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NA TURE 



[October i i, 1906 



irlcal Outline, with Descriptive Notes, planned as a 

 I exi-book for the Use of College Lecturers and Directors 

 of Home-reading Clubs," by Dr. E. C. Parsons; "On 

 the Great American Plateau : AA'anderings among Canyons 

 and Buttes in the Land of the Cliff Dweller, and the Indian 

 of To-day," by T. M. Prudden, illustrated; "Scientific 

 Sanction for the Use of Alcohol, Proved and Popularly 

 Expanded by a Physiologist," by Dr. J. Starke; " Hunt- 

 ing Big Game with Gun and ' with Kodak: how Wild 

 .\nimals Look and Live in their Haunts, from Personal 

 Experiences in the L'nited States, Dominion of Canada, 

 and Old Mexico," by W. S. Thomas, illustrated; "A 

 Manual of Prescription Writin^g, with a Full Explanation 

 of the Methods of Correctly Writing Prescriptions, and 

 Rules for .\voiding Incompatibilities and for Combining 

 Medicines," bv Dr. M. D. Mann; " Science and a Future 

 Life," by Dr. J. H. Hyslop ; "Enigmas of Psvchical 

 Research," bv Dr. J. H. Hyslop; "The Interpretation of 

 Nature," b\ Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, F.R.S. ; and "Life 

 in the Open : Sport with Rod, (iun. Horse, and Hound in 

 Southern California." by C. F. Holder, illustrated. 



The Religious Tract Society promises : — " Stories of 

 .\nimals," illustrated; "Stories of the Seasons," illus- 

 trated; ".Animal Life," illustrated; "Round the Sun," 

 illustrated; "By-paths in Nature," by F. Stevens, illus- 

 trated; " E;very Boy's Book of British Natural History," 

 by \A'. P. Westell, with an introduction by Lord Aveburv, 

 F.R.S., illustrated ; and new editions of " How to Studv 

 Wild Flowers." bv Rev. G. Henslow. illustrated; and 

 "Walks and Talks in the Zoo," by H. Scherren, illus- 

 trated. 



-Messrs. F. Grant Richards will publish :— " Christopher 

 Columbus and the New World of his Discovery," a narra- 

 tive by F. Young; and " \'oyages of Captain William 

 Dampier," edited by J. Masefield, illustrated. 



In Messrs. .Alston Rivers 's list appears : — " Tibet the 

 Mysterious," by Sir Thomas Holdich, K.C.M.G. 



Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co. promise ; — " The New 

 Physics and Chemistry : a Series of Essays on Phvsiial 

 and Chemical Subjects," by W. A. Shenstone, F.R.S. ; 

 "South Polar Times," reproduced in facsimile, with 

 coloured sketches by Dr. Wilson, and other illustrations, 

 brought out by the officers of the National .Antarctic Ex- 

 pedition on board the Discovery, during the winters of 

 1002 and 1003; and " .Animal I,ife," by Dr. F. W. Gamble. 



Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Q<i., Ltd., direct atten- 

 tion to : — " Thought and Things : a .Studv of Logical Pro- 

 cess," by Prof. M. Baldwin, vol. ii., " Experimental Logic," 

 vol. iii., "Real Logic"; "The History of Philosophy," 

 by Dr. J. E. Erdmann, revised by \A'. B. Erdmann, an 

 English abridgment, translated and edited by W. S. Hough ; 

 ".A Treatise on Psvchopathology, " by Prof. Storring, 

 translated bv Prof. T. Lovedav ; " Phvsiological Psvcho- 

 logy," by Prof. W. Wundt, translated by 'Prof. E. B. 

 Titchener, vol. ii.. illustrated ; " The Student's Text-book 

 of Zoologv," bv A. Sedgwick, F.R.S., vol. iii., illustrated; 

 " Thr' Natural History of Our Shores," by J. Sinel. with 

 chapters on collecting and preserving inarine specimens, 

 methods of microscopic mounting, and the marine 

 aquarium, illustrated; and "How to Study Geology," by 

 K. Evans, illustrated. 



The Universilv Tutorial Pri--s will i^sue — " Geometrv. 

 Theoretical and Practical," by W. P. Workman and 

 .\. G. Cracknell, parts ii. and iii. ; Clive's " New Shilling 

 .\rithmctic " ; "The Junior Cheinistrv," by R. H. .Adie ; 

 "Technical Electricity," by Prof. H. T. Davidge and 

 R. W. Hutchinson; " Eleinentary .Science of Coininon 

 Life (Chemistry), Subject xxvi. of the Board of Education 

 Science Examinations," bv W. T. Boone; "New Matricu- 

 lation Physics, Heat, Light, and Sound," by Dr. R. \\'. 

 Stewart and J. Don; and " Certificate Hygiene," bv R. .A. 

 Lyster. 



