October io, 1907] 



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Accidents," by !■'. T. Barton; " Thi/ Oo)4, in Hftallh, 

 Accident, and Disease," by F. T. Bnriun, illustrated; 

 "The Cat: its Care and Management," by Mrs. L. 

 Williams, illustrated ; and a new edition uf " 1 he Manual 

 of Toy Dogs," by Mrs. L. Williams, illuslraled. 



Mr. Edward .Arnold's list includes : — " I'rom the Niger 

 to the Nile," by Lieut. Boyd Ale.\and<r, two vols., illus- 

 trated; "Hydraulics," by F. C. Lea, illustrated; and 

 "Wood: a Manual of the Natural History and Industrial 

 Applications of the Timbers of Commerce," by IVof. G. S. 

 Boulgcr, illustrated. 



Messrs. Baillien , Tindall and Co.\ promise : — " Bacteri- 

 ology of the Eye," by T. Axenfeld, translated by Dr. A. 

 Macnab ; "The Spectroscope: its Uses in General 

 Analytical Chemistry : an Intermediate Text-book for 

 Practical Chemists," by T. T. Baker; " Trypanosomes 

 and Trypanosomiases," by A. Laveran and V . Mesnil, 

 translated and edited by Dr. D. Navarro, illustrated ; 

 " Blood-stains ; their Detection and the Determination of 

 their Source," by Dr. W. D. Suthirland ; "Pocket 

 Osteology," by P. Turner; and new editions of " .Medical 

 Laboratory Methods and Tests," by Dr. H. French; 

 " Elementary Lectures on Veterinary .Sci< nee for Agri- 

 cultural Students, Farmers, and' Stock-keepers," by H. 

 Thompson; and "Nature's Hygiene and Sanitary Chem- 

 istry : containing also a Special Account of the Chemical 

 and Hygienic Characters of Eucalyptus, Pine, and 

 Camphor Forests, and of some Industries connected there- 

 with," by C. T. Kingzett. 



Messrs. G. Hell and Sons' forthcoming books include : — 

 ' Darwinism To-day : a Discussion of Present-day .Scien- 

 tific Criticism of the Darwinian Selection Theories, 

 together with a Brief Account of the Principal other Pro- 

 posed .Auxiliary and .Alternative Theories of Species-form- 

 ing," by Prof. \'. L. Kellogg; "A Laboratory Outline of 

 General Chemistry," by Prof. A. Smith; and "A Third 

 Year's Course in Practical Physics," by James Sinclair, 

 illustrated. 



Messrs. A. and C. Black direct attention to : — " A 

 Treatise on Hydraulics," by Prof. W. C. Lnwin, illus- 

 trated; " Birds of Britain," by J. L. Bonhole, illustrated; 

 "The Children's Book of Stars," by G. E. .Mitton, illus- 

 trated; "Suggestion in Education," by M. W. Kealingc ; 

 and new editions of " Studies in Fossil Botany," by Dr. 

 D. H. Scott, b'.R.S., illustrated; and "Tote'mism," by 

 Dr. J. G. Frazer. 



Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons have in the press : — 

 "Forest Entomology," by A. T. Gillanders, illustrated; 

 and " In the Footsteps of Marco Polo," by Major C. D. 

 Bruce, illustrated: "The Marshes of Hindustan," by 



D. Fraser, illustrated; " Elements of Psychology," by Dr. 

 S. H. Mellone. 



The list of the Cambridge University Press includes : — 

 \'ol. i. of " Sir George Darwin's Collected Scientific 

 Papers"; " Hyperelliptic Functions of Two X'ariables and 

 the Reduction of the Theory of Multiply-Periodic Functions 

 to that of Algebraic Functions," bv Dr. H. F. Baker, 

 F.R.S. ; " The Artificial Production o'f Cold," by Dr. J. A. 

 F.wing, F.R.S.; " Elementary Algebra," by C. H. French 

 and G. Osborn ; " Plane Geometry for .Secondary Schools," 

 by Dr. C. Davison and C. H. Richards ; (Cambridge 

 Tracts on Mathematics and Mathematical Phvsics) : No. 6, 

 " Algebraic Equations," by G. B. Mathews. F.R.S. ; (The 

 Cambridge Physical Series) : " Inorganic Chemistry," by 



E. I. Lewis : and a re-issue of "A School Algebra 

 bourse," by F. Gorse, part i., "To Simple Simultaneous 

 Equations," with appendi.x ; part ii., "Factors to Quad- 

 ratic Equations," with appendix; part iii., "Surds to the 

 Binomial Theory," with appendix. 



Messrs. Cassell and Co., Ltd., give notice of : — " Trees 

 and their Life-histories." by Dr. P. Groom, illustrated; 

 " The Romance of Medicine," by Dr. R. C. Macfie, illus- 

 trated ; "The Fairyland of Living Things." by R. 

 Kearton, illustrated; "Denizens of the Deep." by P. M. 

 Duncan, illustrated: "Popular Fallacies," by A. S. E. 

 .Ackermann, illustrated; "Structural Engineering," by 

 Prof. A. W. Brightmore. illustrated ; " Steel : its Varieties, 

 Properties, and Manufacture," by W. H. Greenwood, 

 illustrated ; and new editions of " Iron : its Sources, 

 Properties, and Manufacture," bv W. H. Greenwood and 

 .A, H. Sexton, illustrated: ".Applied Mechanics," by Prof. 



