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mirably done ; the many improvements, Bessemer’s and many others, being 
discussed at length. The book is undoubtedly a good one. 
SCIENCE PRIMERS ; PHYSIOLOGY.* 
T HIS series is a very good one. "We have already noticed one or two of 
those primers which have been already issued j but that which Dr. 
Foster has given us on physiology is unquestionably the best. And why is 
this ? Simply because the author has taken the pains to consider carefully 
what was the best way to address his readers, most of whom are unscientific. 
And he has selected the very best manner j and he has been, further, wise 
in not attempting to go over too much ground. We have never seen a 
complex subject so admirably illustrated and so simply explained as it is 
done in this volume by Dr. Foster. 
TECHNICAL TRAINING, f 
H ERE is a large book with an amount of matter which might have been 
put into a volume one-twelfth the size. We do not doubt that Mr. 
Twining is perfectly sincere in his efforts to improve the public mind, still 
we are fully convinced that he is not the man to do it. His classes and his 
lectures all seem very pretty and well modelled, but his methods, we are 
fully convinced, are utterly unworkable. The man who would write a book 
which should be taken as a guide by some energetic member of parliament 
is not Mr. Twining. Therefore, however well we may look upon his efforts 
in the philanthropic direction, we must not be guided by his views. 
PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. 
11 On the Use of Strichnine in Epilepsy,” by Walter Tyrrel (London, 
Hardwicke) ; “ The Chemistry of the Breakfast Table,” by F. R. E. Lowne 
(London, Simpkin); “The Contagious Diseases Act” (London, Henderson) ; 
“ Sulphur in Iceland,” by C. Blake (London, Spon) ; u The London Cata- 
logue of British Plants,” 7th edition (London, Hardwicke) ; “ Mr. Herring 
and the Telegraphs ” (London, Longmans) ; “ Assaying by the Spectro- 
scope,” by W. E. Dubois (Philadelphia)— a very interesting description 
of a decided novelty in Physics ; u The Fifth Report of the Peabody 
Trustees (Silliman, U.S.A., 1873) ; “ Geological Survey of Victoria,” 
Report of Progress, by R. Brough Smyth, F.G.S. (Melbourne, 1874). 
* u Science Primers ; Physiology.” By M. Foster, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., 
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. With Illustrations. London : Mac- 
millan & Co., 1874. 
t “ Technical Training.” By Thomas Twining, V.P. of the Soc. of Arts. 
London : Macmillan & Co., 1874. 
