Nature, 

 Noz'eiitlfer 26, ig 



Index 



vliii 



Lord Kelvin, an Account of his Scientific Life and Work, 



Dr. Andrew Gray, F.R.S., 323 

 Kelvin in the 'Sixties, Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S., 323 

 The Kelvin Lecture, Trof. Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S. 



323 

 The Topography and Geology of the Peninsula of Sinai 



(Western Portion), T. Barron, 337 

 Aerodynaiiix-s : Constituting the First Volume of a Com- 

 plete Work on Aerial Flight, F. W. Lanchester, 337 

 Handbuch Jer Spectroscopic', H. Kayser, 33S 

 A Bird Collector's Medley, E. C. Arnold, 339 

 Birds of Britain, J. Lewis Bonhote, 339 

 A Book of Birds, W. P. Pycraft, 339 

 Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions, America, 



340 

 Supplementum Conspectus Fierce Graec<e, E. de Haldcsy, 



Dr. Otto Stapf, F.R.S. , 341 

 Grundriss der Kristallographie fiir Sludierende und zum 



Selbstunterricht, Gottlob Linck, 341 

 A Hill Country : its Physical Features and their Signifi- 

 cance, RusseiJ F". Gwinnell, 341 

 Report to the Director of the Meteorological Office on the 

 Calculation of Wind X'elocity from Pressure Distribution 

 and on the Variation of Meteorological Elements with 

 Altitudes, Ernest Gold, 357 

 Heredity, Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, G. Archdall Reid, 361 

 Egypt and Western Asia in the Light of Recent Dis- 

 coveries, L. W. King and H. R. Hall, 363 

 Das mechanische Potential nach Voslesungon, von L. 

 Boltzmann bearbeitet, und die Theorie der Figur der 

 Erde, zur Einfiihrung in die hohere Geodi-isie, Dr. H. 

 Buchholtz, 364 

 The Principles of Physics, A. P. Gage, 365 

 Die Elektrizitat als Licht und ICraftquelle, Dr. P. 



Eversheim, 365 

 Elementary .Science for the Certificate Examinations, 



Chemistry, H. W. Bausor, Physics, John Satterly, 365 

 The Sanitation of Recreation Camps and Parks, Dr. 



Harvey B. Bashore, 366 

 The Eye, its Elementary Anatomy, Physiology, and Optical 



Constants, Lionel Laurance, 366 

 Before Adam, Jack London, 366 

 Resistance of Ships and Screw Propulsion, D. W. Taylor, 



Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., F.R.S., 385 

 Vorlesungen iiber Deszendenztheorien mit besonderer 

 Beriicksichtigung der botanischen Seite der Frage, Prof. 

 J. P. Lotsy, Prof. W. Bateson, F.R.S., 3.S6 

 Introduction to Metallography, Dr. Paul Goerens, 387 

 Rontgen Rays and Electro-therapeutics, with Chapters on 



Radium and Phototherapy, Dr. M. K. Kassabian, 388 

 On the Plantation, Cultivation, and Curing of Para India- 

 rubber (Hevea brasilicnsis), with an Account of its In- 

 troduction from the Western to the Eastern Tropics, 

 H. A. Wickham, 388 

 Decoration of Metal, Wood, Glass, &c., 3S9 

 Cast-iron House Drainage, with Especial Reference to 



Town Houses, G. J. G. Jensen, 389 

 Macmillan's Orographical Map of Europe, B. B. Dickinson 



and A. W. Andrews, 389 

 Notes on the Orographical Map of Europe, B. B. Dickinson 



and A. W. Andrews, 389 

 Familiar Swiss Flowers, F. E. Hulme, 389 

 Astronomischer Jahresbericht, 390 

 Fertility of Soils as Affected by Manures, Frank D. 



Gardner, 402 

 Notes on a Toxic Substance Excreted by the Roots of 



Plants, F. Fletcher, 402 

 Crop Rotation and Soil Exhaustion, F. Fletcher, 402 

 Les DiSpots marins. Dr. Lten W. Collet, 409 

 German Education, Prof. Friedrich Paulsen, Prof. M. E. 



