10 SEPTEMBER 1921, Page 25

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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Edinburgh's Place in Scientific Progress. (Chambers. 6s. not.) t For the benefit of the members of the British Association meeting at Edinburgh a number of scientific) men, mostly connected with Edinburgh University, have combined to write short accounts of the work done for natural science in the Scottish capital. It is a large theme, but the authors do justice to it. The book is illustrated with portraits of Napier of Merchiston, Naamyth, Adam Smith, Hume, Lister, and others.