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SEA LILIES. BY PROFESSOR WYVILLE THOMSON, LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.G.S.,

M.R.I.A., etc. With a Tinted Plate

MISSING CHAPTERS OF GEOLOGICAL HISTORY. By PROFESSOR D. T.

ANSTED, F.R.S.

ON THE RESTING SPORES OF CERTAIN FUNGI. By the Rev. M. J. BERKE-

LEY, M.A., F.L.S. With a Tinted Plate.....

BROWNING'S NEW ANEROID BAROMETER

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RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE KEW

OBSERVATORY. By G. M. WHIPPLE

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DOUBLE STARS.-COLOURS OF STARS. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M.,

F.R.A.S.

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COLOURS OF STARS.-CLUSTERS AND NEBULE. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB,

A.M., F.R.A.S.

THE SWAN-MUSSEL AND ITS ANATOMY. By the Rev. W. HOUGHTON,

M.A., F.L.S. With a Tinted Plate.....

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AIDS TO MICROSCOPIC INQUIRY.-II. CAPILLARY AND SURFACE ACTIONS...

STANDARD GOLD AND SILVER TRIAL PLATES. By JOSEPH NEWTON

ON COLOURED VISION PRODUCED BY SANTONINE. By Dr. PHIPSON, F.C.S.

London, etc.

INSTINCTS AND HABITS OF BEES. BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD

ATTEMPTS TO FORETELL THE WEATHER...

ANGLO-SAXON POTTERY. BY THOMAS WRIGHT, F.S.A. With a Coloured

Plate and other Illustrations........

Ross's NEW ONE-TWELFTH.-THE REQUISITES FOR HIGH POWERS

COMETS. By G. F. CHAMBERS..

EPHEMERA, THE MAY-FLY. By the Rev. W. HOUGHTON, M.A., F.L.S.

With Two Plates....

THE THREAD-MOSSES. By M. G. CAMPBELL. With an Illustration.........

AIDS TO MICROSCOPIC INQUIRY.-III. HEAT AND ORGANIZATION.......

THE RHINOCEROS IN BHOTAN. By R. C. BEAVAN, Lieut. Bengal Survey...

IRISH VOLCANOES. BY PROFESSOR D. T. ANSTED, F.R.S.

NATURAL HISTORY OF ENTOZOA. With Illustrations

ON CONSTRUCTING GEOLOGICAL MODELS. By the Rev. J. D. LA TOUCHE..

THE BERTHON TELESCOPE STAND. With an Illustration...

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THE NORTH-WEST LUNAR LIMB.-CLUSTERS AND NEBULA.-OCCULTA-

TIONS. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S.

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PRINCIPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY. By J. W. M'GAULEY.......

ROMAN SAMIAN WARE. BY THOMAS WRIGHT, F.S.A. With a Coloured

Plate and other Illustrations

SPECTROSCOPE APPARATUS. With an Illustration

RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE KEW

OBSERVATORY. By G. M. WHIPPLE.

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VEGETABLE MORTARS. By the Rev. M. J. BERKELEY, M.A., F.L.S. With

a Tinted Plate...

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THE NORTH-WEST LUNAR LIMB (continued).—THE ACHROMATIC TELESCOPE

-OCOULTATION. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S............ 257

LOST IN THE BUSH. By the "OLD BUSHMAN

EXPERIMENTS IN CRYSTALLIZATION

THE PRODUCTION AND WASTE OF MONEY. BY JOSEPH NEWTON

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MIMETIC ANALOGY. By W. B. TEGETMEIER. With a Coloured Plate

AN INDIAN BUILDING INSECT (PELOPOUS MADRASPATANUS). By R. C.

BEAVAN, Lieut. Bengal Survey.

POWELL AND LEALAND'S TH

A BALCONY OBSERVATORY. By HENRY J. SLACK, F.G.S.

BEE-KEEPING, BY "THE TIMES" BEE MASTER........

