," illus- 

 trated. 



Messrs. Harper and Brothers; — "Hypnotic Thera- 

 peutics," by Dr. J. D. Ouackenbos ; "Worlds in tlie 

 Making: the Evolution of~ the Universe," by Prof. S. 

 .\rrhemus, translated by Dr. H. Borns, illustrated ; and a 

 new edition of " The History of Science," by Dr. H. S. 

 Williams, 5 vols., illustrated. 



Messrs. G. G. Harrap and Co. :— " Manual of Clinical 

 Chemistry," bv Prof. A. E. .\ustin, illustrated; "A Text- 

 book of Topographical Drawing," by F. T. Daniels, 

 illustrated; "Feathered Game of New England," by 

 W. H. Rich, illustrated; and "The Teaching of Practical 

 .Arithmetic to Junior Classes," by J. L. Martin, illus- 

 trated. 



.Mr. W. Heinemann :— " The Natural History of 

 Cancer," bv W. R. Williams. 



Messrs. Hutchinson and Co. :— " The Naturalist in West 

 Cornwall," bv W. H. Hudson, illustrated: "The World's 

 Peoples," bv' Dr. A. H. Keane, illustrated; and "The 

 World's Birds, a Simple and Popular Classification of the 

 Birds of the World," bv F. Finn, illustrated. 



Messrs. Longmans and Co. ;— " Refrigeration : an 

 Elementarv Text-book," bv J. W. Anderson, illustrated; 

 " The Life and Work of George W. Stow, South African 

 Geologist and Ethnologist." bv Prof. R. B. Young; and 

 " A Practical Guide to School, Cottage, and Allotment 

 Gardening," by J. Weathers, illustrated. 



