CONTENTS. 



Chronicles of Science — continued. 



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III. Botany and Vegetable Physiology, including Microscopic 



Botany 81 



IV. Chemistry, and the Proceedings of the Chemical Society . 86 



V. Ethnology, and the Proceedings of the Ethnological Society. 89 



VI. Geography, and the Proceedings of the Eoyal Geographical 



Society 93 



VII. Geology and Palaeontology : and the Proceedings of the 



Geological Society. With Five Woodcuts .... 101 



VIII. Mining, Mineralogy, and Metallurgy Ill 



IX. Physics : Optics, Heat, Electricity 124 



X. Zoology and Animal Physiology, including Micro-Zoology 



and the Proceedings of the Zoological Society . . . 131 



XL Science in British North America 140 



REVI EWS. 



Entozoa 145 



' An Introductionjto the Study of Helminthology, with reference more par- 

 ticularly to the Internal Parasites of Man.' By T. Spencer Cobbold, 

 M.D., F.R.S. London : Groombridge & Sons. 



The Laws of Health 150 



' A Manual of Practical Hygiene, prepared especially for use in the 

 Medical Service of the Army.' By Ed. A. Parkes, M.D. London : 

 John Churchill & Sons. 



Human Physiology 154 



'The Principles' of Human Physiology. By Wm. B. Carpenter, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., Registrar of the University of London.' Sixth edition. 

 Edited by Hy. Power, M.B. London: John Churchill & Sons. 



Man and Nature 156 



' Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. By George P. 

 Marsh.' London : Sampson Low, Son, & Marston. 



The New Zealand Flora (Handbook of) 162 



' A Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand, and the 

 Chatham, Kermadecis, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and Macquarrie's 

 Islands.' By J. D. |Hooker, M.D., F.R.S., L.S., and G.S. London: 

 Lovell Reeve & Co. 



The Flora of the British West Indian Islands .... 166 



By A. H. R. Grisebach, M.D., F.L.S., Professor of Botany in the Univer- 

 sity of Gottingen. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. 



The Australian Flora . 167 



' Flora Australiensis : a Description of the Plants of the Australian 

 Territory.' By George Bentham, F.R.S., F.L.S., assisted by Ferdinand 

 Miiller, M.D., F.R.S., and L.S., Government Botanist, Melbourne, 

 Victoria. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. 



