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NA TURE 



[October 22, 1896 



Mr. Edward Arnold's announcements are : — " Through Un- 

 known African Countries," the first expedition from SomaU- 

 land to Lake Rudolf and Lamu, a narrative of scientific 

 exploration and sporting adventures, by Dr. A. Donaldson 

 Smith, illustrated ; " In and Beyond the Himalayas," a record 

 of sport and travel in the Abode of Snow, by S. J. Stone, 

 illustrated ; "Fifty Years' Reminiscences of India," by Lieut. - 

 Colonel W. I'ollok, illustrated; "Through the Sub-Arctic Forest," 

 a record of a canoe journey for 4000 miles, from Fort Wrangel 

 to the Felly Lakes, and down the Yukon to the Behring Sea, 

 by Warburton Pike, illustrated; "The Sportsman's Library," 

 edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell — "The Life of a Fox," by 

 Thomas Smith, illustrated ; " Habit and Instinct : a Study on 

 Heredity," by Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan ; " The Chances of 

 Death, and other Studies in Evolution," by Prof. Karl Pearson, 

 F.R.S., illustrated. 



Messrs. Whittaker and Co. promise: — "Central Station 

 Electricity Supply," by Albert Gay and C. H. Yeaman ; 

 "Transformers for Single and Multiphase Currents," by Gisbert 

 Kapp ; " A Set of Electrical Engineering Design Sheets," by 

 Gisbert Kapp; "AutoCars," by D. Farnian, translated from 

 the French by L. Serraillier ; "Horseless Road Locomotion," 

 by A. R. Sennett ; " Alternating Currents of Electricity : being 

 a translation of the second volume of Loppe and Bouquet," by 

 F. J. Moffett ; " The Alternating Current Circuit," by W. 

 Perren Maycock ; "The Metric System of Weights and 

 Measures," by Prof. W. H. Wagstaff; "The Inspection of 

 Railway Material," by G. R. Bodmer ; " Organic Chemical 

 Manipulation," by Prof. J. T. Hewitt; "Industrial Electro- 

 chemistry," by Dr. Hoepfner ; "The Mechanical Engineer's 

 Pocket Book," by Philip Bjorling. 



Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons hope to issue : — " Camping in 

 the Canadian Rockies : an Account of Camp Life in the Wilder 

 Parts of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, together with a De- 

 scription of the Region about Banff, Lake Louise, and Glacier, 

 and a Sketch of the Early Explorations," by Walter D. Wilcox, 

 illustrated ; " The New Hygiene : a Drugless Remedy for the 

 Treatment of all Diseases, the Promotion of Health and 

 Longevity," by James W. Wilson ; " Parakites : a Treatise on 

 the Making and Flying of Tailless Kites for Scientific Purposes 

 and Recreation," by Gilbert Totten Woglom, illustrated ; " A 

 Text-Book for Training Schools for Nurses, including Physiology 

 and Hygiene and the Principles and Practice of Nursing," by Dr. 

 P. M. Wise, two volumes, illustrated. 



Messrs. Crosby Lockwood and Son will issue : — " Submarine 

 Telegraph Cables : their History, Construction and Working," 

 by Charles Bright, illustrated ; " Colliery Working and Manage- 

 ment," by H. F. Bulman and R. A. S. Redmayne, illustrated ; 

 "Water and Water Purification," a hand-book for local authorities 

 and others, by Dr. Samuel Rideal, illustrated ; " Modern Cycles : 

 their Construction and Repair," by A. J. Wallis Tayler, illus- 

 trated ; new editions of Haeder's "Hand-book on the Steam 

 Engine," translated by H. H. P. Powles, illustrated ; Eissler's 

 "Hand-book of Modern Explosives"; Hasluck's "Screw 

 Threads, and Methods of Producing Them " ; Standage's 

 " Artist's Manual of Pigments." 



TlieS. P.C.K. will publish : — " The Struggle of the Nations — 

 I'-Sypt. Syria, and Assyria," by Prof. Maspero, translated by 

 M. L. McClure, and edited by Prof. Sayce, illustrated 

 his is a companion volume to "The Dawn of Civilisation," 

 and contains the history of the ancient peoples of the 

 East from the Fourteenth Egyptian Dynasty to the end of 

 the Ramesside period) ; " The Zoo : the Animal Kingdom," by 

 the late Rev. J. c;. Wood and the Rev. Theodore Wood, 

 series i. to iv. in i vol. 



Messrs. Chapman and Hall, Ltd., announce: — "The 

 Naturalist in Australia," by W. Saville-Kent, illustrated ; 

 " Experimental Science," by Arthur Hubble ; " Plane and 

 Solid Geometry," by W. W. F. PuUen and T. J. Evans, illus- 

 trated ; " F'irst Principles of Mechanical and Engineering 

 Drawing," by H. H. Butterfield, illustrated; "Cheese and 

 Cheese-Making ; Butter and Milk, with special reference to 

 Continental Fancy Cheeses," by James Long and John Benson ; 

 " The Horse," by Cecil Brown. 



The Scientific Press, Ltd., have in preparation: — "The 

 Menopause and its Disorders," by Dr. A. D. Leith Napier, 

 illustrated ; a series of popular text-books on Nursing, 

 under the title of " The Nightingale Series" : (i) " Practical 

 Hints on District Nursing," by Amy Hughes ; (2) "The Matron's 

 Course: an Introduction to Hospital and Private Nursing," by 



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Miss S. E. Orjne ; (3) " Physiology for Nurses," by Dr. C. F. 

