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that the author opposes Sir J. Lubbock’s well-established views on some 
points ; that which deals with the subject of hives; that on drones and bee- 
traps, which describes some very simple modes of getting rid of the drones, 
which are larger in size than the workers; and, finally, that on pasturage for 
bees, which shows that bees may well be kept, even in busy London — a 
lady having kept many hives in the neighbourhood of Kensington. 
GANOT’S PHYSICS.* 
W E think that Dr. Atkinson was quite right in his determination to 
translate this more popular work of Professor Ganot rather than to 
attempt to render the Elements de Physique simple enough for the school 
pupil. The present work is in great measure a translation of M, Ganot’s 
Cours elementaire de Physique, with, of course, certain additions and altera- 
tions, which commended themselves to Dr. Atkinson. It is certainly an 
admirable work, and it is what our English books — with the exception of 
Lardner and Deschanel’s, which is also a translation from the French — all 
fail in, very excellently illustrated. We have looked through it, and we 
think the author’s clearness of style has been thoroughly maintained by the 
translator. Of course the book is in no way to be compared to the Elements. 
still it is most excellent as a handbook for either the medical student or for 
the candidate for matriculation at the London University. 11 Comparisons 
are oderous,” of course, but we must certainly say that, on the whole, while 
M. Deschanel’s book was in the hands of the English student, M. Ganot 
might have been dispensed with. In any case, however, it has reached a 
second edition. 
SOUTH AFKICAN HYDROLOGY.! 
A LTHOUGH we fear that this book is not likely to find numerous readers, 
yet it is certainly worthy of being largely read. It is a work on which 
a considerable deal of thought has been expended by its author in order to 
prove conclusively the immense necessity which exists at the Cape for the 
Government to take in its charge the management of the forest district. 
Dr. Brown has, in our opinion, conclusively shown, by a wide and varied 
argument, that the immense drought which now exists from time to time in 
South Africa is caused by the absence of forests in certain localities. And 
if further evidence were required on this subject, it is to be found in the 
testimony which has been supplied to the French Academy by the various 
officers whom it has deputed to investigate and report on the subject. In- 
* 11 Natural Philosophy for General Readers and Young Persons.” Trans- 
lated and edited, from Ganot’s Cours elementaire de Physique, by E. Atkin- 
son, Ph.D., F.C.S., Professor of Experimental Science in the Staff 1 College. 
Second edition. London : Longmans. 1875. 
t “ Hydrology of South Africa, and Causes of its Present Aridity.” By 
J. R. Brown, LL.D. London : King & Co. 1875. 
