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Physique, Électroptique, Prof. H. Bouasse, 185; Differ-
ence between Longitudinal and Transversal Zeeman
Effects in Helium Lines, Prof. H. Nagaoka, 188; Kohl-
rausch's "Physical Measurements, "E. W. Nelson, 189;

Dr. G. Rudorf, 220; Properties of the Monatomic Gases,
Dr. H. Happel, 198; Osmotic Phenomena and their
Modern Physical Interpretation, Prof. H. L. Callendar,
F.R.S., at Royal Institution, 235; les Découvertes
modernes en Physique, Dr. O. Manville, 302; the
Brownian Movement and Molecular Constants, Jean
Perrin and M. Dabrowski, 360; the Brownian Movement
of Rotation, Jean Perrin, 450; das Prinzip der Erhalt-
ung der Energie, Dr. Max Planck, 361; Vererbung,
Gedächtnis und Transzendentale Erinnerungen vom
Standpunkte des Physikers, Dr. Gustav Eichhorn, 361;
Essai sur la Notion de Théorie physique de Platon à
Galilée, Pierre Duhem, 301; Heat and other Forces,
Colonel W. F. Badgley, 363; an Elementary Course in
Practical Science, C. Foxcraft and T. Samuel, 363; Hor-
bare, Sichtbare, Elektrische und Röntgenstrahlen, Dr.
Friedrich Neesen, 363; an Elementary Text-book of
Physics, Dr. R. W. Stewart, 363; Hall Effect in Liquids,
G. Delvalez, 404; Freiwillige Schulerübungen in Physik
in humanistischen Gymnasien, Prof. Dr. Edmond Hoppe,
429; die Härte der festen Körper und ihre physikalisch-
chemische Bedeutung, Dr. Viktor Pöschel, 463; Fluid
Pressure on Inclined Planes, Prof. Rateau, 464; Measure-
ments of High Pressures deduced from the Variations
of Resistance of Conductors submitted to the Pressures
to be Measured, A. Lafay, 480; Work of the Physikalisch-
Technische Reichsanstalt in 1908, 504; Saturation Pres-
sure of Water Vapour between 50 and 200°, 504; Heat
of Evaporation of Water, 504; Changes in Shellacked
Manganin Coils due to Varying Humidity, 504; Anode
Rays, 504; Electrolytic Properties of Silver and Copper,
504; New Standard Air Condenser, 504; Reduction of
Weighings to Vacuum Applied to the Determination
of Atomic Weights, Ph. A. Guye and N. Zachariades,
510; to Determine the Refractivity of Gases Available
only in Minute Quantities, Lord Rayleigh, O.M.,
F.R.S., 519; see also British Association
Physiology: Influence of Prolonged Stay at Very High
Altitude on the Animal Temperature and the Viscosity
of the Blood, Raoul Bayeux, 29; Practical Physiological
Chemistry, Prof. Philip B. Hawk, 67; Untersuchungen
über Bau und Entwickelung der Niere, Prof. Karl Peter and
Michio Inouye, 94; Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Dr.
A. E. Garrod, 96; John Reid, 1809-1849, Dr. D. Fraser
Harris, 163; Sense of Direction of Man, V. Carnetz, 166;
'Sensitiveness of the General Body-surface of the Smooth
Dogfish, R. E. Sheldon, 167; Publications of the Re-
search Defence Society, 187; Physiology at the British
Medical Association, 200; the Deep Afferents, their Dis-
tribution and Function, Prof. Sherrington, 200; Further
Advances in Physiology, 218; Einführung in die Lehre
vom Bau und den Verrichtungen des Nervensystems,
Prof. Ludwig Edinger, 219; die Röntgenuntersuchung
der Brustorgane und ihre Ergebnisse für Physiologie und
Pathologie, Dr. Hans Arnsperger, 222; the Glucoses of
the Urine, F. Landolph, 239; Suprarenal Capsules and
their Exchanges between the Blood and Tissues, J.
Athanasiu and A. Gradinesco, 239; die mnemischen
Empfindungen in ihren Beziehungen zu den Original-
empfindungen, Prof. Richard Semon, Prof. John G.
McKendrick, F.R.S., 302; Influence of the Dilution of
Serum upon the Phagocytic Index, Dr. R. Greig-Smith,
330; Proof of Experimental Ammoniuria in Epilepsy,
J. E. Florence and P. Clément, 330; an Atlas of Skia-
grams, Illustrating the Development of the Teeth, with
Explanatory Text, Dr. J. Symington, F.R.S., and Dr.
J. C. Rankin, 334; the Mercers' Company Lectures on
the Fluids of the Body, Prof. Ernest H. Starling, F.R.S.,
362 Elementary Physiology for Teachers and Others,
W. B. Drummond, 425; Children in Health and Disease,
Dr. David Forsyth, 454; Physiology: a Popular Account
of the Functions of the Human Body, Dr. Andrew Wil-
son, 455; Evidence in Support of View that the Appendix
Vermiformis is a Functional Organ, Dr. A. E. Shipley,
495; Total Sugar of the Plasma and Globules of the
Blood, R. Lépine and M. Boulud, 510; Plant Physiology,
Transport of Carbon Dioxide in Leaves, Prof. J. W. I