 Marshall; (4) " F'ever Nursing" ; (5) " Monthly Nursing." 



Messrs. Rivington, Percival, and Co. announce : — " An 

 Elementary Chemistry : consisting of a complete school course 

 of Inorganic Chemistry, containing the mutter necessary for the 

 Examinations in Chemistry at the Junior Cambridge, South 

 Kensington, and London Matriculation," by S. R. Trotman ; 

 a cheaper edition of " Machine Drawing and Design for 

 Engineering Students : being a complete Course of Instruction 

 in Mechanical Drawing, with Exercises on the application of 

 principles to Engine and Machine Design," by Prof. William 

 Ripper, illustrated. 



Messrs. Walter .Scott, Ltd., have in preparation: — "The 

 New Psychology," by Dr. E. W. Scripture, illustrated ; "The 

 Psychology of the Emotions," by Prof. Th. Ribot, translated ; 

 " Hallucinations and Illusions, a Study of the Fallacies of 

 Perception," by Edmund Parish ; " Man and Woman, a Study 

 of Human Secondary Sexual Characters," by Havelock Ellis, 

 second editicm, illustrated ; " Hypnotism," by Dr. Albert Moll, 

 fourth edition. 



Messrs. Osgood, Mcllvaine,and Co.'sannouncements include : — 

 " Gorillas and Chimpanzees," by Prof R. L. Garner, illustrated ; 

 "The Chronicles of a Virgin Fortress," being some unrecorded 

 Chapters of Turkish and Bulgarian History, by William V. 

 Herbert, with coloured maps ; " On Snow-Shoes to the Barren 

 Grounds : Twenty-eight Hundred Miles after Musk-Oxen and 

 Wood-Bison," by Caspar Whitney, illustrated ; "With the Jungle 

 Folk : a Sketch of Burmese Village Life," by E. W. Cuming, 

 illustrated by a native artist. 



In Messrs. Hutchinson's announcements are to Ije found : — 

 "The Concise Knowledge Library: Natural History," by K. 

 Lydekker, F.R.S., Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, W. F Kirby, R. I. 

 Pocock, W. Garstang, F. A. Bather, H. M. Bernard, B. B 

 Woodward, and R. Kirkpatrick, illustrated ; and "Astronomy," 

 by Miss Agnes M. Gierke, J. Ellard Gore, and A. Fowler ; 

 " Hardy Coniferous Trees," by A. D. Webster, illustrated. 



In Messrs. G. Bell and Son's announcements are to be 

 found : — " Men and Women of the Century," by Rudolf 

 Lehmann, edited by H. C. Marillier, illustrated ; in the 

 "Royal Navy Hand-books" Series — "Naval Ordnance and 

 Small Arms," by Capt. H. Garbett, and "The British 

 Fleet," by Commander C. N. Robinson, cheap edition ; in the 

 "Technological Hand-books" Series — "Coach-building," by 

 John Philipson. 



The autumn announcements of Messrs. W. and R. Chambers 

 include: — "The Romance of Industry and Invention, com- 

 prising chapters on Iron and Steel, Big Guns, Evolution of the 

 Cycle, Telegraph, &c.," edited by R. Cochrane; Dr. M'Ken- 

 drick's "Elementary Human Physiology"; Dr. Findlater's 

 " Elementary Physiology," new edition, edited by D. Forsyth ; 

 three volumes of their " Elementary Science Readers." 



Messrs. Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox have almost ready : — 

 "Applied Bacteriology," containing the latest methods 01 

 Research, by Messrs. Pearmain and Moor, illustrated ; 

 "Chemical Notes and Equations (Inorganic and Organic) for 

 Students," by G. H. Gemmell ; " Atlas of Practical Histology," 

 by Prof. Arnold Brass, assisted by German Professors ; author- 

 ised English translation by R. A. Young, illustrated. 



Mr. J. C. Nimmo gives notice of: — "A History of British 

 Birds," to which is added the author's Notes on their Classifica 

 tion and Geographical Distribution, by Henry Seebohm, in 

 four volumes, illustrated (cheaper edition) ; "The Geographical 

 Distribution of the Charadriidfe ; or, the Plovers, Sandpipers, 

 Snipes, and their Allies," by Henry Seebohm, in one volume, 

 illustrated. 



In Messrs. A. and C. Black's announcements we notice : — " A 

 Dictionary of Birds," by Prof Alfred Newton, F.R.S., part 4, 

 or four parts in one volume; "Introduction to Structural 

 Botany," by Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., Part 2 (Flowerle.ss 

 Plants), illustrated ; " Plea for a Simpler Life," by Dr. S. Keith, 

 new edition. 



Mr. Fisher Unwin calls attention to : — " Climbing Remin- 

 iscences of the Dolomites," by Leone Sinigaglia, translated by 

 Miss Mary Alice Vialls, illustrated ; " Rambles in Galloway," 

 by Malcolm McL. Harper, illustrated; "On the Nile with a 

 Camera," by Anthony Wilkin, illustrated. 



Messrs. Seeley and Co., Ltd., will publish : — "The Life and 

 Work of Charles Pritchard, D.D., F.R.S., late Savilian Pro- 

 fessor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford," by his. 

 daughter, Ada Pritchard. A notice of his theological work b>- 



