XXXIV 



Index 



r Nature^ 



\_Ncveinber 25 1909 



Reid (John), 1809-1849, Dr. D. Fraser Harris, 163 



Reinhard (.VV.), Sixteenth Century MS. Map of British Isles, 

 169 



Reinheimer (Hermann), Nutrition and Evolution, 68 



Reisner (Dr. G. A.), Prehistoric Cemeteries at Koshtamna, 

 in Nubia, 463 



Repenning {\.), Search-ephenierides for Comet i8g6 VH. 

 (Perrine), 170 



Reptiles and Fishes, Papers on, 203 



Research : Research Defence Society, the, 22 ; Publica- 

 tions of the, 187 ; the Sorby Research Fellowship, 42 ; 

 the King on Increased Provision for Advanced Scientific 

 Instruction and Research. S'; 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf. 



Xhe Imperial Gazetteer of India, i 



Etudes sur Ltonard de Vinci, ceux qu'il a lus et ccux qui 

 I'ont lu, Pierre Duheni, 2 



Hevea brasiliensis, or Para Rubber, Herbert Wright, 3 



Altitude Tables, computed for Intervals of Four Minutes 

 between the Parallels of Latitude 24° and 60° and 

 Parallels of Declination 24° and 60°, designed for the 

 Determination of the Position Line at all Hour Angles 

 without Logarithmic Computation, Frederic Ball, 4 



Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins (Order 

 Cetacea) Exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British 

 Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, 

 S.W., 4 



La Naissance de I'lntelligence, Dr. Georges Bohn, 4 



The Dyeing and Cleaning of Textile Fabrics, F. A. Owen, 

 Prof. Walter M. Gardner, 5 



Codex of Resolutions adopted at International Meteorological 

 Meetings, 1872-1907, H. H. Hildebrandsson and G. 

 Hellmann, 5 



The Balance of Nature and Modern Conditions of Cultiva- 

 tion, George Abbey, 5 



Cecropia peltata und ihr Verhaltnis zu Azteca Alfari zu 

 Atta scxdens und anderen Insekten, Karl Fiebrig, 23 



II Ruwenzori : parte scientifica : risultati delle osservazioni 

 e studi compiuti sul materiale raccolto dalla spediEione 

 di S.A.R. il Principe Luigi Amcdeo di Savoia, Duca degli 

 Abruzzi, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 31 



R^sultats scientifiques des Vovages en Afrique d'lidouard 

 Foi, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 31 



La Planfete Mars et scs Conditions d'Habitabilit^, Camille 

 Flammarion, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 33 



Geometric der Krafte, H. E. Timerding, Sir Robert S. 

 Ball, F.R.S., 34 



Gold : its Geological Occurrence and Geographical Dis- 

 tribution, J. Malcolm Maclaren, 34 



Swine in America, F. D. Coburn, 35 



A Text-book of General Pathology for the Use of Students 

 and Practitioners, Prof. J. M. Beattie and W. E. Car- 

 negie Dickson, 36 



Der Bau des Weltalls, Prof. Dr. J. Scheiner, 36 



Die Planeten, Dr. Bruno Peter, 36 



Untersuchung und Nachweis organischer Farbstoffe auf 

 spektroskopischen Wege, J. Formdnek, 37 



On the Calculation of Thermochemical Constants, H. Stan- 

 ley Redgrove, 37 



An Angler's Season, W. Earl Hodgson, 37 



Medieeval Sinhalese Art, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, 39 



A First Study of the Inheritance of Vision and of the Rela- 

 tive Influence of Heredity and Environment on Sight, 

 Amy Barrington and Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 49 



Experimental-Zoologie, Part ii.. Regeneration, Dr. Hans 

 Przibram, Dr. Francis H. A. Marshall, 61 



A Naturalist in Tasmania, G. Smith, 61 



Introduction to the Chemistry and Physics of Building 

 Materials, Alan E. Munby, 62 



Bacteria in Relation to Coiintry Life, Dr. Jacob G. Lip- 

 mann. Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 63 



Our Forests and Woodlands, Dr. J. Nisbet, 63 



Trees : a Handbook of Forest-Botany for the Woodlands 

 and the Laboratory, H. Marshall Ward, 63 



Modern Organic Chemistry, Dr. C. A. Keane, 64 



Practical Organic Chemistry, Dr. J. J. Sudborough and 

 T. C. James. 64 



The Elements of Organic Chemistry, E. I. Lewis, 64 



Abhandlung uber die Glycole oder Zwei atomige Alkohole, 

 .\dolt Wurtz, 64 



The Elements of Electricity and Magnetism, Prof. W. S. 