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Pickering (Prof. W. H.), Stationary Meteor Radiants, 110;
the Assumed Planet O beyond Neptune, 268
Pictet (Amé), Synthesis of Papaverine, 150
Pidoux (M.), Mutual Occultation of Jupiter's Second and
Fourth Satellites, 110

Pierce (G. W.), Behaviour of Rectifiers of Alternating
Electric Currents, 355

Pike (Oliver G.), Behind the Veil in Bird-land, 67
Pilgrim (G. E.), Mining Administration in India, 219
Pillsbury (Prof. W. B.), Attention, 483
Pima Indians, the, Frank Russell, 230

Pirotta (Dr. R.), Origin of the White Florentine Iris, 108
Pirsson (L. V.), Rocks and Rock Minerals, 242
Pischel (Prof. R.), the Home of the Gypsies, 142
Pitcairn Islanders, the, C. B. Williams, 518
Plaice, Contributions to the Biology of the, with Special
Regard to the Danish Plaice Fishery, iv., Is the Plaice
Indigenous to the True Baltic? A. C. Johansen, 191
Planck (Dr. Max), das Prinzip der Erhaltung der Energie,
361

Planets the Shape of the Planet Mercury, R. Jonckheere,
20; la Planète Mars et ses Conditions d'Habitabilité,
Camille Flammarion, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 33;
Observations of Mars, R. Jonckheere, 229, 376; M.
Jarry-Desloges, 229, 355, 376, 436; M. Antoniadi, 355,
436; M. Quénisset, 355; Prof. Lowell, 405; J. H. Elgie,
405; the South Polar Spot on Mars, Dr. Lohse, 298;
Changes on Mars, M. Jarry-Desloges, 314; R. Jonck-
heere, 465; M. Antoniadi, 465; the Approaching Opposi-
tion of Mars, William E. Rolston, 336: Water Vapour
in the Martian Atmosphere, Prof. Campbell, 376; Mars,
M. Jarry-Desloges, 498; M. Jonckheere, 498; MM.
Quénisset and Antoniadi, 498; Quantitative Measures of
the Oxygen Bands in the Spectrum of Mars, Prof. Very,
529; Observations of Saturn and its Rings, M. Schaer,
20; Observations of Saturn's Rings, Prof. Barnard, 199;
Observations of Saturn, Prof. Lowell, 405; Mr. Slipher.
405; die Planeten, Dr. Bruno Peter, 36; Possibility of
an Extra-Neptunian Planet, 41; the Assumed Planet, O,
beyond Neptune, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 268; Mutual
Occultation of Jupiter's Second and Fourth Satellites,
M. Pidoux, 110; Zenographical Fragments, II., the
Motions and Changes of the Markings on Jupiter in
1888, A. Stanley Williams, 125; Observations of Jupiter's
Fifth Satellite, Prof. Barnard, 138; Observations of
Jupiter, Prof. Barnard, 170; Jupiter's South Tropical
Dark Area, Scriven Bolton, 487; on the Cause of the
Remarkable Circularity of the Orbits of the Planets and
Satellites and on the Origin of the Planetary System,
T. J. J. See, 132; the Planar Arrangement of the
Planetary System, Dr. T. J. J. See, 275; Planets and
their Satellites, Prof. Lowell, 315

Plant Evolution, Natural Selection and, James B. Johnston,
159: Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 188

Plant Physiology: Transport of Carbon Dioxide in Leaves,
Prof. J. W. Moll, So; Development of Plant Hairs,
François Kövessi, 90; Seeds Killed by Anæsthetics.
Jean Apsit and Edmond Gain, 90; Influence of Anæs.
thesia on the Decomposition of Certain Glucosides in
Plants, L. Guignard, 120; Reduction of Plant Assimila-
A.
tion during Cloudy Weather,
Müntz and H.
Gaudechon, 149

Plants, Fossil, E. A. Newell Arber, 304
Plaskett (J.), the Spectroscopic Binary 8 Orionis, 267
Plasma und Zelle, Prof. Martin Heidenhain, 212
Pleuronectidæ, on the Larval and Post-larval Stages of
some, (Zeugopteris, Arnoglossus, Solea), C. G. Joh.
Petersen, 191

Pluvinage (M.), the Cyanamide Industry of France, 222
Pocock (R. I.), Warning Coloration in some Weasel-like
Carnivora, 21

November 25, 1909

Poincaré (Prof. H.), Mathematical Work of Sully Prud-
homme, 496

Polar Expeditions and Observations, 338

Pole, the Motion of the, H. Kimura, 199

Pond, the, and other Stories, Carl Ewald, 485

Porter (Prof. W. T.), Report of the Committee on Anæs-
thetics, 507

Pöschel (Dr. Viktor), die Härte der festen Körper und
ihre physikalisch-chemische Bedeutung, 463

Position Finding without an Horizon, Prof. C. V. Boys,
F.R.S., III; Dr. Alfred Brill, 231

Position of Higher Education, the, 113

Post (Dr. George E.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 493
Potsdam, Publikationen des Astrophysikalischen Observa-
toriums zu, Doppelsterne, Prof. O. Lohse, 492
Poulton (Prof.), Various Criticisms against the Darwinian
Theory, 168