'in Mr. T. Fisher Unwin's list we observe :—" The Prin- 

 ciples and Practice of X-Rav Diagnosis and TheraoN , " 

 bv Dr. J. Rudis-Jicinsky, illustrated; "The Horse; a 

 Guide to its Anatomy for .Artists," no drawings (repro- 

 duced by photolithographv) by H. Dittrich, with explan- 

 atorv notes by Profs. Ellenbergcr and Baum ; " Methods 

 in Plant Histology," by Dr. C. J. Chamberlain, illus- 

 trated; "The Psychology and Training of the Horse," by 



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Count E. M. Cesaresco ; " The Sanitary Evolution of 

 London," by H. Jephson ; "The Psychology of Child 

 Development," by I. King; and a new- edition of 

 " Australian Sheep and Wool : a Practical and Theoretical 

 Treatise," by -A. Hawkesworth, illustrated. 



Messrs. F. X'ieweg and Son (Brunswick) direct attention 

 to : — " Priifungen in elektrischen Zentralen," by Dr. E. W. 

 Lehmann-Richter, II. Teil, illustrated; "Die chemische 

 Diingerindustrie," by L. Schucht, illustrated; "Die 

 Anilinfarben und ihre Fabrikation," by Dr. K. Heuinann, 

 vierter Teil, edited by Prof. G. Schultz, Zweite Halfte, 

 erste und zweite .Abteilung ; " Sechs A'ortrage iiber das 

 thermodynamische Potential und seine .Anwendungen auf 

 cheinische und physikalische Gleichgewichtsprobleme," by 

 J. J. van Laar ; " Die Nichtzuckerstoffe der Riiben in ihren 

 Beziehungen zur Zuckerfabrikation," by Dr. .\. Riiinpler ; 

 " Technisch-Chemisches Jahrburh, 1904," edited by Dr. 

 R. Biedennann ; " Die L'ntersuchung des Erdoles und 

 seiner Produkte," by M. .\. Rakusin, illustrated ; and 

 " Handbuch der chemischen Technologic," edited by Profs. 

 Bollen and Birnbaum, sections 13 and 14. 



Messrs. Watts and Co. announce : — " .A Picture Book of 

 Evolution," by D. Hird, illustrated; "The New Scientific 

 System of Morality," by Dr. G. Gore, F.R.S.; and "The 

 Cultivation of Man, according to the Teachings of Common- 

 .Sense," by C. -A. Witcheil. 



Messrs. Whittaker and Co. promise : — " Modem Prac- 

 tice in Coal Mining," by D. Burns and G. L. Kerr; 

 ".A Pocket-book of .Aeronautics: a Practical Treatise for 

 Balloonists, " by H. W. Mocdebeck ; " Electricity in 

 Mining," by P. R. .Allen; " Electric Lamps and Photo-- 

 n-ietry," by L. (iaster ; "Concrete Steel Buildings: a 

 Treatise giving the E.xatnples of Reinforced Concrete Con- 

 struction," by W. N. Tw-elvetrees ; "A Guide to Electric 

 Lighting," by S. R. Bottone ; "Motor Construction," by 

 T. Gray; "The Care of Motor-cars," by T. Gray; "Art 

 Advanced Text-book on .Steam, Gas, and Oil Engines." by 

 J. W. Hayward ; "A Treatise on Fuels," by T. Gray: 

 "Motor-car Ignition Methods," by W. Hibbert ; and 

 " Sound, Light, and Heat," by J. R. .Ashworth. 



Messrs. Williams and Norgate direct attention to : — 

 "The Surgical .Anatomy of the Horse," by J. T. Share 

 Jones, in four parts. 



UNIVERSITY A\D EDUCATIONAL 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



Cambridge. — Dr. \A'. L. H. Duckw-orth, Jesus College,, 

 has been appointed demonstrator in anatoi-i-iv for one vear. 



Mr. J. F. Cameron, Caius College, and Mr. G. T. 

 Bennett, Einmanuel College, have been nominated 

 moderators, and Mr. .A. Munro, Queens' College, and Mr. 

 R. H. D. Mayall, Sidney Sussex College, examiners in 

 part i. of the mathematical tri|)Os for the year beginning 

 Mav I, 1907. 



The proposed alterations in the regulations fcr the 

 mathematical tripos will be voted upon at a Congregation- 

 fixed for 2 o'clock on Thursdav. October 2,. 



-esigned his post as lecturer iti 

 y of Manchester on his appoint- 

 ector of observatories under thr- 



Dk. (.. C. Si.Mi-sos h 

 nteteorology at the Univi 

 ment as assistant to the 

 Indian Government. 



Ox Tue.sday evening, October q. Prof. H. G. Seeley, 

 F'.R.S., began a course of lectures at King's College, London, 

 on some of the larger questions of geology, including 

 (i) atmospheric denudation; (2) jointing in rocks; (3) in- 

 ternal heat of the earth ; (4) the relations of rock masses ; 

 (:;) minerals which form rocks. The lectures will be de- 

 livered on alternate Tuesday evenings, at 6 p.m., during 

 the Michaelmas term. 



Tin-; Merchant A'enlurers' Technical College at Bristol 

 was totallv destroyed by fire early on Tuesday morning. 

 The fire appears to have broken out in the chemical labor- 

 atory on the top floor, and in a short time the whole build- 

 ing was in flames. The college, which was attended by 

 more than two thousand students in the day and evening 

 classes, was erected in 1885 by the Society of Merchant 



