Physical Geography: Lehrbuch der Erdkunde für höhere
Schulen, Dr. Willi Ule, 7; First Book of Physical Geography,
Ralph S. Tarr, 268

Physics Apparatus for Verifying Barometric Measurement of
Balloon Altitudes, L. Cailletet, 23; Two Experiments, Mr.
Ackermann, 23; the Theory of Electricity and Magnetism,
being Lectures on Mathematical Physics, A. G. Webster, 49;
Lord Rayleigh's Proof of Van't Hoff's Osmotic Theorem, F.
G. Donnan, 53; Bibliography of X-Ray Literature and Re-
search, 53; Wiedemann's Annalen, 70, 92, 237, 401, 500;
the Iso-thermals of Ether, J. Rose-Innes, 70; Physical Society,
70, 116, 166, 334, 382, 454, 525, 622; Explanation Applic
able to Phenomena of Faraday and Zeeman, 72; Das Princip
der Erhaltung der Energie und seine Anwendung in der
Naturlehre, Hans Januschke, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S.,
74; the Critical Temperature of Water, H. M.
Martin, 80; S. Geoghegan, 101; Death of Dr. L.
Sohncke, 85; Graphic Representation of Equilibriums
by means of Functions, Prof. van der Waals, 95;
Influence of Temperature on Rotatory Power of Liquids,
P. A. Guye and E. Aston, 120; some Unrecognised Laws
of Nature, Ignatius Singer, 121; Lewis H. Berens, 121,
293; Change of Chemical Structure and Change of Weight,
Fernando Sanford and Lilian E. Ray, 136; the Law of
Condensation of Steam, Prof. Hugh Callendar, F. R.S., and
John T. Nicholson, 139; Waves in Medium having Periodic
Discontinuity of Structure, Prof. H. Lamb, 143; Alternate
Exchange of Kinetic Energy, Albert Campbell, 166; the
Kinetic Theory and Radiant Energy, Prof. G. H. Bryan,
F.R.S., 536; Death and Obituary Notice of, Prof. James
Holm, 177; the Refractivities of Various Gases, Prof. W.
Ramsay, F.R.S., and M. W. Travers, 189; Les Constantes
Physico-Chemiques, D. Sidersky, 197; on the Densities of
Carbonic Oxide, Carbonic Anhydride, and Nitrous Oxide,
Lord Rayleigh, F. R.S., 208; Gas Mixtures, A. Leduc, 310;
the Law of Gas Mixtures, A. Leduc, 440; Determination
of Density of Gases on very Small Volumes, Th. Schloesing,
jun., 310; Measurement of Density of Gas, Th. Schloesing,
jun., 374; the Outlines of Physics, Prof. E. L. Nichols,
218; Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics, Vol. iii.,
Part I., Practical Acoustics, C. L. Barnes, 218; Memoires
de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève,
244; Velocity of Movement propagation in Medium at Rest,
P. Vieille, 263; Approximate Rule for Course of Plaitpoint-
curve of Mixture, Prof. van der Waals, 263; Instrument for
Keeping Tension above Boiling Liquid Constant, 263;
Physic of our Fathers, the, Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson,
F.R.S., 265; Effect of Temperature on Tensile and Com.
pressive Properties of Copper, Prof. Warren and S. H.
Barraclough, 288; Thermal Conductivities of Solids and
Liquids, Dr. C. H. Lees, 286; Death of Prof. A. S. Kim-
ball, 300; Hermetical Pourer, R. P. de Sennevoy, 310; the
Constitution and Function of Gases, Severinus J. Corrigan,
316; the Mathematics used in Connection with Physics, Prof.
A. G. Webster, 317; Stereoscopic Representation of Re-
sultants of Harmonic Motions of Different Periods, Prof. C.
Schlichter, 323; New Form of Physical Pendulum, J. S.
Stevens, 333; a New Artillery Chronograph, 368; Presi-
dential Address to the Physical Society, Shelford Bidwell,
F.R.S., 378; the Collision of Two Explosion Waves, 383;
Die Kraft und Materie im Raume, A. Turner, 388; Torsion
and Magnetism, P. Drude, 401; Kant as a Natural Philo-
sopher, G. F. Becker, 404; Use of Logarithmic Coordinates
in, J. H. Vincent, 407; Vortex Motion, III., W. M. Hicks,
F.R.S., 428; Science Handbooks for Laboratory and Class
Room, Elementary Physics, John G. Kerr, 435; Handbooks
of Practical Science; No. I., Mensuration, Hydrostatics, and
Heat, G. H. Wyatt, 435; Observations on the Peak of
Tenerife, Prof. T. C. Porter, 454; Dr Linde's Method of
producing Extreme Cold and Liquefying Air, Prof. J. A.
Ewing, 469; the Properties of Liquid Mixtures, Prof. R. A.
Lehfeldt, 477; Terrestrial Physics in Australasia, P.
Baracchi, 493; Arbeiten des Physikalisch-chemischen In-
stituts der Universität Leipzig aus den Jahren 1887 bis 1896,
Dr. John Shields, 508; Physical Review, 524; Journal de
Physique, 524; Circulation of Gaseous Matter in Crookes'
Tube, A. A. C. Swinton, 525; James Watt and the Dis-
covery of the Composition of Water, Prof. T. E. Thorpe,
F.R.S., 546; Surface-resistance of Water and Stream-line
Motion, Prof. Hele-Shaw, 566; Thermodynamics Deduced

from Motivity, Lord Kelvin, 575; New Apparatus for
Raising of Liquids, G. Trouvé, 600; Röntgen Rays and
Ordinary Light, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 607; the Bolo-
meter, Prof. S. P. Langley, 620