Pound (V. E.), Some Phenomena Associated with the
Radiations from Polonium, 471

Poynting (Prof. J. H.), Pressure Perpendicular to the Shear
Planes in Finite Pure Shears, and on the Lengthening
of Loaded Wires when Twisted, 56; Wave Motion of a
Revolving Shaft and Suggestion as to the Angular
Momentum in a Beam of Circularly Polarised Light, 56;
Pressure of Radiation against the Source, 469
Praeger (R. L.), a Tourist's Flora of the West of Ireland,

422

Prain (Lieut.-Col. David, C.I.E., LL.D., F.R.S.), Opening
Address in Section K at the Meeting of the British
Association in Winnipeg, 406

Pratt (H. C.), Pests of Para Rubber Trees, 462

Prehistoric Horse " of Bishop's Stortford, the, Prof.
J. C. Ewart, F.R.S., 223

of Earth

Prelini (Prof. C.), Graphical Determination
Slopes, Retaining Walls, and Dams, 393
Price-Williams (R.), Serviceable Life and Cost of Renewals
of Permanent Way of British Railways, 437
Priest (Irwin G.), New Methol of determining the Focal
Length of a Converging Lens System, 228
Primrose (J. S.), Production of Pure Spelter, 540
Procyon and Sirius, the Faint Companions of, Prof.
Barnard, 229

Prominence Observations, Prof. Ricco, III

Prudhomme (Sully), Mathematical Work of, Prof. H.
Poincaré, 496

Przibram (Dr. Hans), Experimental-Zoologie, Part ii.,
Regeneration, 61

Psychiatry: Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. C. Lom-
broso, 494

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Psychology: la Naissance de l'Intelligence, Dr. Georges
Bohn, 4; Grosse Männer, Prof. Wilhelm Ostwald, 121;
a Text-book of Experimental Psychology, Prof. C. S.
Myers, 123 the Economy and Training of Memory,
Henry J. Watt, 158; Imitation in Monkeys, M. E.
Haggerty, 195, 434; "Muscle Reading,' Prof. June
Downey, 198; Psychologie de l'Enfant et Pédagogie
expérimentale, Dr. Ed. Claparède, Prof. J. A. Green,
214 Hypnotism, including a Study of the Chief Points
of Psycho-therapeutics and Occultism, Dr. Albert Moll,
272; the Place of Animals in Human Thought,
Countess Evelyn Martinengo Césaresco, 276; die
mnemischen Empfindungen in ihren Beziehungen zu den
Originalempfindungen, Prof. Richard Semon, Prof.
John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 302; das Seelenleben der
Tiere, Dr. P. Ohm, 394; Comment Former un Esprit,
Dr. Toulouse. 394: Attention, Prof. W. B. Pillsbury, 483
Puglisi (Dr. M.), Origin of the White Florentine Iris,
108

Puiseux (P.), Physical Interpretation of Lunar Features,
138; Origin of the Contrasts of Colour in the Moon, 150
Pullar (Laurence), Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-water
Lochs of Scotland, 155

Purcell (Dr. W. F.), Development and Origin of the Re-
spiratory Organs in Araneæ, 462

Purification of Water by Storage, Dr. Houston, Prof. R. T.
Hewlett, 269

Pythagoras, das Theorem des, Dr. H. A. Naber, 361

Quénisset (M.), the Bolide of April 20 as Observed in
France, 298; Observations of Mars, 355; Mars, 498

Raciborski (Dr. M.), Parasitic and Epiphytic Fungi in
Java, 265

Radial Motion in Sun-spot Vapours, Mr. Evershed, 82
Radiography: Electric Discharge through Vacuum Tubes,
Deviable Rays not due to Free Positive Electrons, A.
Dufour, 19; Ionisation Produced by an a Particle, Dr.
H. Geiger, 27; Diffuse Reflection of a Particles, Dr. H.
Geiger and E. Marsden, 27; Effects of Incidence of
a Rays on a Dielectric, Dr. H. Greinacher, 266; Method
of Registering the Length of the Path of the a Rays
and on a Peculiarity of this Path, B. Szilard, 209;
Absorption of Homogeneous 8 Rays by Matter, and on
the Variation of the Absorption of the Rays with
Velocity, W. Wilson, 58; Radio-activity of Potassium
Salts, Emile Henriot and G. Vavon, 90; New Method
of Separating Uranium X, B. Szilard, 120; Chemical
Action of the Penetrating Rays of Radium on Water,
Miroslaw Kernbaum, 120; Influence of the Radium
Radiations on the Chlorophyll and Respiratory Functions-
of Plants, Alexandre Hébert and André Kling, 150;
Ratio between Uranium and Radium in Radio-active
Minerals, Mlle. Gleditsch, 209; Disengagement of the
Radium Emanation, H. Herchfinkel, 209; Radio-activity
and Geology, Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., 152; Historical
Collection of Sixty-three Röntgen-ray Tubes, Dr. G. H.
Rodman, 198; Röntgen Rays in the Diagnosis of
Disease, 220; die Röntgenuntersuchung der Brustorgane
und ihre Ergebnisse für Physiologie und Pathologie, Dr.
Hans Arnsperger, 222; Decomposition of Water by the
Ultra-violet Rays, Miroslaw Kernbaum, 209; Slight
Penetration of the Ultra-violet Rays through Liquids
containing Colloidal Substances, J. Courmont and Th.
Nogier, 210; Sterilisation by the Ultra-violet Rays,
Application to the Butter Industry, MM. Dornic and
Daire, 210; Decomposition of Carbon Dioxide by the
Ultra-violet Rays, H. Herchefinkel, 239; la Materia
radiante e i raggi magnetici, Prof. A. Righi, 245;
Radiation of Radio-tellurium, Drs. B. Kučera and B.
Mašek, 138; die Strahlen der positiven Elektrizität, Prof.
E. Gehrcke, 394; an Introduction to the Science of
Radio-activity, C. W. Raffety, 485; Homogeneous Cor-
puscular Radiation, Charles A. Sadler, 516

