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Some Books Of The - Mum [natise In Thie Column Does

not nmeuanly preclude uttaequ e nt ma i na l Though there is now a considerable literature upon place- names, the best works hitherto have dealt with special localities, and......

The Large Demand For Doctors Which Is Likely To Be

felt in the next few years, as an indirect result of the war, has directed attention to the many opportunities which the medical pro- fession now offers to women. In a timely......

A New Edition (the Sixteenth) Has Reached Us Of The

Beira Pharmacopeia (H. K. Lewis, 2 vols., 21e. net). It contains , numerous improvements, and has been revised in accordance with the new British Pharmacopeia published last......

Sir Hiram Maxim', Autobiography, Hy Life (methuen And...

net), is a chronicle of inventions, for the Maxim gun was only the climax of a long series of ingenious devices in many different branches of mechanical science. The volume......

The Psychological Laboratory At Bedford College Has...

of interesting papers chronicling some recent work done there on the general subject of "Memory, Association, and Thought Processes" The first of these Psychological Studies......

It Is Estimated That There Are To-day About Twelve Millions

of Jews in the whole world. Of these half live in Russia alone, while the remainder are scattered through practically every civilized country. In The Conquering .Tew (Cassell......

The Suitable Treatment Of Youthful Criminals Is Now...

be recognized as perhaps the fundamental problem with regard to crime and punishment It was in the United States that the first experiments were made with special Courts for the......

It Was With The Aim Of Making History A Living

subject in schools by means of constant local illustration that Mr. Ian C. Hannah began the excellent history of Norwich which he now publishes under the title of The Heart of......

David Douglas Was Well Known As An Exploring Botanist, And

made two journeys to North America in the course of the years 1823-1827 on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society. The Journal kept by him during his travels is now after......

We Have Received Volume Xiv. Of The Fourth Series Of

the Catalogue of Scientific Papers compiled by the Royal Society (Cambridge University Press, 22 108. net). The volume includes authors whose names begin with 0, D, E, and part......