Physiography: Physiography for Advanced Students, A. T.
Simmons, 126; Elementary Practical Physiography, John
Thornton, 244

Physiology: Action of X-Rays on Cutaneous Evaporation, L.
Lecercle, 24; Lectures on Physiology, First Series, on Animal
Electricity, A. D. Waller, F.R.S., 50; the Temperatures of
Reptiles, Monotremes, and Marsupials, A. Sutherland, 67;
Absorption of Carbon Monoxide by Blood of Living Mammal,
N. Gréhant, 72; Histological Modifications of Nerve-Cells in
State of Fatigue, C. A. Pugnat, 72; Physiology of "Grey.
Glow," O. Lummer, 104; Aristotle on Youth and Old Age,
Life and Death and Respiration, Dr. W. Ogle, 146; First
Modification near Wounds in Fixed Walls of Cornea, L.
Ranvier, 167, 191; Spermine, Alex. Pohl, 168; Decomposi-
tion of Chloroform in Organism, A. Desgrez and M. Nicloux,
168; Partial Decomposition of Chloroform in Organism, A.
Desgrez and M. Nicloux, 480; Vespida Venom Vaccinatory
against Viper Venom, C. Phisalix, 168; Leucocyte-generating
Apparatus in Peritoneum, J. J. Andeer, 191; Retrograde
Development of Vascular Tissues in Omentum of Rabbit, Dr.
G. C. J. Vosmaer, 192; Physiological Effect of High Alti-
tudes, Prof. P. Giacosa, 204; Transplantation and Growth
of Mammalian Ova within Uterine Foster-mother, Walter
Heape, 215; Physiology and the Royal Institution, Prof. Ch.
S. Sherrington, F.R.S., 220; Comparative Chemistry of
Suprarenal Capsules, B. Moore and S. Vincent, 238; Further
Observations upon the Comparative Physiology of the Supra-
renal Capsules, Dr. Swale Vincent, 304; Non-Existence of
Suprarenal Medulla in Teleostean Fishes, B. Moore and S.
Vincent, 429; Effects of Extirpation of Suprarenal Bodies of
Eel, S. Vincent, 429; Estimation of Acidity of Urine, H.
Joulie, 239; Influence of Seasons on Combustion of Nutritive
Matter in Man, Mr. Eykman, 263; Histogenic Influence of
Anterior Form, L. Ranvier, 263; Variation of Brain-Weight
as Surface of Animal, E. Dubois, 281; Cause of Death by
Electric Shock, Prof. T. Oliver and Dr. R. A. Bolam, 302;
Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 318; Estimation of Gastric
Juice, L. Cordier, 335; Histological Mechanism of Cicatrisa-
tion, L. Ranvier, 335, 383; Martial Function of Liver in Verte-
brates and Invertebrates, M. Dastre, 359; the Physiology of
Pitcher-Plants, S. H. Vines, 367; Experimental Junction of
Vagus Nerve with Superior Cervical Ganglionic Cells, Dr. J.
N. Langley, F.R.S., 382; Production of Carbon Monoxide
in Blood after Inhalations of Chloroform, L. de Saint-Martin,
407; the Essentials of Experimental Physiology, Dr. T. G.
Brodie, 410; Development of Posterior Aorta and Iliac
Arteries, A. H. Young and Arthur Robinson, 429; Influence
of Intermittent Rest on Muscle-Power, André Broca and
Charles Richet, 455; a Practical Physiology, a Text-book for
Higher Schools, Dr. Albert F. Blaisdell, 462; Early De-
generative Changes in Sensory End Organs of Muscles, F. E.
Batten, 501; Sugar Superior to Fat as Food, A. Chauveau,
503; Functions of Cerebral Hypophysis, E. de Cyon, 624;
Plant Physiology, Untersuchungen über das Erfrieren der
Pflanzen, Dr. Hans Molisch, 77; Does a Phosphorescent
South American Liana exist? Prof. Italo Giglioli, 412; on,
Phosphorescent Sap in Superior Plants, Dr. M. W. Beijerinck,

511
"Phytobezoar," Remarkable Instance of, Prof. W. Trelease,
283

Pichard (P.), Detection of Manganese in Plants and Vegetable
Earths by Colorimetric Method, 408

Pichler (Fritz), the Noreia of Polybius and of Castorius, 256
Pickering (Prof. E. C.), Spectrum of a Meteor, 101; Harvard
College Report, 256; Harvard College Observatory, 617;
Photographic Magnitudes, 303; Occultations Photographic-
ally observed, 492; Variables and their Comparison Stars,
519; the Aurora Spectrum, 591

