Index 



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Reid (O. Arclidiill). Memory in the Germ Plasm, 8 

 Reininger (Dr. H.), Geology of Tertiary Basin of Biidweis, 



470 

 Ri.inisch (R.), Deutsche Sudpolar Expedition, 1901-3, 



Petrographische der Kerguolen-Gesteine, 460 

 Rrlii,'ion ; the Philosophical Basis of Religion, Dr. J. 

 Watson, 2ig; an Investigation of the Sociology and Re- 

 ligion of the .•Vndanianese, Dr. A. C. Haddon, K.R.S., 345 

 Keliquary and Illustrated .•\rcha;ologist, the, :;49 

 Research : Tlaws in Modern Classical Research, Dr. J. P. 

 Postgate, 16; Death of Dr. (icorge Gore, F.R.S., 255; 

 Obituary Notice of, ago ; a .Scheme for the Promotion of 

 Scientific Research, Walter B. Priest, 345 ; the Hutton 

 Memorial Medal and Research Kund, 432 ; Meaning and 

 Method of Scientific Research, Dr. L. A. Bauer at 

 Philosophical Society of Washington, 473 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf. 



The Origin of a Land Flora, Prof. F. O. Bower, F.R.S., i 



Natural Sources of Power, R. S. Ball, 4 



Functional Nerve Diseases, A. T. Schofield, 5 



Trout Waters : Management and .Angling, Wilson H. 



.\rmistead, 5 

 The Lore of the Honey-bee, Tickner Edwardes, F. W'. L. 



Sladcn, 6 

 Elements of W'ater Bacteriology, with Special Reference to 



Sanitary W'ater .Analysis, Prof. S. C. Prescott and Prof. 



C. E. A. Winslow, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 6 

 The National Physique, A. Stayt Dutton, 6 

 The Falls of Niagara, Dr. J. W. W. Spencer, Prof. J. W. 



Gregory, F.R.S., 11 

 The A. B.C. of Lime Cultivation, Joseph Jones and J. C. 



Macintyre, 22 

 Geschichte der Erde und des Lebens, J. W'alther, 31 

 From an Easy Chair, Sir E. Ray Lankester, K.C.B., 



F.R.S., 31 

 The Great Pyramid of Gizeh ; its Riddle Read, its Secret 



Metrology Fully Revealed as the Origin of British 



Measures, M. W. H. Lonibe Brooke, 32 

 The Coals of South Wales, with Special Reference to the 



Origin and Distribution of Anthracite, Aubrey Strahan 



and W'. Pollard, 33 

 Versuch einer Begriindung der Deszendenztheorie, Prof. 



Karl Camillo Schneider, 34 

 Arithm^tique graphique, Gabriel Arnoux, Dr. L. N. G. 

 . Filon, 34 

 Contributions to the .Study of the Early Development and 



Imbedding of the Human Ovum, Dr. T. H. Bryce, Dr. 



J. H. Teacher, and J. M. M. Kerr, 35 

 Graphic .Algebra, Dr. Arthur Schultze,^^ 

 The Prevention of Compressed-air Illness, .A. E. Boycott, 



G. C. C. Damant, and J. S. Haldane, 40 

 Standards of the Constituents of the Urine and Blood, and 



the Bearing of the Metabolism of Bengalis on the 



Problems of Nutrition, Capt. D. McCay, 42 

 Weitere Beitrage zum socialen Paratisinus und der Sklaverei 



bei den .Ameisen, E. Wasmann, W. F. Kirby, 51 

 Research in China, Bailey Willis, 61 

 Types of Floral Mechanism, Dr. A. H. Church, 62 

 The Cotton Weaver's Handbook, H. B. Hevlin, 63 

 Laboratory and Factory Tests in Electrical Engineering, 



George F. Sever and Fitzhugh Townsend, Prof. GisbeVt 



Kapp, 64 

 Elementary .Algebra, W. D. Eggar, 64 

 -A New Algebra, S. Barnard and "j. M. Child, 64 

 .Algebra for Secondary Schools, Dr. Charles Davison, 64 

 The Eton Algebra, P. Sroones and L. Todd, 64 

 .Agriculture for Southern Schools, J. F. Duggar, 6,; 

 Vitality, Fasting, and Nutrition, Hereward Carrington, 66 

 Die Cestoden der Vogel, Dr. O. Fuhrmann, 66 

 Thoughts on Natural Philosophy, with a New Readin" of 



Newton's First Law, A. Biddlecombe, 66 

 The Ruskin Nature Reader, 66 

 The Geology and Scenery of the Grampians and the Valley 



of Strathmore. Peter Macnair, 60 

 Hrgebnisse "der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise, 



i8q2-3, 82 

 Les Oiseaux des Phosphorites du Quercv, C. Gaillard, qi 

 The Fossil Turtles of North America, 6. Perrv Hay, 91 



.Applied Geography, Dr. J. Scolt Keltic, 92 



Ouain's Elements of .Anatomy, 93 



La Canfora Italiana, Prof. Iialo Giglioli, W. G. Freeman, 



94 

 Garden Rockery : How to Make, Plant, and Manage It, 



F. G. Heath', 95 

 Canada's Fertile Northland, Prof. G. A. J. Cole, 95 

 The Functional Inertia of Living Matter, Dr. D. F. 