Raffety (Charles W.), The Ether of Space, 127; an In-
troduction to the Science of Radio-activity, 485
Rainfall, British, 1908, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 514
Ram (Francis), Breeding Horses for Use, or Equine
Eugenics, 525

Ramaley (Prof. F.), Forests of Colorado, 108; the Rocky
Mountain Flora in Relation to Climate, 537

Ramsay (Sir William, K.C.B., F.R.S.), Essays, Biograph-
ical and Chemical, 122

Randall-MacIver (Dr.), Excavations at the Nubian Ceme-
tery at Anibch, 478

Rankin (Dr. J. C.), an Atlas of Skiagrams, Illustrating the
Development of the Teeth, with Explanatory Text, 334
Rankin (R.), Electrical Laboratory Course for Junior
Students, 66

Rankin (W. Munn), Botanical Surveys, 127

Rappin (M.), Vaccination of Cattle against Tuberculosis,

239

Rateau (A.), Experimental Method for Aërodynamical Re-
searches, 29

Rateau (Prof.), Fluid Pressure on Inclined Planes, 464
Rayleigh (Lord, O.M., F.R.S.), the Theory of Crookes's
Radiometer, 69; to Determine the Refractivity of Gases
Available only in Minute Quantities, 519

Rea (Carleton), the Botany of Worcestershire, 422
Reale Accademia dei Lincei Awards, 352
Redgrove (H. Stanley), on the Calculation of Thermochem-
ical Constants, 37

Reflector, Prof. Lowell's New 40-inch, 229

Refractivity of Gases Available only in Minute Quantities,
to Determine the, Lord Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S., 519
Regan (C. T.), Colour Changes in Tropical Sea Perches
from the Bermudas, 119

Regeneration, Experimental-Zoologie, Part ii., Dr. Hans
Przibram, Dr. Francis H. A. Marshall, 61

Reichenheim (Dr. O.), on Anode Rays and their Spectra,
471

Reid (F. R. Cowper), Lower Palæozoic Hyolithidæ from
Girvan, 29

Reid (John), 1809-1849, Dr. D. Fraser Harris, 163
Reinhard (W.), Sixteenth Century MS. Map of British Isles,
169

Reinheimer (Hermann), Nutrition and Evolution, 68
Reisner (Dr. G. A.), Prehistoric Cemeteries at Koshtamna,
in Nubia, 463

Repenning (A.), Search-ephemerides for Comet 1896 VII.
(Perrine), 170

Reptiles and Fishes, Papers on, 203

Research Research Defence Society, the, 22; Publica-
tions of the, 187; the Sorby Research Fellowship, 42;
the King on Increased Provision for Advanced Scientific
Instruction and Research. 83

REVIEWS AND OUR Bookshelf.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1

Etudes sur Léonard de Vinci, ceux qu'il a lus et ceux qui
l'ont lu, Pierre Duhem, 2

Hevea brasiliensis, or Para Rubber, Herbert Wright, 3
Altitude Tables, computed for Intervals of Four Minutes
between the Parallels of Latitude 24° and 60° and
Parallels of Declination 24° and 60°, designed for the
Determination of the Position Line at all Hour Angles
without Logarithmic Computation, Frederic Ball, 4
Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins (Order
Cetacea) Exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British
Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London,
S.W., 4

La Naissance de l'Intelligence, Dr. Georges Bohn, 4
The Dyeing and Cleaning of Textile Fabrics, F. A. Owen,
Prof. Walter M. Gardner, 5

Codex of Resolutions adopted at International Meteorological
Meetings, 1872-1907, H. H. Hildebrandsson and G.
Hellmann, 5

The Balance of Nature and Modern Conditions of Cultiva-
tion, George Abbey, 5

Cecropia peltata und ihr Verhältnis zu

Azteca Alfari zu
Atta sexdens und anderen Insekten, Karl Fiebrig, 23
Il Ruwenzori: parte scientifica risultati delle osservazioni
e studi compiuti sul materiale raccolto dalla spedizione
di S.A. R. il Principe Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, Duca degli
Abruzzi, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 31
Résultats scientifiques des Voyages en Afrique d'Edouard
Foà, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 31
La Planète Mars et ses Conditions d'Habitabilité, Camille
Flammarion, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 33

Geometrie der Kräfte, H. E. Timerding, Sir Robert S.
Ball, F.R.S., 34

Gold its Geological Occurrence and Geographical Dis-
tribution, J. Malcolm Maclaren, 34