Pidgeon (Dan), Hermaphroditism in the Herring, 271
Pigment, Oat Smut as an Artist's, David Paterson, 364; Prof.
H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., 389; Kumagusu Minakata, 437
Pilgrim (J. A.), Colouring Matters of Indian Dye-Stuff" As-
barg," 478

Pilot Chart of North Pacific, 544

Piloty (Oscar), Isolation of Pure Dihydroxyacetone, 283
Pirsson (L. V.), Montana Corundum-bearing Rock, 189

Pitcher-Plants, the Physiology of, S. H. Vines, 367
Pittman (E. L.), Geology of West Australia, 495
Plague and Serotherapy, the, Dr. A. Lustig, 84
Plague in Bombay, the, H. M. Birdwood, 470; Report of
German Commission on, 86

Planets: Jupiter's Third and Fourth Satellites, Prof. Barnard,
61; the Present Appearance of Jupiter, W. F. Denning, 586;
Opposition of Two Minor Planets, 159; Minor Planets in
1897, 256; the Atmospheres of Planets, Dr. Johnston
Stoney, 207; Another Lunar Hoax, 399; Occultation of
Ceres, 400

Planetary Orbits, Mr. Wood's Method of Illustrating, Prof.
Louis W. Austin, 536

Planetary Relations, Emile Anceaux, 352

Plant-Life, Glimpses into, Mrs. Brightwen, 292
Plant Physiology: Untersuchungen über das Erfrieren der
Pflanzen, Dr. Hans Molisch, 77; Does a Phosphorescent
South American Liana exist? Prof. Italo Giglioli, 412; on
Phosphorescent Sap in Superior Plants, Dr. M. W.
Beijerinck, 511

Plants, Lessons with, L. H. Bailey, 561

Plateau (Prof. F.), Flowers and Insects, 179, 255
Pleiades, Occultation of the, 207

Pliny's Solpuga, the Nature and Habits of, R. I. Pocock, 618
Pockels (F.), Current Intensity of Lightning-Flash, 301
Pocklington (H. C.), Electrical Oscillations in Wires, 47
Pocock (R. I.), Stridulation in some African Spiders, 356; Five-
fingered Crab, 436; the Nature and Habits of Pliny's
Solpuga, 618

Poehl (Alex.), Spermine, 168

Poisoning, Lead, averted by Addition of Metastannic Acid to
Glass-Polishing Putty, M. L. Guéroult, 168

Poisoning by Canned Foods, Dr. F. Brown, 614
Poisonous Koda Millet, Surgeon-Captain A. E. Grant, 271
Poisons, Food, Bacteriological Aspect of, Dr. Cautley, 132
Poisons Insusceptibility of Insects to Poisons, Will. A. Dixon,
the Reviewer, 365; Miss H. B. Potter, 412

Polarisation Cause of Doubling in the Zeeman Effect, Prof.
Fitzgerald, 334

Pollen (Rev. G. C. H.), Exploration of Ty Newydd Cave,
238

Polybathic Fauna, a Deep-Sea Malacological, A. Locard, 310
Ponsot (M.), Osmotic Researches on Dilute Solutions of Cane
Sugar, 143

Porro (Dr. Fr.), Astronomical Constants and the Paris Con-
ference, 127

Porter (D. A.), Nickeliferous Opal in "Never-Never" Ranges,
N.S.W., 192

Porter (Prof. Townsend), Observations on a Strip of the Muscle
of the Apex of the Dog's Ventricle, 18; on MacWilliam's
Statement that the Ventricle of the Dog's Heart can be
recovered from Fibrillary Contractions, 18
Porter (Prof. T. C.), Observations on the Peak of Tenerife, 454;
a New Theory of Geyser Action, 454; a Method for Viewing
Lantern-projections in Stereoscopic Relief, 454; Volatility of
Sulphur, 525; Method of Viewing Newton's Rings, 622
Potain (M.), Palladium Chloride as Detective of Minimal
Quantities of Carbon Monoxide, 552

Potato Disease, G. W. Bulman, 198

Potter (Miss H. B.), Insusceptibility of Insects to Poison,
412

Pouget (M.), Alkaline Sulphantimonites, 624

Poulton (Prof. E. B., F.R.S.), the Hope Reports, 289; Pro-
tective Mimicry and Common Warning Colours, 389
Power (D'Arcy, F.S.A.), Masters of Medicine, William Harvey,
481

Préaubert (E.), La Vie: Mode de Mouvement.

Essai d'une

Théorie Physique des Phénomènes Vitaux, 605
Preece (A. H.), Present State of Electricity Supply in London,
566

Prehistoric Civilisation in Egypt, J. de Morgan, 578

Prehistoric Ruins of Honduras and Yucatan, Alfred P. Maudslay,
568

Premature Burial: Fact or Fiction? Dr. David Walsh, 292
Prescott (Mr.), Bacteriology of Canned Foods, 103
Preston (H. L.), Iron Meteorites, 333

Preston (Thomas), the Zeeman Effect Photographed, 173
Prevention and Cure of Rinderpest, the, 198

Prince (C. L.), Remarkable Hailstones (Illustrated), 567

Prinz (W.), Small Scale of Geological Experiments Un-
important, 14

Prize Subjects of the Paris Academy of Sciences, 331
Progress of Technical Education, 259

