18 APRIL 1908, Page 26

The Structure of the Cotton - Fibre. By F. H. Bowman, D.Sc.

(Macmillan and Co. Sc. 6d. net.)—Dr. Bowman gave a series of lectures on the "Structure of the Cotton-Fibre in its Relation to Technical Applications" as long ago as 1880. In 1884 he lectured on the "Structure of the Wool-Fibre" in the same aspect. These lectures were published. The volume before us reproduces the first of these publications, with the additions which the experience and research of more than a quarter of a century suggest. It is to be followed by a similar volume dealing with wool, and a third treating of silk. The utility of the series in technical education is obvious, and it will be sufficient for us to notice the fact of its appearance.