Swine in America, F. D. Coburn, 35

A Text-book of General Pathology for the Use of Students
and Practitioners, Prof. J. M. Beattie and W. E. Car-
negie Dickson, 36

Der Bau des Weltalls, Prof. Dr. J. Scheiner, 36
Die Planeten, Dr. Bruno Peter, 36

Untersuchung und Nachweis organischer Farbstoffe auf
spektroskopischen Wege, J. Formánek, 37

On the Calculation of Thermochemical Constants, H. Stan-
ley Redgrove, 37

An Angler's Season, W. Earl Hodgson, 37
Mediæval Sinhalese Art, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, 39
A First Study of the Inheritance of Vision and of the Rela-
tive Influence of Heredity and Environment on Sight,
Amy Barrington and Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 49
Experimental-Zoologie, Part ii., Regeneration, Dr. Hans
Przibram, Dr. Francis H. A. Marshall, 61

A Naturalist in Tasmania, G. Smith, 61
Introduction to the Chemistry and Physics of Building
Materials, Alan E. Munby, 62

Bacteria in Relation to Country Life, Dr. Jacob G. Lip-
mann, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 63

Our Forests and Woodlands, Dr. J. Nisbet, 63
Trees a Handbook of Forest-Botany for the Woodlands
and the Laboratory, H. Marshall Ward, 63
Modern Organic Chemistry, Dr. C. A. Keane, 64
Practical Organic Chemistry, Dr. J. J. Sudborough and
T. C. James, 64

The Elements of Organic Chemistry, E. I. Lewis, 64

Nature

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Abhandlung über die Glycole oder Zwei atomige Alkohole,
Adolf Wurtz, 64

The Elements of Electricity and Magnetism, Prof. W. S.
Franklin and Barry Macnutt, 66

A Short University Course in Electricity, Sound, and Light,
Dr. Robert A. Millikan and J. Mills, 66
Naturlehre für höhere Lehranstalten auf Schulerübungen
gegrundet, Dr. Friedrich Danneman, 66

The Elementary Theory of Direct Current Dynamo Elec-
tric Machinery, C. E. Ashford and E. W. E. Kempson,

66

Electrical Laboratory Course for Junior Students, R. D.
Archibald and R. Rankin, 66

Théorie des Corps déformables, E. and F. Cosserat, 67
Practical Physiological Chemistry, Prof. Philip B. Hawk,
67

Behind the Veil in Bird-land, Oliver G. Pike, 67

An Account of the Deep-sea Asteroidea collected by the
R.I.M.S.S. Investigator, Prof. Réné Koehler, 67

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Antimony its History, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology,
Metallurgy, Uses, Preparations, Analysis, Production,
and Valuation, with Complete Bibliographies for Stu-
dents, Manufacturers, and Users of Antimony, Chung Yu
Étirage, Tréfilage, Dressage des Produits métallurgiques,
Wang, 68
M. Georges Soliman, 68

Nutrition and Evolution, Hermann Reinheimer, 68

An Egyptian Oasis: an Account of the Oasis of Kharga
in the Libyan Desert, with Special Reference to
its
History, Physical Geography, and Water Supply, H. J.
Llewellyn Beadnell, Prof. John W. Judd, C.B., F.R.S.,

70

A Guide to the Natural History of the Isle of Wight, 72
The Dressing of Minerals, Prof. Henry Louis, 91
Dustless Roads, Tar Macadam: a Practical Treatise for
Engineers. Surveyors, and Others, T. Walker Smith,

92

Vectors and Vector Diagrams applied to the Alternating-
current Circuit, W. Cramp and C. F. Smith, 93
Untersuchungen über Bau und Entwickelung der Niere,
Karl Peter and Michio Inouye, 94

Ionia and the East, D. G. Hogarth, 94

Naturgeschichte einer Kerze von Michael Faraday, 95
Junior Chemistry, R. H. Adie, 95

Chemistry, Prof. W. A. Tilden, F.R.S., 95

Histoire du Développement de la Chimie depius Lavoisier
jusqu'a nos Jours, Prof. A. Ladenburg, 96
Biologisches Praktikum für höhere Schulen, Dr. Bastian
Schmid, 96

Biologische Experimente nebst einem Anhang mikroskop-
ische Technik, Walther Schurig, 96

Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Dr. A. E. Garrod, 96
Practical Testing of Gas and Gas-meters, C. H. Stone, 97
A Compendium of Food-microscopy, E. G. Clayton, 97
The Romance of Bird-life, John, Lea, 99

British Birds and their Eggs, with a New Method of
Identification, J. Maclair Boraston, 99

The Young People's Birds'-nest Chart, Rev. S. N. Sedg-
wick, 100

Birds and their Nests and Eggs, found in and near Great
Towns, George H. Vos, 100

British Birds in their Haunts, Rev. C. A. Johns, 100
How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds, Martin Hiesemann,

100

The Book of Nature-study, 101

Die Adamellogruppe, ein alpines Zentralmassiv, und seine
Bedeutung für die Gebirgsbildung und unsere Kenntniss
von dem Mechanismus der Intrusionen, Wilhelm Salo-

mon, IoI

The Tidal and other Problems, Profs. T. C. Chamberlin
and F. R. Moulton, F. Stratton, 102
Grosse Männer, Prof. Wilhelm Ostwald, 121
Essays, Biographical and Chemical, Sir William Ramsay,
K.C.B., F.R.S., C. Simmonds, 122

