11 CONTENTS. 



Chronicles of Science — continued. 



FAGS 



V. Entomology (the Entomological Society of London) . . 284 



VI. Geography, and the Proceedings of the Eoyal Geographical 



Society 287 



VII. Geology and Paleontology ; including the Proceedings of 



the Geological Society 296 



VIII. Mining, Mineralogy, and Metallurgy ..... 306 



IX. Physics : Optics, Heat, Electricity 316 



X. Zoology and Animal Physiology ; including Micro-Zoology 



and the Proceedings of the Zoological Society . . . 327 



REVI EWS. 

 The Geological Survey of India 338 



1. 'On the Geological Structure of the Districts of Trichinopoly, Salem, 

 and South Arcot.' By William King, jun., and R. Bruce Foote. Cal- 

 cutta : Thacker. London : "Williams & Norgate. 



2. ' On the Structure and Relations of the Southern Portion of the Hima- 

 layan Ranges hetween the Rivers Ganges and Ravee.' By H. B. Med- 

 licott, A.B., F.G.S. Same publishers. 



3. (Pamphlet.) ' Annual Report of the Geological Survey of India for the 

 year 1863-4.' By Thomas Oldham, LL.D., Superintendent. Calcutta : 

 O. T. Cutter. 



The United States Coast Survey 344 



* Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey for 1861.' 



Washington : Government Printing Office. 



The Plurality of Worlds 346 



' La Pluralite des Mondes Habites.' Etude ou Ton expose les Conditions 

 d'Habitabilite des Terres Celestes, discutees au point de vue de l'Astro- 

 nomie, de la Physiologie et de la Philosophie Naturelle. Par Camille 

 Flammarion, Ancien eleve-Astronome a FObservatoire Imp. de Paris, 

 &c, redacteur du ' Cosmos,' &c. Paris : Didier & Co. 



On the Cultivation of Quinine in Java and British India . . 348 



By Dr. J. E. De Vrij, late Superintendent of Chemical Researches in 

 Dutch India. London, 1865. 



Microscopic Fungi , 350 



* Rust, Smut, Mildew, and Mould : ' an Introduction to the Study of Mi- 



croscopic Fungi. By M. C. Cooke. London : Hardwicke. 238 pp. 

 12mo. 



PAMPHLET. 



For and Against Tobacco 352 



By B. W. Richardson, M.A., M.D. J. Churchill & Sons. 