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HABITS OF THE DIADEM SPIDER. By JONATHAN COUCH, F.L.S., etc.

THE DAGUERREOTYPE PHOTOGRAPHY-PROCESSES AND PRECAUTIONS. By

J. W. M'GAULEY

COMETS. By G. F. CHAMBERS

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THE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. BY THOMAS

WRIGHT, F.S.A....

DR. BEALE'S PREPARATIONS FOR THE MICROSCOPE

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327

THE JUNGERMANNIA SECTION OR GENUS OF LIVERWORTS, FRUITING IN THE

WINTER MONTHS, By M. G. CAMPBELJ. With Two Illustrations ... 330

THE PARASITES OF THE COCKROACH. By E. Ray LanKESTER. With a

Tinted Plate...

CLUSTERS AND NEBULE.-DOUBLE STARS.-THE PLANET MARS.-OCCUL-

TATIONS. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S..

THE DECAY OF WOOD CARVINGS

ON THE INFLUENCE OF WATER AND ICE IN FORMING THE PHYSICAL FEA-

TURES OF THE EARTH. BY PROFESSOR D. T. ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S

ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION..

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COMETS. AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE COMETS WHOSE ORBITS HAVE NOT

BEEN CALCULATED. By G. F. CHAMBERS

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CELESTIAL CHEMISTRY, AND THE PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE STARS

AND NEBULE. By THOMAS W. BURR, F.R.A.S., F.CS.

Coloured Plate

With a

387

ON THE FORMATION OF BOTTOM ICE IN SALT AND FRESH WATER.

lated from the Swedish by "AN OLD BUSHMAN"

Trans-

405

THE THICK COAL OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. By J. JONES, Sec. Dudley

Geological Society

412

NOTES ON SOME OF THE SMALLER RODENTS FOUND IN NORTH-WEST

AMERICA. By J. K. LORD, F.Z.S.

417

THE GREAT WATER-BEETLE (Dyticus marginalis). By Rev. W. HOUGHTON,

M.A., F.L.S. With a Tinted Plate...

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AIDS TO MICROSCOPIC INQUIRY.-IV. NOTES ON ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

CRYSTALS FOR THE MICRO-POLARISCOPE. By HARRY NAPIER DRAPER,

F.C.S.

SUBSTITUTES FOR AN OBSERVATORY. By the Rev. N. S. HEINEKEN

HERSCHEL'S CATALOGUE OF NEBULE.-THE ACHROMATIC TELESCOPE.-

THE PLANETS OF THE MONTH.-OCCULTATIONS. By the Rev. T. W.

WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S...

LITERARY NOTICES.-Quatrefages' " Metamorphoses of Man," 137; Abbott's
'Sight and Touch," 138; Commander Maury's Physical Geo-
graphy," 140; Page's "Text Book of Physical Geography," 141;
Wood's "Homes without Hands," 141, 380; Russell's "The Salmon,"
141; Dr. Thomson's "Wayside Weeds," 142; Darling's "Metric
Tables," 142; Ramsey's "Geology and Geography of Britain," 142;
Temple's "The Temple Anecdotes," 143; Danby's " Astronomical
Observer," 378; Dr. Hodgson's "Education of Girls," 379; Grindon's
"British Botany," 379; "Astronomical Register," 379;
"Canadian
Naturalist," 380; "Anthropological Review "

ARCHEOLOGIA.-Discoveries at Bath and Richborough, 217; Barrows in

Yorkshire and Scotland, Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Sarr, 300; Kitchen

Middens of Caithness, 456; Remains found in early cist at Muckle

Heog, 457; Excavations at Jewry Wall, Leicester

PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES.-Anthropological, 381, 461; British
Association, 219, 302; Bristol Naturalists', 65; Chemical, 381; Ento-
mological, 63; Ethnological, 64; Geographical, 62, 382, 462; Geolo-
gical, 62, 459; Geological of Glasgow, 459; Linnean

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