Proper Motions, Large and Small, Prof. Kapteyn, 325
Protective Mimicry and Common Warning Colours, Prof.
Edward B. Poulton, F.R.S., 389

Protective and Pseudo-Mimicry, Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart.,
364

Protoplasmic Froth, 362

Prunet (A.), the Treatment of Black Rot, 143
Prussia, East, Ophthalmia in, 59

Pseudo-Mimicry, Protective and, Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart.,
364

Pseudoscope, a New Single Picture, Sir David Salomons,
Bart., 317

Psychology: Philosophy of Knowledge, Prof. G. T. Ladd,
125; the Psychology of the Emotions, Th. Ribot, 150;
Illusions and Hallucinations, Edmund Parish, 197; Memory
and its Cultivation, F. W. Edridge-Green, 197; Instinct and
Intelligence in Animals, Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, 326; Ex-
periments in Comparative Psychology, E. L. Thorndike, 372
Pugnat (C. A.), Histological Modifications of Nerve Cells in
States of Fatigue, 72

Purdie (T.), Action of Alkyl Iodides on Silver Malate and
Lactate, 526

Purification of Sewage and Water, the, W. J. Dibdin, 601

Quadratic Equations, the Solution of, E. Cuthbert Atkinson,
Prof. G. B. Mathews, F.R.S., 463

Quain (Sir Richard, Bart., F.R.S.), Death and Obituary
Notice of, 467

Quantitative Practical Chemistry, A. H. Mitchell, 435
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 475
Quaternions, Lectures on, S. Kimura, 7

Queensland Aborigines, North-West Central, Ethnological
Studies among the, Walter E. Roth, 561

Queensland and New Zealand, the Flower Hunter in, Mrs.
Rowan, 436

Quincke (G.), Acoustic Thermometer, 401

Rabagliati (Dr. A.), Air, Food, and Exercises, an Essay on
the Predisposing Causes of Disease, 99
Rabies, Pasteur Institute Work at Tiflis, 103
Rabourdin (M. A.), New Photographs of Nebulæ, 374
Racial Variability, Relation between Individual and, Edwin
Tenney Brewster, 16

Rackowski (M.), Bitterness in Wines, 431

Raczkowski (M. de), Bacillus of "Turned" Wines, 576
Radiant Energy, the Kinetic Theory and, Prof. G. H. Bryan,
F.R.S., 536

Radiation, Visible and Invisible, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson,
F.R.S., 506

Radiography: Method of reducing Time of Exposure in,
Gaston Séguy, 24; a New Bianodic Bulb with a Red Phos-
phorescence, 24; Action of X-Rays on Cutaneous Evapora
tion, L. Lecercle, 24; the Röntgen Society, 32; the Pro-
gress of Radiography, Prof. S. P. Thompson, 32; Action of
Radiation from Uranium Salts in Cloud-Formation, C. T. R.
Wilson, 47; the Röntgen Rays and Gunshot Wounds, 102;
New X-Ray Machine, Prof. John Trowbridge, 102; Appa
ratus for Precise Determination of Position of Projectiles in
Cranium, MM. Remy and Contremoulins, 120; the First
Application of X-Rays to Surgery, General Maurice, 135:
Archives of the Roentgen Ray, vol. ii. No. 2; Radiography
in Marine Zoology, Dr. R. Norris Wolfenden, 509; Rays
emitted by Uranium and Thorium Compounds, Slodowska
Curie, 600. See also Röntgen Rays

Railroad Flying Machine, a, Prof. Langley-Watkins, 156
Rails, Steel, Microscopic Observations on Fatigue-Deterioration
in, Thomas Andrews, 58

Railways, Automatic Ticket-issue Controller, 59
Rainbow, Lunar, W. A. Knight, 157

Rainbow, Modern Views of the, J. M. Pernter, 298
Rainbow, a Rose-Coloured, M. S. Zachary, 100

Rainfall, Forests and, Prof. H. A. Hazen, 213
Rainfall of South Africa, the, 114

June 16, 1898

Rainfall of the United States, 348

Rainy (Dr. H.), Skiagraphy after Injection of the Blood-vessels
with Mercury, 485

Ramage (Hugh), Spectrum Analysis of Meteorites, 546;
Gallium Lines in Solar Spectrum, 575

Ramsay (Prof. W., F.R.S.), the Refractivities of Various
Gases, 189; the Occlusion of Hydrogen and Oxygen by
Palladium, 262; the Homogeneity of Helium, 358; Fergus-
onite, 381

Randolph (Harriet), Laboratory Directions in General Biology,
606

Random Selection, Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., N. L. G.
Filon, 210

Random Shots at Birds and Men, 77

Range-Finder, the Barr and Stroud, 23

Ransome (Dr. A., F.R.S.), Cultivation Media of Tubercle
Bacillus, 165; Researches on Tuberculosis, 435

Ranvier (L.), First Modifications near Wounds in Fixed Walls
of Cornea, 167, 191; Histogenetic Influence of Anterior
Form, 263; Histological Mechanism of Cicatrisation, 335,
383

Rare Birds' Eggs, some, 438

Rauchfuss (Dr.), Serum Treatment of Diphtheria in Russia, 351
Ravold (Dr. A.), Hiss's Method of Differentiating Typhoid
Bacillus from B. coli communis, 527

