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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 



duced by the cooperation of the leading 

 French physiologists and general biologists 

 will be found useful for reference by Ameri- 

 can workers, chiefly because they reflect 

 so thoroughly the French literature and 

 point of view in the fields covered. The 

 second of the two volumes here noticed 

 has the greater general biological interest. 

 Particularly noteworthy in it are the 

 articles by Prof. Pezard on secondary 

 sexual characters and by Prof. Porcher on 

 milk secretion. The article on heredity 

 by Prof. Rabaud will be regarded as reac- 

 tionary by most American geneticists. 



THE METABOLISM OF THE FASTING 

 STEER. Carnegie Institution of Washing- 

 ton Publication No. syj. 

 By Francis G. Benedict and Ernest G . Ritzman 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington 

 $i-50 Washington, D. C. 



6f x 10; viii -f- 2.46 (paper) 

 A detailed investigation of the metabo- 

 lism chiefly of two steers, which were 

 subjected at various intervals during two 

 and one-half years to seven fasting periods 

 of from 5 to 14 days in duration. The 

 results are too manifold and detailed for 

 brief summary here. 



THE FOUNDATIONS OF NUTRITION. 



By Mary SwarP^ Rose. The Macmillan Co. 

 $z.75 5 x 7I; xi + 501 New York 



A popular book on diet, by the professor 

 of nutrition at Teachers College, Columbia 

 University, intended for "those who wish 

 to live more intelligently." It is fully 

 and rather well illustrated, and carries 

 reference lists of literature after each 

 chapter. Its viewpoint reflects that of 

 the Columbia school of nutrition. 



RECENT ADVANCES IN HAEMA- 

 TOLOGY. 



By A. Piney P. Blakis ton's Son and Co. 



$3 . 50 5|x8; viii + 2.76 Philadelphia 

 A useful contribution to the "Recent 

 Advances Series," but of greater interest 

 to the medical man than to the general 

 biologist. The chapter on "Haemor- 

 rhagic Diatheses" will interest the human 

 geneticist. 



POTASSIUM AND TARTRATES. A Re- 



view of the Literature on Their Physiological 

 Effects. 



By Ralph W. Webster (With a Digest and 

 Bibliography of the Literature, by W. A. 

 The Commonwealth Press 



$2.. 50 5 x 7f; 168 



This is essentially an annotated bibliog- 

 raphy of selected papers on the biological 

 effects of potassium salts and of tartrates. 

 While nothing is overtly said about it, 

 we suspect that the underlying purpose of 

 this treatise is that of propaganda in the 

 baking powder war now on between Bat- 

 tling Alum of Chicago, and The Cream 

 of Tartar Kid of New York. 



LEITFADEN ZU TIERPHYSIOLOG- 



ISCHEN UBUNGEN. 

 By Paul Kruger. Gebruder Borntraeger 



M. 3 51 x 8f ; viii + yi. Berlin 



A laboratory guide for a course in gen- 

 eral physiology, by the a. 0. Professor 

 of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy 

 at the University of Berlin. 



PERMEABILITATSSTUDIEN AN 



EINER UBERLEBENDEN MEMBRAN. 

 By Ernst Wertheimer. 



Urban und Schwar^enberg 



1.40 marks 7 x 10; X5 (paper) Berlin 



An account of an interesting series of 



investigations on permeability, made with 



