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MISCELLANEOUS.-21 Manua/ of Human Physiology. By Leonard Hill. (E. Arnold.

6s.)—This volume, while made intelligible to the general reader, • will, of course, find its public for the most part among students of medicine, and for those employed in nursing. It is written by an expert, who is both a teacher and an examiner, and it has the advantage of being fully illustrated. —The Indian Eclipse, 1898. Edited by E. Walter Macender. (Hazell, Watson, and Viney. 5s.)—Thlee expeditions went out to observe the total eclipse of 1898, making Talni, Buxar, and Jeur their objective points. The record of their experiences and observations is given in this volume, and consists of the general account and of notes relating to special points of detail. The book is illustrated by a number of photographs of astronomical phenomena, scientific preparations, and scenes of ordinary life. —The Civil Code of Japan, Parts L and II. Translated by John Harrington Gubbins. (Maruya and Co., Tokio.)---The first part contains the Civil Code as it regards the ordinary transactions of business. Part II. is concerned with social status and obligations, such matters as marriage, kinship, inheritance, adoption (which goes for much in Japanese life), &c. The publi- cation is particularly apposite to the time.