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\V. H. Doolittle ; " Naval Development of the Century," by Sir 

 N. Barnaby ; " Progress of Education in the Century," by J. L. 

 Hughes and Dr. L. R. Klemm ; "Progress of Science in the 

 Century," by Prof. J. A. Thomson. 



Messrs. Chapman and Hall, Ltd., announce: — "Insects 

 Injurious to Staple Crops," by E. D. Sanderson, and " Power 

 and Power Transmission," by E. W. Kerr. 



In the list of books in preparation at the Clarendon Press is 

 the following: — Schimper's "Geography of Plants," authorised 

 translation, by Profs. P. Groom and W. R. Fisher. 



In the list of Messrs. A. Constable and Co., Ltd., we notice : — 

 "The Prevention of Disease," by Drs. Bing, Einhorn, Fischl, 

 Flatau and others, translated. 



Messrs. Duckworth and Co. have in preparation : — "The 

 Fungus Flora of Europe," by G. Massee. 



The list of Mr. W. Engelmann (Leipzig) contains : — "Die 

 Assanierung von Wien," edited by Dr. Th. Weyl, illustrated ; 

 "Lehrbuch der Qualitativen Analyse," by Dr. W. Bottger, 

 illustrated ; " Pfianzenverbreitung im Hercynischen Florenbe- 

 zirk," by Prof. O. Drude, illustrated ; " Die Eisenkonstruk- 

 tionen der Ingenieur-Hochbauten," by Prof. M. Foerster ; 

 " Uber Ahnlichkeiten im Pflanzenreiche," by Prof. F. Hilde- 

 brand ; " Catalogus Dipterorum," by Dr. C. Kertesz, vol. i. ; 

 ' Die Entwicklung des Gesichtes," by Prof. C. Rabl, i. heft, 

 Uustrated ; " Chemisches Praktikum," by Dr. A. Wolfrum. 



Messrs. R. A. Everett and Cu. promise : — "The Care of Old 

 Age," by Dr. D. Walsh. 



Mr. Gustav Fischer (Jena) gives notice of : — " Handbuch 

 der Pathogenen Mikroorganismen," edited by Profs. W. KoUe 

 and A. Wassermann, parti., illustrated; " Palaontologie und 

 Descendenzlehre," by Prof. E. Koken ; and "Tabellen zur 

 Gesteinskunde," by Prof. G. Linck, illustrated. 



The announcements of Messrs. Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., 

 include : — " Trades' Waste : its Treatment and Utilisation, 

 with Special Reference to the Prevention of Rivers' Pollution," 

 by W. Naylor, illustrated ; " Physico-Chemical Tables for the 

 Use of Analysts, Physicists, Chemical Manufacturers, and 

 Scientific Chemists," by J- Castell-Evans, vol. i. :— Chemical 

 Engineering, Physical Chemistry; vol. ii.: — Chemical Physics, 

 Pure and Analytical Chemistry; "Elementary Coal-Mining: 

 for the Use of Students, Miners, and others preparing for 

 Examinations," by G. L. Kerr, illustrated; "Students' Handbook 

 on Paints, Colours, and Varnishes," by G. H. Hurst, illustrated ; 

 "A Text-Book of Physics," by Profs. J. H. Poynting, F.R.S., 

 and J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., in 5 volumes, illustrated, volumes 

 on the Properties of Matter, Heat, Light, Magnetism and Elec- 

 tricity ; " Gold Seeking in South Africa : a Handbook of Hints 

 for intending Explorers, Prospectors, and Settlers," by T. 

 Kassner, illustrated; "The Metallurgy of Steel," by F. W. 

 Harbord, illustrated ; " Diseases of the Organs of Respiration : 

 a Treatise of the Etiology, Pathology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, 

 andTreatment of Diseases of the Lungs and Air Passages," by Dr. 

 S. West, 2 vols., illustrated; "The Work of the Digestive 

 Glands," by Prof. Pawlow (the Nobel Prize Researches in 

 Physiology, 1901), translated by Dr. W. H. Thompson ; " Hy- 

 giene and Public Health," by Dr. H. W. G. Macleod, illustrated. 



Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton promise: — " Arithmetic and 

 Algebra/' by J. Davidson (" Self Educator" Series). 



Messrs. P. S. King and Son call attention to: — "Sewage 

 Works Analyses," by G. J. Fowler, illustrated ; " The Sanitary 

 Inspector's Guide," by H. Lemmoin-Cannon, and a new edition 

 of " Elements of Statistics," by A. L. Bowley. 



Mr. John Lane has in hand for appearance in his "Hand- 

 books of Practical Gardening " :— " The Book of Vegetables," 

 by G. Wythes ; " The Book of the Strawberry," by E. Beckett ; 

 and " The Book of Orchids," by W. H. White. 



Messrs. Crosby I>ock*ood and Son will publish : — " The 

 Deep- Level Mines of the Rand and their Future Development, 

 Considered from the Commercial Point of View," by G. A. 

 Denny, illustrated. 



Messrs. Longmans and Co.'s list includes : — " The Natural 

 History of the British Surface-Feeding Ducks," vol. i., by 

 J. G. Millais, illustrated ; " Higher Mathematics for Students of 

 Chemistry and Physics, with Special Refrence to Practical 

 Work," by Dr. J. W. Mellor ; " Biology (Nature Study, 

 Botany and Zoology)," by Prof. F. E. Lloyd and JL A. 