Rawson (Major H. E.), Anticyclonic Systems, 623

Ray (Lilian E.), Change of Chemical Structures and Change of
Weight, 136

Ray Society, a New Departure by the, 577

Rayleigh (Lord, F.R.S.), Proof of Van t' Hoff's. Osmotic
Theorem, F. G. Donnan, 53; on the Density of Carbonic
Oxide, Carbonic Anhydride and Nitrous Oxide, 208;
Röntgen Rays and Ordinary Light, 607

Re (Prof. Filippo), La Teoria dei Raggi Röntgen, 483
Rede Lecture, the, Recent Researches on Terrestrial Magnetism,
Prof. A. W. Rücker, F.R.S., 160, 180

Rediscovery of the Tile-Fish (Lopholatilus), Dr. A. Günther,
F.R.S., 53

Reed (F. R. Cowper), a Handbook to the Geology of Cam-
bridgeshire for the use of Students, 149

Reflecting Telescope, a Large, Rev. John Peate, 400
Reflecting Telescope, New Form of Mirror for a, 160

Reflecting Telescopes, Large Refracting and, W. J. S. Lockyer,

200

Reflectors, Electrolytic, Sherard Cowper-Coles, 419

Refracting and Reflecting Telescopes, Large, W. J. S. Lockyer,

200

Refraction of Electric Waves, the, Prof. Jagadis Chunder Bose,
353

Refractivities of Various Gases, the, Prof. W. Ramsay, F.R.S.,
and M. W. Travers, 189

Refrigerated Seeds, the Vitality of, 138, 150

Reid (Clement), Eocene Deposits of Devon, 551

Reid (F. J.), Growth of the Tubercle Bacillus at a Low Tem-
perature, 221

Reid (Prof. Waymouth), on Absorption in the Intestine, 18
Relation between Individual and Racial Variability, Edwin
Tenney Brewster, 16

Reliquary, the, and Illustrated Archeologist, 29

Remarkable Object, a, Rev. T. E. Espin, 400

Remlinger (Dr. P.), Artificial Communication of Typhoid by
Alimentary Tract, 179

Remy (M.), X-Ray Apparatus for Precise Determination of
Position of Projectiles in Cranium, 120

Reorganisation of the University of London, the, 297

Reptiles: the Temperatures of Reptiles, Monotremes, and
Marsupials, A. Sutherland, 67; Bipedal Lizards, W. Saville-
Kent, 341, 365

Resources, West Indian, D. Morris. 464

REVIEWS AND OUR BOOKSHELF :

Researches on Mimicry on the Basis of a Natural Classifica-
tion of the Papilionidæ, Dr. Erich Haase, 1, 25
A Memoir of William Pengelly, F. R.S., 4
Archaeological Studies among the Ancient Cities of Mexico,
W. H. Holmes, 6

Manuale del Chimico e dell' Industriale, Prof. Dr. L. Gabba,
7

La Fabbricazione dell' Acido Solforico, dell' Acido Nitrico,
del Solfato Sodico, dell' Acido Muriatico, Dr. V. Vender, 7

Organic Chemistry for the Laboratory, Prof. W. A. Noyes,
Dr. A. Harden, 29

The Reliquary and Illustrated Archæologist, 29

The Commercial Uses of Coal Gas, Thomas Fletcher, 29
The Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, being Lectures on
Mathematical Physics, A. G. Webster, 49

Lectures on Physiology, A. D. Waller, F.R.S., 50
Memories of the Months; being pages from the Note-book
of a Field Naturalist and Antiquary, to wit, Sir Herbert
Maxwell, Bart, 51

Notes on Micro-organisms Pathogenic to Man, Surgeon-
Captain B. H. S. Leumann, 52

The Winter Meteorology of Egypt and its Influence on
Disease, H. E. Leigh Canney, 52

Les Fours Electriques et leurs Applications, Ad. Minet, 53
Bibliography of X-Ray Literature and Research (1896-97),
53

Die Meteoriten in Sammlungen und ihre Literatur, nebst
einem Versuch den Tauschwert der Meteoriten zu bestim-
men, Dr. E. A. Wülfing, 53

Volcanoes of North America, Israel C. Russell, 73

Das Princip der Erhaltung der Energie und seine Anwendung
in der Naturlehre, Hans Januschke, Prof. G. H. Bryan,
F.R.S., 74

The Fertility of the Land, I. P. Roberts, 75
Crime and Criminals, J. Sanderson Christison, 75
Chauncy Maples, 76

Les Ballons-Sondes, M. de Fonvielle, 76

A Geological Map of the Southern Transvaal, F. H. Hatch,
77

Untersuchungen über das Erfrieren der Pflanzen, Prof. Dr.
Hans Molisch, 77

Random Shots at Birds and Men, Jim Crow, 77

A Text-book of Tea Planting and Manufacture, David Crole,
97

A History of Fowling, being an Account of the many Curious
Devices by which Wild Birds are or have been Captured
in Different Parts of the World, Rev. H. A. Macpherson,
98

Life Histories of American Insects, C. M. Weed, 99
The Röntgen Rays in Medical Work, David Walsh, 99
Air, Food and Exercises; an Essay on the Predisposing
Causes of Disease, A. Kabagliati, 99

