NEW EDITIONS.—The Story of the Comets. By George F. Chambers.
(The Clarendon Press. 6s. not.)—Mr. Chambers's book has had a gratifying reception. Published about this time last year, it is now in a second edition. The author has taken advantage of the opportunity to make a few corrections ; but he has not had time to complete the story of the latest return of Halley's Comet. There is a gloomy satisfaction in finding that a practised observer of the heavens saw no more of the visitor than did the outside multitude. On the other side ef the world star- gazers had better luck. There has not been time to receive the scientific accounts, but a private letter to Mr. Chambers is very enthusiastic. "Here every one has gone mad, and we nearly all get up at 4 a.m. and sit and gaze at it till it gets light. It is the most wonderful thing ever seen."—Baedeker's Holland and Belgium. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—A "fifteenth edition," revised and enlarged.—How to Live. By Richard Caton, M.D. (Northern Publishing Company, Liverpool. 1d.)—Rosaere Papers. By Edward Thomas. (Duckworth and Co. 2s. (Id. net.)
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