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An Elementary Course Of Practical Zoology. By The Late T.

Jeffery Parker, D.Sc., F.R.S., and W. N. Parker, Ph.D. With 156 Dlustrations. (Macmillan and Co. 103. 6d.)—The late Dr. Jeffery Parker and his brother had begun to arrange their......

Uses Of Finger-prints.

Classification and Uses of Finger - Prints. By E. R. Henry, C.S.I. (Indian Civil Service). (G. Routledge and Sons. 2s.)—Sir William Herschel introduced the use of finger-prints......

The Venetian Republic.

The Venetian Republic: its Rise, its Growth, and its Pull, 421- 1797. By W. Carew Hazlitt. 2 vols. (Adam and Charles Black. 42s.)—This huge work is practically a new history of......

Two Buried Cities.

The Mirage of Two Buried Cities. By John Fletcher Horne, M.D., F.R.S.E. (Hazell, Watson, and Viney. 10s. 6d.)—To some extent the present handsome volume is an amplification of a......

Flame, Electricity, And The Camer K.

Flame, Electricity, and the Camera. By George Iles. (Grant Richards. els. 6d.)—It is a far cry from the drawings on bone of the cave-men to photography in colour and the......

Christ The Truth : An Essay Towards The Organisation Of

Christian Thinking. By the Rev. William Medley, M.A., of Rawdon College. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—The aim of these lectures, delivered at the Regent's Park Baptist College under......

The Mineral Resources . Of The United States.

It has been said with much truth that" the geological resources of the United States include a greater variety of economically valuable substances than has 45 yet been found......