Elementary Drawing, Elizabeth Moore Hallowell, 100
Botanisches Bilderbuch für Jung und Alt, Franz Bley, 100
Some Unrecognised Laws of Nature, Ignatius Singer and
Lewis H. Berens, 121

Philosophy of Knowledge, Prof. G. T. Ladd, 125

Bau und Leben unserer Waldbäume, Dr. M. Büsgen, Prof.
William Somerville, 126

Physiography for Advanced Students, A. T. Simmons, 126
Chemistry for Photographers, C. F. Townsend, 126

My Fourth Tour in Western Australia, A. F. Calvert, 126
The Principles of Chemistry, D. Mendeléeff, 145
Les Choses Naturelles dans Homère, Dr. A. Kums, 146
Gleanings from the Natural History of the Ancients, Rev. M.
G. Watkins, 146

The Works of Xenophon, H. G. Dakyns, 146

Aristotle on Youth and Old Age, Life and Death and Respira-
tion, W. Ogle, 146

The Capillary Electrometer, G. J. Burch, 148

A Handbook to the Geology of Cambridgeshire, for the Use
of Students, F. R. Cowper Reed, 149
Wild Traits in Tame Animals, Louis Robinson, 150
The Psychology of the Emotions, Th. Ribot, 150
The Founders of Geology, Sir Archibald Geikie, Prof. T.
McKenny Hughes, F. R.S,, 169

Memorials of William Cranch Bond and George Phillips
Bond, Edward S. Holden, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 171
Hints to Teachers and Students on the Choice of Geographical
Books for Reference and Reading, with Classified Lists,
Hugh Robert Mill, 172

Sleep, its Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene, and Psychology,
M. de Manacéine, 172

Lessons from Life, Animal and Human, Rev. Hugh Mac-
millan, 172

All about Animals, for Old and Young, 172

Motive Power and Gearing for Electrical Machinery, E.
Tremlett Carter, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 193

Masters of Medicine, John Hunter, Man of Science and
Surgeon, Stephen Paget, 194

The Journals of Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the
Royal Society, 195

Agricultural Chemistry, R. H. Adie and T. B. Wood, 196
Notions générales sur l'Écorce terrestre, Prof. A. De Lap-
parent, 196

The Dawn of Civilization: Egypt and Chaldæa, G. Maspero,
196

The Local Distribution of Electric Power in Workshops, &c.,
Ernest Kilburn Scott, 197

Memory and its Cultivation, F. W. Edridge-Green, 197
Illusions and Hallucinations, Edmund Parish, 197
Transactions of the Rochdale Literary and Scientific Society,
197

Les Constantes Physico-Chemiques, D. Sidersky, 197
By Roadside and River, H. Mead Briggs, 198

The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley, Sc. D.,
F.R.S., 217

The Outlines of Physics, Prof. E. L. Nichols, 218

Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics: Practical Acoustics,
C. L. Barnes, 218

The Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America, D. G. Elliot,
219

L'Eclairage à l'Acétylène, G. Pellissier, 219

Atlas der Himmelskunde auf Grundlage der Ergebnisse der
coelestischen Photographie, A. V. Schweiger-Lerchenfeld,

244

Annuaire de l'Observatoire municipal de Montsouris pour
l'Année 1898, 244

Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de
Genève, 244

Elementary Practical Physiography, John Thornton, 244
The Wealth and Progress of New South Wales, 1895-6, T.
A. Coghlan, 245

Vita Medica: Chapters of Medical Life and Work, Sir Ben-
jamin Ward Richardson, F. R.S., 265

The Concise Knowledge Astronomy, Agnes M. Clerke, A.
Fowler, J. Elland Gore, 266

Manuel d'analyse chimique appliquée, a l'examen des
produits industriels et commerciaux, Emile Fleurent, 267
First Book of Physical Geography, Ralph S. Tarr, 268
Arii e Italici, G. Sergi, 268

Laboratory Practice for Beginners in Botany, William A.
Setchell, 268

Premature Burial: Fact or Fiction, Dr. David Walsh, 292
Applied Mechanics, John Perry, F.R.S., Prof. J. A. Ewing,
F.R.S., 313

Memorials, Journal and Botanical Correspondence of Charles
Cardale Babington, 314

Papers and Notes on the Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond,
Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis, F.R.S., 315
Diamonds, William Crookes, F.R.S., 315

The Constitution and Functions of Gases, S. J. Corrigan, 316
A Run round the Empire, being the Log of Two Young
People who Circumnavigated the Globe, Alex. Hill, 316
Wild Flowers, and other Poems, James Rigg, 316
The Book of the Dead, E. A. Wallis Budge, F.S.A., 337
Die Farnkräuter der Erde, Dr. H. Christ, 338
The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells, 339
Introductory Course in Differential Equations, D. A. Murray,
340

Ordinary Differential Equations, James Morris Page, 340
Nature Study in Elementary Schools, Mrs. L. L. W. Wilson,
340

Botanical Microtechnique, Dr. A. Zimmerman, 340

Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform, H. Laing Gordon,
361

The Living Substance as such and as Organism, Gwendolen
Foulke Andrews, 362

Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum
(Natural History), H. M. Bernard, 363

