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Books recrioeo for Eebiefo, 



From Messrs. Longman & Co. : — 



Saturn and its System. By Kichard A. Proctor, B.A., late Scholar of St. 

 John's College, Cambridge. 260 pp. 8vo. 14 Plates. 



A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : comprising the Definitions 

 and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, together with the 

 History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of nearly every Branch 

 of Human Knowledge. Edited by W. T. Brande, D.C.L., F.K.S., and the 

 Eev. Geo. W. Cox., M.A. Parts I. to III. 



On Kadiation. By John Tyndall, F.R.S. 62 pp. Post 8vo. 



The " Flint Implements " from Drift, not authentic. Beinga Reply to 

 the Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man. By Nicholas Whitley. 



Man, considered Socially and Morally. By George Sparkes, late Madras 

 Civil Service. 165 pp. Fcap. 8vo. 



Stammering and Stuttering : their Nature and Treatment. By James 

 Hunt, Ph.D., F.R.S. Sixth edition. 260 pp. Post 8vo. 



From Messrs. J. Churchill & Sons :— 



Astronomical Investigations : The Cosmical Relations of the Revolution of 

 the Lunar Apsides. Oceanic Tides. By Henry F. A. Pratt, M.D. With 

 Engravings. 90 pp. 8vo. 



Nitrogen shown to be Carbonic Oxide in an Allotropic State. By 

 Henry Kilgour. 30 pp. Demy 8vo. 



From .Messrs. Smith, Elder, & Co. : — 



Meteorology and the Laws of Storms : being a New Theory of the Causes 

 of Winds, and an Investigation of the Nature of Storms, concluding with 

 Practical Rules for their Avoidance. By Geo. A. De Penning, C.E. 15 

 Plates. 100 pp. Demy 8vo. 



From Messrs. McMillan & Co. : — 



The Coal Question : An Inquiry concerning the Progress of the Nation, and 

 the probable Exhaustion of our Coal Mines. By W. Stanley Jevons, 

 M.A., &c. 



From Mr. W. U. Collingridge : — 



Letters on the Subject of the Utilization of the Metropolitan Sewage, 

 addressed to the Lord Mayor of London, by Baron Liebig. With the 

 Reports of the Coal and Corn and Finance Committees of the Court of 

 Common Council. 44 pp. 8vo. 



From Mr. Skeffington : 



The Phenomena of Radiation, as exemplifying the Wisdom and Benefi- 

 cence of God. By George Warington, F.C.S. 190 pp. 12mo. 



From the Authors : — 



Essay on the Trees and Shrubs of the Ancients : being the Substance of 

 Four Lectures delivered before the University of Oxford. By C. Daubeny, 

 M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Botany and Rural Economy in the University of 

 Oxford. 160 pp. 8vo. 



On Railway Electric Signalling. By Wm. Hy. Preece, C.E. 40 pp. 

 Engravings. 8vo. 



