100 Scientific Intelligence. 



Linnseus (see vol. xxxi, p. 247) contains the contributions from 

 Swedish sources, from C. D. Ehrenpreus to J. G. Hallraan. 



8. Essais de iSynthese Scientifigne ; par Eugenio Rignano. 

 Pp. xxxi, 294. Paris (Librairie Felix Alcan). — This series of 

 essays deals with important questions in biology and sociology, 

 involving vital matters concerning the biological basis and the 

 nature of the tendencies affecting the conscience, the origin and 

 evolution of religion, etc. 



9. Rationalist English Educators ; by Geraldine E. Hodg- 

 son. Pp. 254. London, Brighton (Society for Promoting Chris- 

 tian Knowledge), New York (E. S. Gorham), 1912. — This volume 

 is an important contribution to the history of education in Eng- 

 land, a subject which, indeed, lies outside of the scope of this 

 Journal. A chapter is devoted to the predecessors of Locke, five 

 others to the work of Locke himself from various standpoints, 

 and other chapters to the Edgeworths and John Stuart Mill. 



10. Zeitschrift fur Gahrungsphysiologie; allgemeine,landwirt- 

 schaftliche, und technische Mykologie ; herausgegeben von Pro- 

 fessor Dr. Alexander Kossowicz,Wien. Band I, Heft 1, March 

 1912. Berlin (Gebriider Borntraeger). — In the midst of an unpar- 

 alleled multiplication of scientific publications the advent of a 

 new journal calls for some justification for its appearance. This 

 new " Zeitschrift" is intended to bring together the rapidly grow- 

 ing literature on microorganisms and mycology now scattered in 

 various chemical, agricultural, technical, botanical, and medical 

 publications. It aims to publish original contributions as well as 

 reviews and abstracts on systematic mycology, agricultural bacte- 

 riology, and the microbiology of the food industries, water supply 

 and sewage. The most important paper in the current number is 

 a review of the progress of agricultural bacteriology in 1910 and 

 1911 by F. Lohnis. Among the fifty collaborators on the title 

 page the name of one American, Dr. W. A. Harding, is included. 



L. B. M. 



11. Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of 

 its Changes, and Weather Forecasting • by Willis I. Milham. 

 Pp. xvi,'547; 157 figures, 50 charts. New York, 1912 (The 

 Macmillan Company). — In the selection of data, use of references, 

 acceptance of hypotheses, and in conclusions reached, Professor 

 Milham keeps safely away from controversial matter, and has 

 given a conventional treatment of meteorology, suitable for 

 readers who wish to become familiar with the present state of the 

 science. The strong points of the book are those which appeal 

 to the teacher, viz., a logical outline worked out in detail, clear 

 style, lists of test questions and practical exercises, and extensive, 

 carefully chosen and classified references. h. e. g. 



12. Chemical Research in its Bearings on National Welfare / 

 by Emil Fischer. Pp. 80. London, 1912 (The Society for Pro- 

 moting Christian Knowledge). — The substance of this little vol- 

 ume is a lecture delivered in Berlin in January, 1910. An 

 Introduction is added showing what Germany has accomplished in 

 developing chemical research and calling for the establishment in 

 England of an institution similar to the Kaiser-Wilhelm Society 

 in Berlin. 