Das Wachstum des Menschen, Dr. F. Daffnfr, 363
Beschreibung der Hauptmethoden, welche bei der Bestimmung
der Verbrennungswärme üblich sind, W. Longuinine, 364
Cheltenham as a Holiday Resort, S. S. Buckmann, 364
Nature's Diary, 364

The Magnetic Circuit, H. du Bois, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S.,
385

Audubon and his Journals, Maria R. Audubon, 386

Sewer Gas and its Influence upon Health, H. A. Roechling,
Mrs. Percy Frankland, 387

Chambers's Algebra for Schools, William Thomson, 388
Die Kraft und Materie im Raume, A. Turner, 388

The Observer's Atlas of the Heavens, William Peck, 388
The Works of Archimedes, T. L. Heath, 409

The Essentials of Experimental Physiology, T. G. Brodie,
410

L. Rütimeyer. Gesammelte Kleine Schriften allgemeinen
Inhalts aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaft, 411
Recherches expérimentales sur quelques Actinomètres Electro-
chimiques, H. Rigollot, 411

Neudrucke von Schriften und Karten über Meteorologie und
Erdmagnetismus, 412

Geometry for Beginners, G. M. Minchin. F.R.S., 433

Euclid's Elements of Geometry, Books I. and II., Charles
Smith, Sophie Bryant, 433

Whittaker's Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-Book, Philip R.
Björling. 434

Handbooks of Practical Science, G. H. Wyatt, 435

Science Handbooks for Laboratory and Class Room, J. G.
Kerr, 435

Quantitative Practical Chemistry, A. H. Mitchell, 435
Researches on Tuberculosis, Arthur Ransome, 435
The Electrician, 435

The Universal Electrical Directory, 435

A Flower Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand, Mrs.
Rowan, 436

Introduction to Chemical Methods of Clinical Diagnosis,
D. H. Tappeiner, 436

A Treatise on Chemistry, H. E. Roscoe and C. Schorlemmer,
457

Student's Guide to Submarine Cable Testing, H. K. C. Fischer
and J. C. H. Darby, 459.

The Lepidoptera of the British Islands, Charles G. Barrett,
W. F. Kirby, 460

A Suggested Improvement of the Current Theories of the
Tides, J. H. S. Moxly, 461

A Practical Physiology: a Text-book for Higher Schools,
Albert F. Blaisdell, 462

Die Photographische Praxis, Prof. H. W. Vogel, 462
The Miner's Arithmetic and Mensuration, Henry Davies,
462
Inspector-General Sir James Ranald Martin, F.R.S., by
Surgeon General Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bart., 462

June 16, 1898

The Chemistry of the Garden, Herbert H. Cousins, 463
The Naturalist's Directory, 1898, 463

The Teachers' Manual of Object Lessons in Domestic Economy,
Vincent T. Murché, 463

Storm and Sunshine in the Dales, P. H. Lockwood, 463
Masters of Medicine, William Harvey, D'Arcy Power, F.S. A.,
481

A History of Ancient Geography, H. F. Tozer, 482
La Teoria dei Raggi Röntgen, Prof. Filippo Re, 483

A Text-book on Applied Mechanics, Andrew Jamieson,
483

Twenty-first Annual Report (1896) of the Department of
Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana, W. S. Blatchley,
484

The Mines of New South Wales, 1897, C. W. Carpenter,
484

Kainogenesis als Ausdruck differenter phylogenetischer Ener-
gien, Dr. Ernst Mehnert, 505

Light Visible and Invisible, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson,
F.R.S., 506

Arbeiten des physikalisch chemischen Instituts der Univer-
sität Leipzig aus den Jahren 1887 bis 1896, Prof. W.
Ostwald, Dr. John Shields, 508

Archives of the Roentgen Ray Radiography in Marine
Zoology, R. Norris Wolfenden, 509

Practical Electricity and Magnetism, John Henderson, 509
La photographie et l'étude des nuages, Jacques Boyer, 509
Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 510
First Year of Scientific Knowledge, Paul Bert, 510
Who's Who, 1898, 510

Marcello Malpighi e l'opera sua, Scritti varii, Prof. M. Foster,
Sec. R. S., 529

Semitic Influence in Hellenic Mythology, with special refer-
ence to the Recent Mythological Works of the Right Hon.
Prof. F. Max Müller and Mr. Andrew Lang, R. Brown,
jun., 530

Programm und Forschungsmethoden der Entwicklungs-
mechanik der Organismen, leichtverständlich dargestellt,
Wilhelm Roux, 531

A Sketch of the Natural History (Vertebrates) of the British
Isles, F. G. Aflalo, 533

Canada's Metals, Prof. Roberts-Austen, F. R.S., 533
Hann, Hochstetter, Pokorny-Allgemeine Erdkunde, Fünfte,
neu bearbeitete Auflage, Ed. Brückner, 534
Elementary Botany, Percy Groom, 534

Alembic Club Reprints, No. 13, the Early History of
Chlorine, No. 14, Researches on Molecular Asymmetry,
534