Harris, 96 

 The Elementary Theory of the Symmetrical Optical Instru- 

 ment, J. G. Leathern, 96 

 Hints for Crystal Drawing, Margaret Reeks, 97 

 House-painting, Glazing, Paper-hanging, and Whitewash- 

 ing, .A. H. .Sabin, 97 

 Mountain Panoramas from the Pamirs and Kuen Lun, Dr. 



-M. -Aurel Stein, 97 

 Thomas Linacre, Dr. William Osier, F.R.S., 97 

 Lands Beyond the Channel, H. J. Mackinder, 9S 

 Geodetic Survey of South Africa, Colonel Sir W. G. Morris, 



K.C.M.G., C.B., and Capt. H. W. Gordon, 103 

 The New Physics and its Evolution, Lucien Poincar^, 121 

 The Evolution of Forces, Dr. Gustave Le Bon, 121 

 The Life and Letters of Herbert Spencer, Dr. David 



Duncan, 122 

 The Pathology of the Eye, J. Herbert Parsons, 123 

 Die .Algenflora der Danziger Bucht, ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis 



der Ostseeflora, Prof. Lakowitz, 126 

 The Soil, A. D. Hall, 127 

 The Stars of the Year, W. E. Rolston, 127 

 Star Calendar for 1909, W. E. Rolston, 127 

 The Star .Almanack, 1909, W'. E. Rolston, 127 

 Diptera Danica, William Lundbeck, 127 

 Moving Loads on Railway Underbridges, including Dia- 

 grams of Bending Moments and Shearing Forces and 



Tables of Equivalent Uniform Live Loads, H. Bamford, 



12S 

 Practical Floor Malting, Hugh Lancaster, 128 

 The Romance of Modern Geology, E. S. Grew, 131 

 The Romance of Early British Life from the Earliest Times 



to the Coming of the Danes, G. F. Scott Elliot, 131 

 .A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalayan 



Mountains and Tibet, Colonel S. G. Burrard, F.R.S., 



and H. H. Hayden, 132 

 .Annual Report of the Board of .Agriculture and Fisheries 



under the .Acts relating to Sea-fisheries for the Year 



1906 (tqoS), 144 

 Report of Research-work of the Same Board on the Plaice 



Fisheries of the North Sea, 1905-6 (1Q08), 144 

 Report of the Committee appointed by Treasury-Minute to 



Inquire into the Scientific and Statistical Investigations 



now being carried on in Relation to the Fishing Industry 



of the United Kingdom, 144 

 Report for 1907 on the Lancashire Sea-fisheries Laboratory 



at the University of Liverpool and the Sea-fish Hatchery 



at Piel, Prof. Wi A. Herdman, F.R.S., .Andrew Scott, and 



James Johnstone, 151 

 Laboratory Arts, Dr. George H. Woollatt, Prof. C. V. 



Boys, F'.R.S.. 152 

 Moral Instruction and Training in Schools, Prof. J. .A. 



Green, 154 

 Papers on Moral Education Communicated to the First 



International Moral Education Congress, Prof. J. .A. 



Green, 154 

 Climate, considered especially in Relation to yian. Prof. 



Robert de Courcy Ward, 155 

 .A School .Arithmetic, H. S. Hall and F. H. Stevens, 



156 



.A Modern Arithmetic, with Graphic and Practical Exer- 

 cises, H. Sydney Jones, 156 



.Advanced .Arithmetic and Elementary Algebra and Men- 

 suration, P. Goyen, 156 



Elementary Mensuration, W. M. Baker and .A. A. Bourne, 

 156 



Practical .Arithmetic and Mensuration, Frank Castle, 156 



Geschichte der Philosophic, Karl Vorlander, William Brown, 

 157 



Grundlinien der Psychologic, Dr. Stephan Wiinsek, William 

 Brown, 137 



Die Entstehung der wirtsrhaftlirhen .Arb»it, Dr. Ed. Hahn, 

 William Brown, 157 



