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Self-instruction in the Practice and Theory of Navigation, 



Earl of Dunraven, 173 

 The London Catalogue of British Plants, H. J. Hanbury, 



"74 

 Jahrbuch der Naturwissenschaften, 1907-S, 174 

 The Journal of the Roval Agricultural Society of England 



188 

 Bulletins i to 8 of the Midland Agricultural and Dairy 



College, 1S8 

 Results of Experiments at the College Farm, 1907, 



University College, Reading, 188 

 Bulletin No. 7, Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 188 

 Field Experiments in Staffordshire and Shropshire for 



1907, 188 

 A History of Astronomy, W. W. Bryant, 19^ 

 Ferdinand von Richthofen's Tagebucher aus China, 194 

 Genera Siphonogamarum ad Svstema Englerianuni con- 



scripta. Dr. K. W. von Dalla Torre and Dr. H. Harms, 



Dr. Otto Stapf, 195 

 The Structure of the Cotton Fibre in its Relation to 



Technical .Applications, Dr. F. H. Bowman, Prof. Walter 



M. Gardner, 196 

 The Geologv of Coal and Coal-mining, Walcot Gibson 



.197 

 Die Vegetation der Erde, Grundzugc der Pfianzenverbreitung 



in Chile, Dr. Karl Reiche, 197 

 From a Hertfordshire Cottage,' W. Beach Thomas, 197 

 The Open Air, Richard Jefferies, 197 

 School Hygiene, Robert A. I^yster, 197 

 The Ethics of Nature, M. Dcshumbert, 197 

 African Nature Notes and Reminiscences, F. C. Selous, 



Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.M.G., K.C.B., 217 

 Hydraulics and its Applications, A. H. Gibson, 218 

 Essais de Jean Rey, 1630, 219 

 Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development 



and Functions of the Tissues, and Handbook of Micro- 



technic. Prof. W. C. Stevens, 219 

 Elements of .Angling, H. T. Sheringham, 220 

 Elements of the Theory and Practice of Cookery, .Mary E. 



Williams and Katharine R. Fisher, 220 

 Experimentelle Entomologische Studien vom physikalisch- 



chemischen Standpunkt aus. Prof. P. Bachmetjew, 241 

 An Introduction to the Theory of Infinite Series, T. J. I'A. 



Bromwich, 242 

 The Demonstration Schools Record, 242 

 An Introduction to Electricity, Bruno Kolbe, 243 

 Handbook of Flower Pollination, based upon Herman 



Muller's Wiork " The Fertilisation of Flowers by 



Insects," Dr. P. Knuth, 244 

 The Theory of Ions : a Consideration of its Place in 



Biology and Therapeutics, Dr. W. Tibbies, 244 

 The Libraries of London : a Guide for Students, R. A. 



Rye, 244 

 Mines and Minerals of the British Empire, Ralph S. G. 



Stokes, 248 

 An Investigation on ihe Secondary Undulations of Oceanic 



Tides, carried out by the Order of the Earthquake Inves- 

 tigation Committee during 1903-6, Drs. K. Honda, T. 



Terada, Y. Voshida, and D. Isitani, 249 

 Catalogue of 1680 Stars for the Equinox 1900.0 from 



Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of 



Good Hope, during the Years 1905-6, Sir David Gill, 



K.C.B., F.R.S., 258 

 The Patents and Designs Act, 1907, James Roberts and 



H. Fletcher Moulton, 265 

 Die Entwicklung der Kontinente und Ihrer Lebewelt ein 



Beitrag zur vergleichcnden Erdgeschichte Dr. T. Arlt 



Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 266 

 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedi- 



tion auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898-9, Beitrage zur 



Kenntniss der Vegetation der Canarisch'en Inseln, H. 



Schenck, das Indische Phvtoplankton, G. Karsten, 267 

 A Systematic Introduction to .Analytical Chemistry, A. F. 



Waldfn and B. Lambert, 26S 

 Naturlehre fiir hohere Lehranstalten, Dr. F. Dannemann 



26S 

 Organic Chemistry, H. D. Haskins and J. J. R. Macleod 



268 

 Stereochemie, die Lehre von der Raumlichen .Anordnung 



der Atome im Molekul, Dr. L. Mamlock, 268 



The .Animal Mind, a Text-book of Comparative Psychology, 



Dr. .Margaret Floy Washburn, William Brown, 269 

 Natur-Urkunden, Georg E. F. Schuiz, 270 

 A Pocket Handbook of Minerals, G. Montague Butler, 



270 

 La Lutte contrc les Microbes, Dr. Etienne Burnet, Prof. 