Practical Toxicology for Physicians and Students, Prof. Dr.
Rudolf Kobert, 535

What is Life? Frederick Hovenden, 535

La Tuberculose et son Traitement hygiénique, Prosper
Merklen, 535

Marriage Customs in Many Lands, Rev. H. N. Hutchinson,
535

Habit and Instinct, C. Lloyd Morgan, 553

From Tonkin to India by the Sources of the Irawadi, Prince
Henri d'Orléans, 557

Report of Observations of Injurious Insects and Common
Farm Pests during the Year 1897, E. A. Ormerod, 558
Elements of Comparative Zoology, J. S. Kingsley, 559
The Tutorial Chemistry: Metals, G. H. Bailey, 559
The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe, Ernest Young, 559
The Western Australian Settler's Guide and Farmer's Hand-
book, 560

La Vie, E. Préaubert, 605

The Barometrical Determination of Heights, F. J. B. Cordeiro,
605

Laboratory Directions in General Biology, Harriet Randolph,
606

The Freezing-Point, Boiling-Point and Conductivity Methods,
Harry C. Jones, 606

Philip's Artistic Fruit Studies, R. H. Wright, 606
Philip's Artistic Animal Studies, H. A. K. Dickson, 606
Reynolds (S. H.), Geology of Lambay Island, 167
Reynolds (W. C.), Potassium Carbonate, 478

Rhodes (W. G.), the Theory of Alternating Currents, 454
Ribot (Th.), the Psychology of the Emotions, 150

Ricco (Prof. A.), the Geodynamic Observatory of Catania,
324

Rice (C. E.), Manganic Salts, 478

Richards (T. W.), Temperature-Coefficient of Potential of
Calomel Electrode, 104

Richardson, (Sir Benjamin Ward, F.R.S.), Vita Medica,
Chapters of Medical Life and Work, 265

Richet (Prof.), on the Refractory Period of the Bulbar and
Cerebral Nervous Centres in the Dog, 20

Richet (Charles), Influence of Intermittent Rest on Muscle-
power, 455

Richthofen (Freiherr von), the Spelling of Chinese Names,
545

Ricome (H.), Polymorphism of Branches in Inflorescences, 191
Ridewood (Dr. W. G.), Development of Hyobranchial Skeleton
of Alytes, 309

Rigg (James), Wild Flowers and other Poems, 316
Riggenbach (Prof.), Seven Years' Rainfall at Basle, 157
Rigollot (H.), Recherches expérimentales sur Quelque Actino-
mètres Electro-Chimiques, 411

Rinderpest Germ, the, MM. Nencki, Sieber and Wyznikiewicz,
13

Rinderpest, the Prevention and Cure of, 198
Rinderpest and Serotherapy in South Africa, 398
Ristenpart (Dr.) Comet Perrine, 519

River-Valleys and Escarpments off the British Coast, the Sub-
merged, Prof. Edward Hull, F. R.S, 484

River Valleys of the Bay of Biscay, Sub-Oceanic Terraces and,
Prof. Edward Hull, F. R.S., 582

Rizzo (Dr. G. B.), the Solar Constant, 205
Roadside and River, by, H. Mead Briggs, 198
Roberts (Isaac P.), the Fertility of the Land, 75
Roberts (Dr. Isaac), Astronomical Photography, 417
Roberts-Austen (Prof., F.R.S.), Canada's Metals, 533
Robinson (Arthur), Development of Posterior Aorta and Iliac
Arteries, 429

Robinson (Dr. Louis), Wild Traits in Tame Animals, 150
Robson (J.), Ferret and Trout, 300

Rochdale Literary and Scientific Society, Transactions of the,

197

Monographie, Dr. F. Hildebrand, 560

An Arithmetic for Schools, S. L. Loney, 560

Navigazione Aerea, Guglielmo N. Da Pra, 560
Lessons with Plants, L. H. Bailey, 561

Ethnological Studies among the North-West Central Queens-
land Aborigines, Walter E. Roth, 561
L'Electro-chimie, A. Minet, 561

The Tailless Batrachians of Europe, G. A. Boulenger, F. R.S.,
577

Recherches sur les Origines de l'Egypte, J. de Morgan, 578
The Flora of Berkshire, George Claridge Druce, 579
Wild Life in Southern Seas, Louis Becke, 580
Mediterranean, Malta, or Undulant Fever, M. Louis Hughes,
581

387.

Rogers (Prof. W. A.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 516
Romburgh (P. van), Volatile Products in Tropical Plants, 192
Röntgen Rays: Prof. Battelli, 544; Dr. Garbasso, 544; P. de
Heen, 544; Dr. R. Malagoli, 545; C. Bonacini, 545; M.
Villard, 545; Dr. J. R. von Geitler, 545; Method of
Reducing Time of Exposures, Gaston Séguy, 24; a New
Bianodic Bulb with a Red Phosphorescence, 24; Action on
Cutaneous Evaporation of, L. Lecercle, 24; the Röntgen
Society, 32; the Progress of Radiography, Prof. S. P.
Thompson, 32; Bibliography of X-Ray Literature and
Research, 53; Phenomena exhibited by Jackson Tubes,
William Webster, 80; Röntgen Rays in Medical Work, Dr.
David Walsh, 99; Gunshot Wounds and Röntgen Rays,