BOOKS RECEIVED

ENGLISH.--Chemistry: Prof. Attfield (Van Voorst).--Scenery of England and Wales: D. Mackintosh, F.G.S. (Longmans).--Practical Chemistry: Harcourt and Madan (Clarendon Press).--The Three Kingdoms of Nature: R. S. Haughton (Cassell).--Flora of Middlesex: Trimen and Dyer (Hardwicke).--Natural Philosophy in Easy Lessons: John Tyndall (Cassell).--Vegetable Physiology: Dr. Lankester (Cassell).--Our Bodies: E. A. Davidson (Cassell).--Scientific Chemistry: F. S. Barff (Groombridge).--Science of Heat: T. A. Orme (Groombridge).--Mechanical Philosophy: R. Wormell (Groombridge).How Crops Grow (Macmillan).--Travels in Central Africa: Mr. and Mrs Petherick (Tinsley).--New Tracks in North America: W. A. Bell (Chapman and Hall).--Intelligence of Animals: E. Menault (Cassell).Picture Natural History (Cassell).--Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria: R. Brough Smyth (Truabner and Co.).--The World of the Sea: A. Fredol (Cassell).--Prehistoric Times: Sir John Lubbock, Bart. (Williams and Norgate).--De la Rue and Co.'s Red Letter Diaries for 1870.--Natural History of British Moths: E. Newman (Tweedie).

AMERICAN.--The Mississippi Valley: J. W. Foster.--Production of Precious Metals: W. P. Blake.--Parsons on the Rose.--System of Mineralogy: Dana and Brush.--Guide to the Study of Insects: A. S. Packard. (Through Trubner and Co.)

FOREIGN.--Echinides: Cotteau et Triger (with atlas).--Ueber Batrachier: Keferstein.--Protozoe Helvetica: W. A. and C. von F. Ooster.--Die Elliptischen Functionen: Hattendorff.--Lecons de Chimie: Alfred Riche.--Der Cultur--Ingenieur: vol. ii. part 2.--Die Chinacultur auf Java: van Gorkom.--Handbuch der Edelsteinkunde: Schrauf.--Die internationale Einigung durch das metrische System: C. Bopp.Landwirthschaftliche Zoologie: Giebel.--Bibliotheque des Sciences naturelles (Zoologie): Gervais et Sauvage.--Erratische Bildungen im Aargau: Muhlberg.--Bergbaukunde (2 vols.): Lottner (posthumous).--Zur Kenntniss der Bryozoen: Nitsche.--Vierteljahrsschrift fur offentliche Gesundheitopflege: vol. i. part 3.--Dictionnaire technologique: Kumpf et Mothes (vols. i. iii). (Through Williams and Norgate: Asher and Co.).