 Franklin and Barry Macnutt, 66 



A Short University Course in Electricity, Sound, and Light, 

 Dr. Robert A. Millikan and J. Mills, 06 



Naturlehre fiir hbhere Lehranstalten auf Schuleriibungen 

 gegrundet. Dr. Friedrich Danneman, bb 



The Elementary '1 heory of Direct Current Dynamo Elec- 

 tric Machinery, C. E. Ashford and E. W. E. l\empson, 

 66 



Electrical Laboratory Course for Junior Students, R. D. 



Archibald and R. Rankin, 66 



Thiiorie des Corps d61ormables, E. and F. Cosserai, t- 



Practical Physiological Chemistry, Prof. Philip B. Hawk, 



^7 



Behind the Veil in Bird-land, Oliver G. Pike, 67 



-An Account of the Deep-sea Asteroidea collected by the 

 R.l.M.S.S. Investigator, Prof. Ren6 Koehler, 67 



Antimony ; its History, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, 

 Metallurgy, Uses, Preparations, .\nalysis, Production, 

 and X'aluation, with Complete Bibliographies for .Stu- 

 dents, Manufacturers, and Users of .\ntmiony, Chung \'u 

 Wang, 68 



Etirage, Tr^filage, Dressage des Produits mi^tallurgiques, 

 M. Georges Soliman, 68 



Nutrition and Evolution, Hermann Reinheimer, 68 



An Egyptian Oasis : an Account of the Oasis of Kharga 

 in the Libyan Desert, with Special Reference to its 

 History, Physical Geography, and Water Supply. H, J. 

 Llewellyn Beadnell, Prof. John W. Judd, C.B., F.R.S., 

 70 



A Guide to the Natural History of the Isle of Wight, 72 



The Dressing of Minerals, Prof. Henry Louis, 91 



Dustless Roads. Tar Macadam : a Practical Treatise for 

 Engineers, Surveyors, and Others, T. Walker Smith, 

 92 



Vectors and Vector Diagrams applied to the Alternating- 

 current Circuit, W. Cramp and C. F. Smith, 93 



Untersuchungcn tiber Bau und Entwickelung der Niere, 

 Karl Peter and Michio Inouye, 94 



Ionia and the East. D. G. Hogarth, 94 



Naturgeschichte einer Kcrze von Michael Faraday, 95 



Junior Chemistry, R. H. .Adie, 95 



Chemistry, Prof. W. A. Tilden, F.R.S., 95 



Histoire du D^veloppement de la Chimic depius Lavoisier 

 jusqu'a nos Jours, Prof. A. Ladenburg, 96 



Biologisches Praktikum fiir hdhere Schulen, Dr. Bastian 

 Schmid, 96 



Biologische Experimente nebst einem .Unhang mikroskop- 

 ische Technik, Walther Schurig, 96 



Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Dr. A. F. Garrod, 96 



Practical Testing of Gas and Gas-meters, C. H. Stone, 97 



A Compendium of Food-microscopy, E. G. Clayton, 97 



The Romance of Bird-life, John Lea, 99 



British Birds and their Eggs, with a New Method of 

 Identification, J. Maclair Boraston, 99 



The Young People's Birds'-nest Chart, Rev. S. N. Sedg- 

 wick, 100 



Birds and their Nests and Eggs, found in and near Great 

 Towns, George H. Vos, 100 



British Birds in their Haunts, Rev. C. A. Johns, 100 



How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds, Martin Hiesemann, 

 100 



The Book of Nature-study, loi 



Die Adamellogruppe, cin alpines Zentralmassiv, und seine 

 Bedeutung fiir die Gebirgsbildung und unsere Kenntniss 

 von dem Mechanismus der Intrusionen, Wilhelm Salo- 

 mon, lOI 



The Tidal and other Problems, Profs. T. C. Chamberlin 

 and F. R. Moulton, F. Stratton, 102 



Grosse Manner, Prof. Wilhelm Ostwald, 121 



Essays, Biographical and Chemical, Sir William Ramsay, ■ 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., C. Simmonds, 122 



A Text-book of Experimental Psychology, Prof. C. S. 

 Myers, 123 



The Science of Speech, an Elementary Manual of English 

 Phonetics for Teachers, Benjamin Dumville, Prof. John 

 G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 124 



Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde fiir .\rzte und Studierende, 

 Dr. Paul Ostmann, 124 



