48 | NATURE 
[Marcu 14, 1912 
Profs. R. ©. Hawley and A. F. Hawes: 
Witherby and Co.—The Game-birds and Waterfowl 
of South Africa, Major B. Horsbrugh, in four parts, 
illustrated; A Hand-list of British Birds, E. Hartert, 
the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst, and 
H. F. Witherby; The Birds of Australia, G. M. 
Mathews, vol. ii., Part i., illustrated; Flight of Birds, 
F. W. Headley. 
CHEMISTRY. 
Edward Arnold.—The Chemistry of Bread-making, 
J. Grant; Smoke: a Study of Town Air, Prof. J. B. 
Cohen, F.R.S., and A. G. Ruston, illustrated. 
Cambridge University Press.—Brewing, A. C. Chap- 
man; The Story of a Loaf of Bread, Prof. T. B. 
Wood. Constable and Co., Ltd.—An Introduction to 
the Study of Fuel, Dr. F. J. Brislee; The Chemistry 
of the Rubber Industry, H. E. Potts; The Chemistry 
of Dyeing and Bleaching of Vegetable Fibrous 
Materials, J. Hubner, each illustrated. Gurney and 
Jackson.—The Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and 
Alkali, Prof. G. Lunge, vol. i., Sulphuric Acid, new 
edition, vol. iv., Preparation of Alkali, &c., by 
Electrolysis ; Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis, 
Prof. G. Lunge and Dr. C. A. Keane, vol. iii. 
W. Heinemann.—Experimental Domestic Science, 
R. H. Jones. T. C. and E. C. Jack.—Chemistry of 
Non-living Things, Prof. E. C. C. Baly, F.R.S. 
Longmans and Co.—A Dictionary of Applied Chem- 
istry, Prof. Sir Edward Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S., assisted 
by eminent contributors, revised and enlarged edition, 
vol. ii., illustrated. Methuen and Co., Ltd.—Modern 
Research in Organic Chemistry, F. G. Pope, illus- 
trated; Qualitative Organic Analysis, F. B. Thole, 
illustrated; A Practical Chemistry for Technical Insti- 
tutes, Dr. A. E. Dunstan and F. B. Thole, illus- 
trated; Second Year Organic Chemistry for Schools 
and Technical Institutes, F. B. Thole, illustrated. 
Mills and Boon, Tide} toplans in Practical Chem- 
istry for Advanced Students, F. Hood, illustrated. 
J. Wiley and Sons (New ae —A Summary of 
Methods in Chemical Analysis, Prof. F. A. Gooch. 
ENGINEERING. 
Edward Arnold.—The Theory and Design of Re- 
inforced Concrete, O. Faber and P. G. Bowie, illus- 
trated. Constable and Co., Ltd.—American Electric 
Central Station Distribution Systems, H. Barnes 
Gear and P. F. Williams, illustrated; The Energy 
Diagram for Gas, Prof. F. W. Burstall ; Railway 
Signalling Engineering, Te ae cewiss illustrated; 
Modern Sanitary Engineering, G. Thomson, ifluse 
trated; a new edition of Irrigation, Sir H. Brown. 
Guuthiersvallare (Paris).—La formation des_ In- 
génieurs électriciens, Prof. A. Blondel; Les nomo- 
grammes de l’Ingénieur, R. Seco de la Garza. 
Longmans and Co.—Elementary Internal Combus- 
tion Engines, J. W. Kershaw, illustrated; The 
Mechanics of the Aéroplane: a Text-book, Capt. 
Duchene, translated from the French by J. H. 
Ledeboer and T. O’B. Hubbard, illustrated. G. 
Routledge and Sons, Ltd.—The Control of Water 
for Power, Irrigation, and Town Water-supply Pur- 
poses, P. a4 M. Parker, illustrated. J. Wiley and 
Sons (New York).—Subways and Tunnels of New 
York: Methods and Cost, with an Appendix on 
Tunnelling Machinery and Methods and Tables of 
Engineering, G. H. Gilbert, L. I. Wightman, and 
W. L. Saunders, illustrated; Practical Methods of 
Sewage Disposal for Residences, Hotels, and Insti- 
tutions, Prof. H. N. Ogden and H. B. Cleveland; 
Design of Electrical Machinery, Prof. W. T. Ryan, 
in three volumes, illustrated; The Design and Con- 
struction of Roofs, Prof. N. C. Ricker; Cost of Con- 
crete, Dr. F. W. Taylor and S. E. Thompson; 
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Laboratory Manual for the Use of Students in Test- 
ing Materials of Construction, Prof. L. A. Water- 
bury, illustrated. 
GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. 
A. and C. Black.—The World (Regional Geo- 
graphy), J. B. Reynolds, illustrated; Man and his 
Conquest of Nature, Dr. M. I. Newbigin, illustrated ; 
Geographical Pictures: Land Forms “and how They 
are Made, Series iii., The Sculpture of the Surface, 
edited by S. M. Nicholls, in two packets; Historical 
Geography of the British Isles, M. S. Elliott, illus- 
trated; Elementary Picture Geography Series: How 
Other People Live, H. C. Barnard, illustrated; The 
Children’s World, S. Shenessey, illustrated. W. 
Blackwood and Sons.—Chiefs and Cities of Central 
Africa: Across Lake Chad by Way of British, 
French, and German Territories, O. Macleod, illus- 
trated. Cambridge University Press.—Physical Geo- 
graphy for South African Schools, A. L. du Toit; 
Cambridge Geographical Text-books—Junior, A. J. 
Dicks; Cambridge County Geographies: Oxford- 
shire, P. H. Ditchfield; West London, G. F. Bos- 
worth; Breconshire, C. J. Evans; North Lancashire, 
Dr. J. E. Marr, F.R.S.; Radnorshire, L. Davies; 
Dumfriesshire, Rev. Dr. J. K. Hewison; Perthshire, 
P. Macnair; Renfrewshire, F. Mort. Gauthier- 
Villars (Paris)—Guide scientifique du géographe 
explorateur, C. de Beauregard. W. Heinemann.— 
Animal Life in Africa, Major J. Stevenson-Hamilton. 
H. Holt and Co. (New York).—Elements of Geo- 
graphy, R. D. Salisbury, H. H. Barrows, and W. S. 
Tower. Macmillan and Co., Ltd.—Across Australia, 
Prof. B. Spencer, C.M.G., F.R.S., and F. J. Gillen, 
illustrated. A. Melrose.—Big Game Hunting in 
Central Africa, Dr. J. D. Brunton, _ illustrated. 
Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd.—_\ Voyage to the Arctic 
in the Whaler Aurora, D. M. Lindsay, illustrated. 
G. P. Putnam’s Sons.—In the Amazon Jungle: 
Adventures in a Remote Part of the Upper Amazon 
River, including a Sojourn among the Cannibal 
Indians, A. Lange, illustrated. 
GEOLOGY. 
A. and C. Black.—Romance of the Rocks, Rev. 
C. A. Hall, illustrated. Gebriider Borntraeger 
(Berlin).—Geologischer Fiihrer durch die nérdliche 
Adria, Dr. R. Schubert, illustrated; Petrographisches 
Praktikum, Prof. R. Reinisch, Zweiter Teil: 
Gesteine, new edition, illustrated; Geologische 
Charakterbilder, edited by Prof. H. Stille, Heft 9 
and ro, illustrated; Geologie der Steinkohlenlager, 
Protea: Dannenberg, Zweiter Teil, illustrated. 
Cambridge University Press——The Work of Rain 
and Rivers, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S.; Rocks and 
their Origin, Prof. G. A. J. Cole; The Origin of 
Earthquakes, Dr. C. Davison; Glaciers and Ice 
Sheets, Prof. Garwood; The Earth, Prof. Poynting, 
F.R.S.; Natural Caves and Fissures, Dr. A. Rule; 
Submerged Forests, C. Reid, F.R.S. W. Heine- 
mann.—A History of Scenery: a Geological Reader, 
R. 1G. A: Bullerwell. 2! iG. and E. C. Jack= 
Geology, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S. T. Fisher 
Unwin.—The Building of the Alps, Prof. T. G. 
Bonney, F.R.S., illustrated. J. Wiley and Sons 
(New York).—Building Stones and Clays, E. C. 
Eckel, illustrated. 
MATHEMATICAL AND PuHystIcaL SCIENCE. 
D. Appleton and Co.—The Sun, C. G. Abbot, 
illustrated. | Cambridge University Press.—Clouds, 
C. T. R. Wilson, F.R.S.; The Physical Basis of 
Music, A. Wood; The Meteorology of the Globe, Dr. 
W. N. Shaw, F.R.S.; Beyond the Atom, Prof. J. 