A Text-book of Experimental Psychology, Prof. C. S.
Myers, 123

The Science of Speech, an Elementary Manual of English
Phonetics for Teachers, Benjamin Dumville, Prof. John
G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 124

Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde für Ärzte und Studierende,
Dr. Paul Ostmann, 124

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Zenographical Fragments, ii., the Motions and Changes of
the Markings on Jupiter in 1888, A Stanley Williams, 125
Introduzione Teoriche ad Alcuni Esercizi Pratici di Fisica,
Alfonso Sella, 125

Azimuth, G. L. Hosmer, 126

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedi-
tion auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898–1899, das Kapland,
insonderheit das Reich der Kapflora, das Waldgebiet und
die Karroo, pflanzengeographisch dargestellt, Rudolf
Marloth, 129

Report for 1908 on the Lancashire Sea-fisheries Laboratory
at the University of Liverpool and the Sea-fish Hatchery
at Piel, Prof. Herdman, F.R.S., Andrew Scott and J
Johnstone, 142

Modern Electric Practice, Maurice Solomon, 151
Radio-activity and Geology, Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., 152
A Guide to Avebury and Neighbourhood, R. H. Cox, 154
Venoms, Venomous Animals, and Anti-venomous Serum-
therapeutics, Dr. A. Calmette, 154

Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-water Lochs of Scot-
land, Sir John Murray, K.C.B., F.R.S., and Laurence
Pullar, 155

A First Dynamics, C. S. Jackson and W. M. Roberts, 156
Elementary Mechanics, Prof. C. M. Jessop and Dr. T. Í.
Havelock, 156

The State and the Farmer, Prof. L. H. Bailey, 157
The Problem of the Feeble-minded, 158

The Economy and Training of Memory, Henry J. Watt,
158

A New Zealand Naturalist's Calendar, Geo. M. Thomson,
162

The Nature Book, 162

The Book of Nature-study, 162

Report of the Consultative Committee of the Board o
Education on Attendance, Compulsory or Otherwise, a
Continuation Schools, J. Wilson, 172

Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, Vol. xi.,
Asiatic Palms-Lepidocaryea; Part i., the Species o
Calamus, Odoardo Beccari, 181

An Elementary Treatment of the Theory of Spinning Top-
and Gyroscopic Motion, Harold Crabtree, Prof. C. V
Boys, F.R.S., 182

Easy Methods of Constructing the Various Types of Magic
Squares and Magic Cubes, with Symmetric Designs
founded Thereon, Dr. John Willis, 182

Grundriss der allgemeinen Chemie, Wilhelm Ostwald, 18
(1) Grundriss der Pharmakochemie, Dr. O. A. Oesterle
Prof. Henry G. Greenish, 184

(2) Southall's Organic Materia Medica, J. Barclay, Prof
Henry G. Greenish, 184

(1) Magneto- und Elektro-optik, Dr. Woldemar Voigt, 185
(2) Cours de Physique, Electroptique, Prof. H. Bouasse
185

On the Poison of Venomous Snakes and the Methods ol
Preventing Death from their Bite, Sir Joseph Fayrer, Si
Lauder Brunton, and Major Leonard Rogers, 186
Bathy-orographical Map of Africa, 187
Bathy-orographical Map of Asia, 187

Publications of the Research Defence Society, 187
Milk Testing, C. W. Walker-Tisdale, 187

The Journal of the Cooper Research Laboratory, 187
Cambridge County Geographies: Somerset, Francis A
Knight and Louie M. Dutton, 188

The Rise and Progress of the British Explosives Industry.

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Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and
Waxes, Dr. J. Lewkowitsch, C. Simmonds, 211
Plasma und Zelle, Prof. Martin Heidenhain, 212
The Screw Propeller, and other Competing Instruments
for Marine Propulsion, A. E. Seaton, 213

Studies on Immunity, Prof. Robert Muir, Dr. Carl H.
Browning, Alexander R. Ferguson, and William B. M.
Martin, 214

Psychologie de l'Enfant et Pédagogie expérimentale, Dr.
Ed. Claparède, Prof. J. A. Green, 214

(1) Analyse und Konstitutionsermittelung organischer Ver-
bindungen, Dr. Hans Meyer, 215

(2) V. v. Richter's Chemie der Kohlenstoffverbindungen
oder organische Chemie, Dr. R. Anschütz and Dr. G.
Schroeter, 215

(1) Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the
British Museum (Natural History), Vol. i., G. A.
Boulenger, 216

son, 216

(2) The Fishes of Illinois, S. A. Forbes and R. E. Kichard-
Garrett's Fische der Südsee, Part viii.,
A. C. L. Günther, 216

(3) Andrew

Further Advances in Physiology, 218

Weltsprache und Wissenschaft, L. Couturat, O. Jespersen,
R. Lorenz, W. Ostwald, L. Pfaundler, 218
Einführung in die Lehre vom Bau und den Verrichtungen
des Nervensystems, Prof. Ludwig Edinger, 219
Annuaire astronomique de l'Observatoire royal de Belgique,
1909, 219