KO. 1980, VOL. 76] 



J. Perry, F.R.S., illustrated; and "The Gun and its 

 Development," by W. W. (ireener, illustrated. 



The Caxton Publishing Company will issue: — "Birds 

 of Great Britain and In-land (Order Passeres)," by Dr. 

 \. (i. Butler, illustrated. 



In Messrs. Chapman and Hall's list we notice: — "The 

 Conquest of Cancer," by Dr. C. W. Saleeby ; and " Elec- 

 trical Engineering 'Jesting," by G. D. A. Parr, illus- 

 trated. 



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

 Babylonia and Assyria from the Earliest Times until' the 

 Persian Conquest," by L. \V. King, in three vols., illus- 

 trated :— Vol. i., "A History of Sunier and Akkad, being 

 an Account of the Primitive Inhabitants of Babylonia from 

 the Earliest Times to about 11. t. 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, 

 "c. 539"; vol. iii., "A History of Assyria from' the 

 Earliest Period until the Fall of Nineveh before the Medes, 

 D.c. 606." 



Messrs. J. and A. Churchill promise : — " A Manual of 

 Prescribing," by Dr. C. R. Marshall; "The Functional 

 Inertia of Living Matter : a Contribution to the Physio- 

 logical Theory of Life," by Dr. D. I'. Harris; and new 

 editions of " Valentin's Practical Chemistry, Qualitative 

 and Quantitative," by Dr. W. R. Ilodgkinson; "The 

 Book of Prescriptions," by E. W. Lucas; "The Oper- 

 ations of Surgery," by W. H. A. Jacobson and R. P. 

 Rowlands; "Pathology, General and Special," by Prof. 

 R. T. Hewlett ; and " Notter's Thiorv and Practice of 

 Hygiene," by Lieut. -Colonel R. H. Firth. 



The announcements of Messrs. Archibald Constable and 

 Co., Ltd., include ; — " The Practical Design of Irrigation 

 Works," by W. G. Bligh, illustr.ated ; " Aijrial Flight." 

 by F. VV. Lanchester, vol. i., "Aerodynamics"; 

 " India-rubber and its Manufacture, with Chapters 

 on Gutta-percha and Balala," by H. L. Terry; 

 "Electric Power and Traction," by F. H. Davies ; 

 " Liquid and Gaseous Fuels, and' the Part they Play in 

 .Modern Power Production," by Prof. V. B. Lewes; 

 "Coal," by J. Tonge ; " Iron and Steel," by J. H. 

 Stansbie ; "Town Gas for Lighting and Heating," by 

 W. H. A'. Webber; "Patents, Trade Marks and 

 Designs," by K. R. Swan; " Precious Stones, with a 

 Chapter on Artificial Stones," by W. Goodchild ; "The 

 Manufacture of Paper," by R. W. Sindall ; "Wood Pulp 

 and its Applications," by C. F. Cross, E. J. Bcvan, and 

 R. W. Sindall; "Steam Engines," by J. T. Rossiter ; 

 "Glass," by W. Rosenhain ; "Electric Lamps," by .VL 

 Solomon; "Steam Locomotives," by V. Pendrcd ; "Gold 

 and Precious Metals," by Dr. T. K. Rose; "Electro- 

 metallurgy," by J. B. C. Kershaw; "Photography," by 

 A. Watkins ; " Commercial Paints and Painting," by A. S. 

 Jennings; " Brewing and Distilling," by J. Grant; " Elec- 

 trical Measuring Instruments, Recorders, Meters, &c.," 

 by K. Edgcumbe ; "Sewage Disposal Works from an 

 Engineering Point of View," by H. P. Raikes ; a trans- 

 lation of Captain Amundsen's book on the G\od Expedi- 

 tion ; " An Introductory Course of Continuous Current 

 Engineering," by Dr. A. Hay; "Plant Physiology and 

 Ecology," by Prof. F. E. Clements, illustrated; "Burial 

 Customs of Ancient Egypt," by J. Garstang ; "The 

 Tomb of loniya and Toniyou"; " Farm Management," 

 by Prof. F. W. Card, illustrated ; " I'arm Animals : How 

 to Breed, Feed, Care for, and Use them," by Dr. E. V. 

 Wilcox, illustrated ; and " Soils : How to Handle and 

 Improve Them," by S. W. Fletcher, illustrated. 



Messrs. J. M. Dent and Co. announce : — " Nature- 

 study," by Prof. J. A. Davis, illustrated. 



Messrs. Duckworth and Co. direct attention to : — " The 

 Haunters of the Silences." by C. G. W. Roberts (Studies 

 of Animal Life) ; " The Interpretation of Nature in Earlier 

 Greek Art," by E. Lowy, translated by W. Fothergill : 

 and a new edition of " Agricultural Botany," by Prof. J. 

 Percival. 



Mr. Gustav Fischer (Jena) announces : — " Ergebnisse 

 und Fortschritte der Zoologie," edited bv Prof. J. VV. 

 Spengel, Band L, Heft i : " Ergebnisse, Wissenschaftliche, 

 der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer 

 Valdivia. 1898-1899," edited by Prof. Chun, Elfter Band. 

 Zweite Lieferung, " Die Tetraxonia," by Prof. R. von 



