CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Election of Office-Bearers, . . . . . .1 
Glissettes of an Ellipse and of a Hyperbola. By Professor Tait. 
(With a Plate), . . . . . . .2 
Observations upon the Structure of a Genus of Oligochaeta belonging 
to the Limicoline Section. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., 
F.R.S.E., . A 5 
On Self-conjugate Permutations. By Thomas Muir, M.A., LL.D., . 7 
Oh. a Rapidly Converging Series for thef Extraction of the Square 
Root. By Thomas Muir, M.A., LL.D., . . . .14 
Note on Cayley’s Demonstration of Pascal’s Theorem. By Thomas 
Muir, M.A., LL7D., . . . . . . .18 
On the Connections of the Inferior Olivary Body. By Alexander 
Bruce, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P.Ed., F.R.S.E. (With Two Plates), . 23 
Enzyme Action in Lower Organisms. Bv G. E. Cartwright Wood, 
M.D., B.Sc., . . . . . . . .27 
A New Synthesis of Dibasic Carbon Acids. By Professor Crum 
Brown, . . . . . . . . 53 
The Electrolysis of Potassium-Ethyl Malonate and of Potassium- 
Ethyl Succinate. By Professor Crum Brown and Dr James 
Walker, . . . . . . . .54^ 
The Action of Sodium Carbonate and Bromine on Solutions of 
Cobalt and Nickel Salts. By Dr John Gibson, . . .56 
On Certain Substances found in the Urine, which reduce the 
Oxide of Copper upon Boiling in the presence of an Alkali. By 
Herbert H. Ashdown, M.D., . . . . .58 
The Volcanic Eruption at Bandaisan. By Prof. C. Michie Smith. 
(With a Plate), . . . . . . .65 
On Evolution and Man’s Place in Nature. By Prof. Calderwood, . 71 
On Coral Reefs and other Carbonate of Lime Formations in Modern 
Seas. By John Murray, LL.D., Ph.D., and Robert Irvine, 
F.C.S., 79 
Note on Ripples in a Viscous Liquid. By Professor Tait, . .110 
The Determination of Surface-Tension by the Measurement of 
Ripples. By Prof. C. Michie Smith, . . . .115 
