Quarterly List of Publications received for Review.

1. The World before the Deluge. By Louis Figuier. A new edition, the Geological portion carefully revised and much original matter added by Henry W. Bristow, F.R.S., containing 24 Full-page Illustrations of Extinct Animals and Ideal Landscapes of the Ancient World, designed by Riou; and 202 Figures of Animals, Plants, and other Fossil Remains and Restorations. Chapman & Hall.

2. The Vegetable World; being a History of Plants, with their Botanical Descriptions and Peculiar Properties. By Louis Figuier. Illustrated with 446 Engravings interspersed through the text, and 24 Full-page Illustrations, chiefly drawn from Nature, by M. Faguet, Illustrator to the Botanical Course of the Faculty of Sciences of Paris. Chapman & Hall.

3. Principles of Geology; or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as Illustrative of Geology. By Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., M.A., F.R.S. Tenth edition. Vol. I., with Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts. 680 pp. 8vo. John Murray.

4. Useful Information for Engineers. Third Series. By Wm. Fairbairn, C.E., LL.D., F.R.S., &c.

Longmans & Co.

5. Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects. By Sir John W. F. Herschel, Bart., K.H. 510 pp. Fcap. 8vo. Alexander Strahan.

6. Descriptive Astronomy. By George F. Chambers, F.R.A.S. 224 Illustrations. 850 pp. 8vo. Macmillan & Co.

7. Lectures on Public Health, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons. By E. D. Mapother, M.D., Professor of Hygiene, Medical Officer of Health, City of Dublin. Second edition. Engravings. 660 pp. Fcap. 8vo. Dublin: Fannin & Co.

8. Modern Arithmetic: A Treatise adapted for School Work and Private Study. By Rev. John Hunter, M.A., formerly VicePrincipal of the National Society's Training College, Battersea. 450 pp. Longmans, Green, & Co.

12mo.

9. Fecundity, Fertility, Sterility, and Allied Topics. By J. Matthews Duncan, A.M., M.D., Lecturer on Midwifery in Surgeons' Hall Medical School, Edinburgh. 380 pp. 8vo. A. & C. Black. 10. The Twin Records of Creation; or, Geology and Genesis: their Harmony and wonderful Concord. By Geo. W. Victor Le Vaux. With numerous Illustrations. 250 pp. Fcap. 8vo.

11. A Journey to Ashango-Land: and further Equatorial Africa. By Paul B. du Chaillu. Map. 500 pp. 8vo.

Lockwood & Co.

penetration into With Plates and John Murray.

12. Theoretical Astronomy, Examined and Exposed. By "Common Sense." 140 pp. 8vo.

Job Caudwell.

13. L'Année Scientifique et Industrielle. Par Louis Figuier.

Paris: Hachette & Co. 14. Les Merveilles de la Science, ou Description Populaire des Inventions Modernes. (Numerous illustrations.)

Paris: Furne, Jouvet & Cie.

15. The Elements. An Investigation of the Forces which determine the Position and Movements of the Ocean and Atmosphere. By W. L. Jordan. Vol. XI.

Longmans & Co.

16. Chemistry, Inorganic and Organic. With Experiments and a Comparison of Equivalent and Molecular Formulæ. By Charles Loudon Bloxam, Professor of Practical Chemistry in King's College, London. With 276 Wood Engravings. 700 pp. 8vo. J. Churchill & Sons.

17. Intercolonial Exhibition, 1866. Mining and Mineral Statistics. By R. Brough Smyth, F.G.S., Secretary of Mines for the Colony of Victoria. 40 pp. 8vo.

PAMPHLETS, PERIODICALS, PROCEEDINGS OF
SOCIETIES, &c.

Classification of the Functions of the Human Body, and the
Principles on which it rests. By Andrew Buchanan, M.D.,
Professor of Physiology in the University of Glasgow. 24 pp.,
8vo.
J. Churchill & Sons.

Sketch of the Mineralogy of Nova Scotia, as illustrated by the Collections of Minerals sent to the Paris Exhibition, 1867. By Professor How, D.C.L., University of King's College, Windsor, N.S. 6 pp. 8vo.

The Water Question; a Letter addressed (by permission) to the Right Hon. The Earl of Derby, K.G., &c., explaining a Proposal for the Supply of the Metropolis from the higher Source of the Thames in conjunction with the Storage of Surplus Waters. By J. Bailey Denton, C.E. London: Stanford.

Phases in the Developmental History of Infusorial Animal Life. By Jabez Hogg, M.R.C.S.

Tenth Annual Report of the Works executed by the Board of Works for the Whitechapel District.

From the Board,

On Ozone. By Charles Daubeny, M.D., F.R.S.

From the Author,

The Martindale Luminary. Broad Sheet.

From America.

The Development of Science among Nations. By Baron Justus Liebig, F.R.S. 32 pp. Demy 8vo. Edmonston & Douglas.

On the Recent Suspension by the Board of Trade of Cautionary Storm Warnings. By Joseph Baxendell, F.R.A.S. 4 pp. 8vo, Matter: Its Ministry to Life in Health and Disease, and Earth as the Natural Link between Organic and Inorganic Matter. By Thomas Hawksley, M.D. Lond. Churchill & Sons.

Comparisons of the Icebergs of Belle-Isle, with the Glaciers of Mont Blanc, with Reference to the Boulder-Clay of Canada. By J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Principal of McGill College.

On the Conditions of the Deposition of Coal, more especially as Illustrated by the Coal Formation of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. By J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S., &c.

The Evidence of Fossil Plants as to the Climate of the Post-pliocene Period in Canada. By J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S., &c.

Annual Report of the Miners' Association of Cornwall and Devonshire. By R. Hunt, F.R.S., Hon. Sec. Truro: Heard & Sons.

Notes for a History of Sanitary Legislation. By Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S. Chapman & Hall.

The Fourth Annual Report of the Coroner for the Central District of Middlesex. From Aug. 1, 1865, to July 31, 1866. By Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S.

'The Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Bill.

The Annual Report of the Improved Labourers' Dwellings Society. The Glacial Period in North America. By Thomas Belt, F.G.S. Revue Universelle des Mines, de la Métallurgie, &c. Bureaux: Paris, Rue St-Dominique-St-Germain, n° 11; Liége, Place St-Paul, no 6.

Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation. Paris: Masson.

Journal de Médecine Mentale.

Paris: Masson.

Le Mouvement Médical, Journal de Santé Publique. M. V. Groupy, 5, Rue Garancière.

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