Sadler, 410 

 Industrial Electrical Measuring Instruments, Kenelm 



Edgcumbe, 411 

 T lie Deinhardt-Schlomann Series of Technical Dictionaries 

 in .Si.K Languages, German, English, French, Russian, 

 llalian, Spanish, Kurt Deinhardt and .Alfred Schlomann, 

 412 

 Das Welter und seine Bedeutung fur das praktische Leben, 



Prof. Carl Kassner, 412 

 A Tr-xt-bonk of Botany, Dr. E. Strasburger, Dr. Fritz 

 Noll, Dr. H. Schenck, and Dr. G. Karsten, 441 



Forest Entomology, A. T. GiUanders, Fred. V. Theobald, 



An Introduction to the Theory of Groups of Finite Order, 

 H. Hilton, 442 



A Short History of Philosophy, A. B. D. Alexander, 443 



The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Sewage 

 Disposal Works, Hugh P. Raikes, 473 . t u 



A Study of Mathematical Education, including the leach- 

 ing of Arithmetic, B. Branford, 473 



Das Problem der Entwicklung unseres Planeten-systems, 

 Aufstellung einer neuen Theorie, Dr. Fnednch Noike, 



The ^Influence of Alcohol and other Drugs on Fatigue, Dr. 



W. H. R. Rivers, 475 

 The Moral Ideal; a Historic Study, Julia Wedgwood, 4/3 

 Electricitv : What is It? W. Denham Verschoyle, 475 ^ 

 The Fossil Fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at St. Peter s, 



A. Smith Woodward, 476 

 Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissen- 



schatt und Technik, Bennett H. Brough, 477 

 The Norlh-West Passage, Roald Amundsen and Lieut. 



Hansen, 478 . „, 



Oceanographische en Meteorologische Waarnemingen in 



den fndischen Oceaan, September, October, November, 



1856-1904, 487 



Riidio-telegraphy, C. C. F. Monckton, 505 



The Senses of Insects, Auguste Forel, Dr. C. Gordon 

 Hewitt, 506 . T . c- ^ 



Coast Erosion and Foreshore Protection, John S. Owens 

 and Gerald O. Case, 506 



The Discovery and Settlement of Port Mackay, Queens- 

 land, H. Ling Roth, 507 „ ,, . ,,. n- 



Through the Depths of Space, Hector Macpherson, W . b. 



Th'^°Ma"hemItical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, 

 Prof J. H. Jeans, F.R.S., Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S. 537 



A Monograph of the Petrels (Order Tubinares), Dr. f. 

 Du Cane Godman, 538 



Das Weltgebaude, Fine gemeinverstandhche Himmels- 

 kunde, Wilhelm Meyer, 538 



Practical Coal Mining, 539 



The Ceratopsia, J. B. Hatcher, 544 , 



Reports on Plague Investigations in India. L. No"". ^^H 



Superheat, Superheating, and their Control. William H. 



Lehrbuch der Botanik fdr Oberrealschulen und Realschulen, 



Dr. Th. Bokorny. 567 

 Dcemringen i Norge, Prof. H. Mohn, 568 

 Maryland Weather Service, Dr. O. L. Fassig. 568 

 A Monograph of the Silurian and Devonian Corals of New 



South Wales, R. Etheridge 569 

 The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, 



Homoptera, W. L. Distant 569 rh ,mber- 



How We Travel, a Geographical Reader. J. F. Ch.imber 



Les' Varfadons p^riodiques des Glaciers, F. A. Forel, Prof. 



T. G. Bonnev, F.R.S., 574 c ,;==»<: 



Les Variations -piriodiques des Glaciers des Alpes Suisses, 



F. A. Forel, E. Muret, P. L. Mercanton and E. Argand, 



Prof T. G. Bonnev, F.R.S., 574 

 The Data of Geochemistry, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 



Roval Societv of London, Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 



U^.Tnk^Uns (a Text-book), Engineer-Commander 



A. E. Tompkins, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., b.K.b., 



The^nequalities in the Motion of '^e M°°" j"%'° '|" 

 Direct Action of the Planets, Prof. E. W. Brown, F.R.S., 



Sellc^tionsprinzip und Probleme der Artbildung. ein Hand- 



buch des Darwinismus, Prof, ^'^^svig Plate, 600 

 Die Lehre Darwins in ihren letzten Folgen. Max Sterner, 



The°°Practical Study of Malaria and other Blood Parasites, 

 Dr J W. W. Stephens and S. R. Christophers^ 601 



Physiologic des Menschen, Dr. L. Luciani, Dr. J. A. 

 Milrov, 601 , , . , ^. , J c . 



Leather' Industries Laboratory Book of Analytical and Ex- 

 perimental Methods, Prof. H. R. Procter, Dr. J. Gordon 

 Parker, 602 