R. T. Hewlett, 270 

 The Farm shown to the Children, by F. M. B. and .A. H. 



Blaikie, 270 

 Geschichte der Blindenanstalt zu Illzach-Miilhausen i E. 



Wahrend der ersten funfzig Jahre ihre Tatigkeit, ferner 



deutsche, franzbsische, und italienische Kongress vortrage 



und .Abhandlung iibcr das Blindenwesen, Prof. M. Kunz, 



Prof. John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 275 

 Catalogue and Remeasurement of the 648 Double Stars 



discovered by Prof. (i. W. Hough, Prof. Doolittle, 276 

 Report of the Second Norwegian .Arctic Expedition in the 



Frani, 1S98-1902, Meteorology, H. .Mohn, W. E. Rolston, 



Harvard College Observatory Annals, Peruvian Meteor- 

 ology, Solon I. Bailey, W. E. Rolston, 286 

 Proceedings of the American .Association of Museums, 



E. Howarth, 286 

 A Treatise on Chemistry, Sir H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S., and 



C. Schorlemmer, F.R..S., 289 

 Practical Physics : a Laboratory Manual for Colleges and 



Technical Schools, W. S. Franklin, C. M. Crawford, 



and Barry MacNutt, 290 

 La Terre et la Lune : Forme ext(5rieure et Structure interne, 



P. Puiscux, F. .Stratton, 291 

 The Conquest of Cancer : a Plan of Campaign, C. W. 



Salecby, 292 

 Cancer : Relief of Pain and Possible Cure, Skene Keith and 



George E. Keilh, 292 

 Mosses and Liverworts : an Introduction to their Study, 



with Hints as to their Collection and Preservation, 



H. T. Russell, 292 

 Methods of Surveying, N. F. Macl<enzie, 293 

 .A Guide to the Domesticated Animals (Olher than Horses) 



exhibited in the Central and North Halls of the British 



Museum (Natural History), R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 293 

 Report to the Government of India, containing an Account 



of the Research Work on Indigo performed in the 



I'niversity of Leeds, 1905-7, W. PopplewcU Bloxam, 



S. H. Wood, I. O. Orchardson, R. Gaunt, and F. 



Thomas, Prof. R. Mcldola, F.R.S., 296 

 The Work of John Samuel Budgett, Balfour Student of the 



University of Cambridge, A. E. Shipley, F.R..S., Richard 



.Assheton, Edward J. Bles, Edward T. Browne, J. 



Herbert Budgett, and J. Graham Kerr, 313 

 Introduction to Higher .Algebra, Maxime Bucher and 



E. P. R. Duval, 315 

 The Observer's Handbook, Meteorological Oflice, 1908, Dr. 



R. H. Scott, 315 

 Theorie der Elektrizitat, Dr. A. Foppl, 316 

 Kleiner Leitfaden der praktischen Physik, Dr. F. Kohl- 



rausch, 316 

 Die Stimmgabel : ihre Schwingungsgesetze und Anwend- 



ungen in der Physik, Dr. E. .A. Kielhauser, 316 

 Luft, Wasser, Licht, und W'arme, Dr. R. Blochmann, 316 

 .Molekijle, Atome, Weltather, Dr. G. Mie, 316 

 Die Stellung der Physik zu den Naturwissenschaften und 



der Technik, Aug. Hagenbach, 316 

 Refrigeration : an Elementary Text-book, J. Wemyss Ander- 

 son, E. Edser, '317 

 Ceylon, a Handbook for the Resident and the Traveller, 



Prof. J. C. Willis, 317 

 The Roval Gardens, Kew, E. J. Wallis and H. Spooner, 



31S 

 ihe Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales, H. E. I-orrest, 321 

 The Agricultural Journal of India, Dr. E. J. Russell, 322 

 Memoirs of the Department of .Agriculture in India, the 



Loss of Water from Soil during Dry Weather, J. W. 



Leather, Dr. E. J. Russell, 322 

 The Transvaal Agricultural Journal, April, 1908, Dr. E. J. 



Russell, 322 

 The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South 



Australia, March and May, 1908, Dr. E. J. Russell, 322 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society : Obituary Notice of 



William Thomson, Baron Kelvin, Prof. J. Larmor, 323 