Die Röntgenuntersuchung der Brustorgane und ihre
Ergebnisse für Physiologie und Pathologie, Dr. Hans
Arnsperger, 222

Exploration of the Air with Ballons-sondes at St. Louis
and with Kites at Blue Hill, H. Helm Clayton and S. P.
Fergusson, 223

Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard
College, A. Lawrence Rotch, 223

Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology, 230

Mikrographie des Holzes der auf Java vorkommenden
Baumarten, Dr. J. W. Moll and H. H. Janssonius, 241
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry and Four-place Tables
of Logarithms, Dr. Wm. A. Granville, 241

A Course of Mathematics for Students of Engineering and
Applied Science, Fredk. S. Woods and Fredk. H. Bailey,

241

Rocks and Rock Minerals, L. V. Pirsson, 242
Genesis of Metallic Ores and of the Rocks which Enclose
Them, B. Symons, 242

Die Säugetiere Deutschlands, Dr. C. Hennings, 243
Korallen und andere gesteinsbildende Tiere, Dr. Walther
May, 243

Die Fortpflanzung der Tiere, Dr. R. Goldschmidt, 243
Die Stammesgeschichte unserer Haustiere, Prof. Dr. T.
Keller, 243

Biology, Prof. R. J. Harvey Gibson, 243
The Bell Telephone, 244

How Telegraphs and Telephones Work, C. R. Gibson, 244
Technical Electricity, H. T. Davidge and R. W. Hutchin-

son, 244

Gas-engine Theory and Design, A. C. Mehrtens, 245

La Materia radiante e i raggi magnetici, Prof. A. Righi,

245

Brassolidæ, Dr. H. Stichel, 245

The Volcanic Origin of Coal and Modern Geological
Theories, Col. A. T. Fraser, 246

Cassell's "Nature" Copies (Wild Flowers), 246
Drugs and the Drug Habit, Dr. Harrington Sainsbury,
271

The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, T. L. Heath,
C.B., 271

Hypnotism, including a Study of the Chief Points of
Psycho-therapeutics and Occultism, Dr. Albert Moll, 272
Einführung in die Elektrotechnik, Dr. C. Heinke, Prof.
Gisbert Kapp. 273

Leitfaden der Tierkunde für höhere Lehranstalten, Dr. K.
Smalian, 273

Naturwissenschaftliches

Unterrichtswerk für höhere
Mädchenschulen, Dr. K. Smalian and K. Bernan, 273
Die Photographie, W. Zimmermann, 274
Science in Modern Life, 274

The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates, J. B. John-
ston, Prof. J. G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 274
Vorlesungen über technische Mechanik, Dr. August Föppl,
274

The Place of Animals in Human Thought, Countess Evelyn
Martinengo Cesaresco, 276

Les Observations méridiennes : Théorie et Pratique, F.
Boquet, 301

Lectures de Mécanique, E. Jouguet, 301

Die mnemischen Empfindungen in ihren Beziehungen zu
den Originalempfindungen, Prof. Richard Semon, Prof.
John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 302

Les Découvertes modernes en Physique, Dr. O. Manville,
302

Problemi grafici di Trazione Ferroviaria, P. Oppizzi, Prof.
Gisbert Kapp, 303

General Treatise of Meteorology, Prof. A. Klossovsky, 303
An Introduction to the Study of Integral Equations, M.
Bôcher, 304

The Scaly-winged, a Book on Butterflies and Moths for
Beginners, R. B. Henderson, 304

Fossil Plants, E. A. Newell Arber, 304

The Natural History of Igneous Rocks, A. Harker, F.R.S.,
331

Wild Beasts of the World, Frank Finn, 332

Applied Mechanics for Engineers, E. L. Hancock, 332
Machines Outils, Outillage, Verificateurs, P. Gorgeu, 332
Notice sur Léo Errera, L. Fredericq and J. Massart, 333
Receuil d'Euvres de Léo Errera, 333

An Atlas of Skiagrams illustrating the Development of the
Teeth, Dr. J. Symington, F.R.S., and Dr. J. C. Rankin,
334

Mineralogie und Geologie für Schweizerische Mittelschulen,
Dr. Hans Frey, 334

Gilbert White and Selborne, Henry C. Shelley, 334
Chemistry in the Service of the State, 340

Das Prinzip der Erhaltung der Energie, Dr. Max Planck,
361

Vererbung, Gedächtnis und Transzendentale Erinnerungen
vom Standpunkte des Physikers, Dr. Gustav Eichhorn,
361

De la Méthode dans les Sciences, Profs. H. Bouasse, &c.,
361

Materialistische Epoche und Monistische Bewegung, Paul
Volkmann, 361

Das Theorem des Pythagoras, Dr. H. A. Naber, 361
Essai sur la Notion de Théorie physique de Platon à
Galilée, Pierre Duhem, 361

Il passato ed il presente delle Principali Teorie Geo-
metriche, Prof. Gino Loria, 361

The Mercers' Company Lectures on the Fluids of the Body,
Prof. Ernest H. Starling, F.R.S., 362

Studies on Immunisation and their Application to the Diag-
nosis and Treatment of Bacterial Infections, Sir A. E.
Wright, F.R.S., 362

Heat and other Forces, Colonel W. F. Badgley, 363

An Elementary Course in Practical Science, C. Foxcraft
and T. Samuel, 363

Horbare, Sichtbare, Elektrische und Röntgen-Strahlen, Dr.
Friedrich Neesen, 363

An Elementary Text-book of Physics, Dr. R. W. Stewart,
363

A Manual of Volumetric Analysis, Dr. H. W. Schimpf, 364
Geologischer Führer durch Dalmatien, Dr. R. Schubert,
365

Entwickelung und Untergang des Kopernikanischen Welt-
systems bei den Alten, O. T. Schulz, 365
Excursionsbuch

Voigt, 365

zum Studium der Vögelstimmen, Prof.