 Bigelow ; "The Steam Turbine," by R. M. Neilson, illustrated; 

 "A TextBookof Electro-Chemistry," by Prof. S. .'Vrrhenius, 

 translated by Dr. J. McCrae, illustrated; "Assaying and 

 Metallurgical Analysis, for the use of Students, Chemists and 



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Assayers," by E. L. Rhead and Prof. A. H. Sexton ; 

 " Calculations in Hydraulic Engineering, a Practical Text- 

 Book for the Use of Students, Draughtsmen, and Engineers," 

 by Prof. T. C. Fidler; "Part II. Calculations in Hydro- 

 Kinetics," illustrated ; " A Manual of Surgical Treatment," 

 by Prof. W. W. Cheyne, F.R.S., and Dr. F. F. Burghard, in 

 6 parts : part vi., sections i and 2. 



Messrs. Sampson Low and Co., Ltd., give notice of: — "A 

 Manual of Indian Timbers," by J. S. Gamble, F. R.S. , illus- 

 trated ; " Moose Hunting, Salmon Fishing, and other Sketches, 

 and new editions of" Health and Condition in the Active and the 

 Sedentary," by Dr. W. E. Yorke-Davies ; "The Nordrach 

 Treatment for Consumption in this Country, how to Cure and 

 Prevent Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, together 

 with a General Consideration of the Laws governing Health," 

 by J. A. Gibson. 



Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., announce: — "The 

 Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley," edited by Sir 

 M. Foster, K.C.B., F.R.S., and Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 

 F. R S., vol. iv. ; "The Cambridge Natural History, " edited by 

 Dr. S. F. Harmer, F. R S., and A. E. Shipley; vol. x. : — 

 Mammals, by F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., illustrated; "Phil- 

 osophy : its Scope and Relations," a course of introductory 

 lectures by the late Prof. Henry Sidgwick ; "The Climates and 

 Baths of Great Britain, being the Report of a Committee of 

 the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London," vol. ii. : — 

 The Midland Counties and Ireland; "Outlines of Meta- 

 physics," by Prof. J. S. Mackenzie ; " Metallography," by 

 A. H. Hiorns ; " Injuries," by Dr. Wharton Hood ; " A Key to 

 Euclid's Elements of Geometry," by C. Smith and Dr. Sophie 

 Bryant; "Inorganic Chemistry," by Prof. W. Ostwald, 

 translated ; " Light for Students," by E. Edser ; Macmillan's 

 "Geography of Africa"; and new editions of "On a 

 Method of Predicting by Graphical Construction Occultations 

 of Stars by the Moon and Solar Eclipses for any given Place, 

 together with more Rigorous Methods of Reduction for the 

 accurate Calculation of Longitude," by Dr. F. C. Penrose, 

 F. R.S. ; "Treatise on Kinematics and Dynamics," by Prof. 

 J. G. Macgregor, F. R. S. ; "Essays in Historical Chemistry," by 

 Dr. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S. ; " Practical Botany for Beginners," 

 by Prof. F. O. Bower, F.R.S. 



In Messrs. Methuen and Co.'s list we notice : — "A Junior 

 Chemistry," by A. E. Tyler, illustrated. 



Mr. Murray's list includes: — "Ten Thousand Miles in 

 Persia : a Record of Eight Years' Constant Travel in Eastern and 

 Southern Iran," by Major P. M. Sykes, illustrated ; " The 

 Harveian Oration," delivered before the Royal College of 

 Physicians of London, October 18, 1901, by Dr. Norman 

 Moore ; " Heredity," by Prof. J. A. Thomson (the " Progressive 

 Science Series ") ; "The Soil," by A. D. Hall; "Dangerous 

 Trades and Occupational Diseases," by a number of Experts, 

 edited by Dr. T. Oliver; "Telegraphs and Telephones," by 

 Sir W. H. Preece, K.C.B., F.R.S.; "Electric Wiremen's 

 Work," by W. C. Clinton ; " Village Lectures on Popular 

 Science," by the Rev. Canon Ovenden, 2 vols. ; "Introduction 

 to Philosophy," by Dr. S. Rappoport ; "The Calculus for 

 -Artisans," by Prof. O. Henrici, F.R.S. ; " Animism : a Treatise 

 on the Natural History of Religion " (based on the Gifford 

 Lectures delivered in Aberdeen in 1889-90 and 1890-91), by 

 Prof. E. B. Tylor, F. R. S. , illustrated ; ' ' The Basis of Social Rela- 

 tions : a Study in Ethnic Psychology," by Dr. D. G. Brinton ; 

 and a cheap edition of " Charles Darwin : his Life, told in an 

 Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of his 

 Published Letters," edited by his son, F. Darwin, F.R.S. 



Messrs. George Newnes, Ltd., will issue in the " Library of 

 Useful Stories " : — "The Story of Euclid," by W. B. Frankland ; 

 "The Story of Lost England," by Beckles Willson ; "The 

 Story of Music," by F. J. Crowest ; "The Story of Animal 

 Life," by W. B. Lindsay. 



Messrs. S. W. Partridge and Co. announce : — "Cameos from 

 Nature," by C. N. Williamson, illustrated; and "The Con- 

 quest of the Air : a Romance of Aerial Navigation," by J, 

 Alexander. 



-Messrs. Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd , promise: — "Variations 

 in Plants and Animals," by H. W. Vernon, illustrated ; and a 

 new edition of " Physiological and Pathological Chemistry, in 

 Twenty-one Lectures for Physicians and Students," by Prof. G. 

 Bunge, translated by Florence Starling. 



In the list of Messrs. C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., we observe : — 

 " The Giant Fish of Florida," by J. Turner-Turner, illustrated ; 



