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which is new to this edition, discusses "Micro-Analysis." Tin; 

 eighteen figures illustrating the fourth part are reproduced from 

 inicrophotographs of crystals. a. \v. e. 



18. Biology: general and medical ; by Joseph McFaiiland, 

 M.D. Pp. 440, with 160 illustrations. Philadelphia and Lon- 

 don, 1910 (W. B. Saunders Company). — This book differs widely 

 from most of the other elementary text-books in biology, which 

 have recently appeared, in subordinating the morphological 

 almost entirely to the physiological aspects of the subject. It is 

 essentially a treatise on general physiology, with such descrip- 

 tions of the anatomical structures as are absolutely necessary for 

 the understanding of the processes concerned. For elementary 

 courses in colleges and universities where large numbers of stu- 

 dents elect biology as a general culture study, and where the 

 laboratory work is necessarily confined mainly to the morpholog- 

 ical side of the subject, the book forms an admirable supplement 

 to the laboratory and lecture portions of the course. 



The immediate adoption of this book by some of our largest 

 universities shows the need that has been felt for a work of this 

 kind. There are, however, certain defects which appear when 

 the book is subjected to the test of the classroom. Numerous 

 instances of statements that are misleading or actually erroneous 

 are brought to light, and complaint is made that an unnecessarily 

 formidable array of technical medical terms is introduced. The 

 general excellence of the plan of treatment, however, more than 

 compensates for such emendations as the experienced teacher is 

 required to make in the classroom. 



The properties of living matter, cells, and their arrangement 

 in different groups of organisms, reproduction, ontogenesis, con- 

 formity to type, divergence, structural and blood relationships, 

 parasitism, infection and immunity, mutilation and regeneration, 

 grafting, senescence, decadence and death, indicate the subjects 

 of the principal chapters into which the book is divided. 



w. R. c. 



III. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. Carnegie Institidion of Washington. Year-Bool;, No. 0. 

 1910. Pp. xvi, 258, 5 plates. Washington, January, 1911. — 

 Especial interest is connected with the appearance of the ninth 

 Year-Book of the Carnegie Institution because of the recent gift 

 by Mr. Carnegie of an additional $10,000,000 to the Institution, 

 making its total fund equal to 125,000,000. This addition to its 

 resources is particularly opportune at this time, since in the pres- 

 ent volume Dr. Woodward calls attention to the serious effect 

 of increase of prices as limiting the future income available for 

 promoting research. The Institution was organized in 1902 and 

 since that time the magnitude and importance of the work it has 

 accomplished are truly remarkable. The total amount of money 