The Force of the Wind, Prof. Herbert Chatley, 366
Carl von Linné's Bedeutung als Naturforscher und Arzt,
391

The Manufacture of Rubber Goods, Adolf Heil and Dr.
W. Esch, 391

Vector Analysis, Dr. J. G. Coffin, 392
Graphical Determination of Earth Slopes, Retaining Walls,
and Dams, Prof. C. Prelini, 393

The Design of Highway Bridges and the Calculation of
Stresses in Bridge Trusses, Prof. M. S. Ketchum, 393
Die Strahlen der positiven Elektrizität, Prof. E. Gehrcke,
394

Das Seelenleben der Tiere, Dr. P. Ohm, 394
Comment Former un Esprit, Dr. Toulouse, 394
Birds of the World, Dr. Frank H.. Knowlton, Frederic A.
Lucas, 421

Birds Useful and Birds Harmful, Otto Herman and J. A.
Owen, 421

422

A Tourist's Flora of the West of Ireland, R. L. Praeger,
Illustrated Guide to the Trees and Flowers of England and
Wales, H. G. Jameson, 422

Flora Koreana, T. Makai, 422

The Botany of Worcestershire, J. Amphlett and Carleton
Rea, 422

Geology of the City of New York, L. P. Gratacap, 423
Elemente der Exakten Erblichkeitslehre, W. Johannsen,
Dr. H. M. Vernon, 424

A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya
Mountains and Tibet, Colonel S. G. Burrard, R.É.,
F.R.S., and H. H. Hayden, 424

Elementary Physiology for Teachers and Others, W. B.
Drummond, 425

Evolution: a General Sketch from Nebula to Man, Joseph
McCabe, 425

Die biologischen Schülerübungen, Erich Leick, 429.
Freiwillige Schülerübungen in Physik in humanistischen
Gymnasien, Prof. Dr. Edmund Hoppe, 429

Die Pflanzenwelt Deutschlands, Dr. P. Graebner, 451
Pflanzenbiologie, Dr. W. Migula, 451

Unsere Zierpflanzen, P. F. F. Schulz, 451

Phanerogamen, Blutenpflanzen, Prof. E. Gilg and Dr. R.
Muschler, 451

Kryptogamen, Dr. M. Möbius, 451

Zimmer- und Balkonpflanzen, P. Dannenberg, 451
Clay's Successful Gardening, 451

Botany for Matriculation, Dr. F. Cavers, 451
Beginners' Botany, Prof. L. H. Bailey, 451
Elementary Practical Botany, W. E. Clarke, 451

History of the Clay-working Industry in the United States,
Dr. H. Ries and H. Leighton, Dr. J. W. Mellor, 452

The Journal of an Expedition across Venezuela and
Colombia, 1906-7, Dr. Hiram Bingham, 453

Children in Health and Disease, Dr. David Forsyth, 454
Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie, Dr. George Karsten, Dr.
Friedrich Oltmanns, Prof. Henry G. Greenish, 454
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British
Museum, Sir George F. Hampson, Bart., 455

The Geology of South Africa, Dr. F. H. Hatch and Dr.
G. S. Corstorphine, 455

Handbook for Field Geologists, Dr. C. W. Hayes, 455
Physiology, Dr. Andrew Wilson, 455

Die Chemische Entwicklungserregung des tierischen Eies,
Jacques Loeb, 459

Sur la Compensation entre les Types des Saisons simul-
tanés en différentes Régions de la Terre, H. Hildebrand
Hildebrandsson, 467

The Making of Species, Douglas Dewar and Frank Finn,
Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 481

Die geographische Verbreitung der Schmetterlinge, Dr.
Arnold Pagenstecher, 482

Fertilisers and Manures, A. D. Hall, F.R.S., 483
Attention, Prof. W. B. Pillsbury, 483

Five-figure Logarithmic and other Tables, Frank Castle,
484

Taschenbuch für Mathematiker und Physiker, Felix Auer-
bach, 484

An Introduction to the Science of Radio-activity, C. W.
Raffety, 485

British Mountain Climbs, George D. Abraham, 485
The Pond and other Stories, Carl Ewald, 485
Publikationen des Astrophysikalischen Observatoriums zu
Potsdam, Doppelsterne von O. Lohse, 492

Ichrbuch der vergleichenden Entwicklungsgeschichte der
wirbellosen Thiere, Prof. E. Korschelt and Prof. K.
Heider, 511

Report on the Mining and Metallurgical Industries of
Canada, 1907-8, 511

Catalogue of the Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets, and
Periodicals in the Library of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 512
An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy
of Animals, Prof. Gilbert C. Bourne, 513

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