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Zoology.

A Manual of Zoology, for the Use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Zoology. By HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, M.D., D.Sc., F.L.S., F.G.S., Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. Seventh Edition, rewritten and greatly enlarged. Post 8vo, with 555 Engravings on Wood. Pp. 956. 18s.

"It is the best manual of zoology yet published, not merely in England, but in Europe."-Pall Mall Gazette.

"The best treatise on zoology in moderate compass that we possess."Lancet.

Text-Book of Zoology, for Junior Students. By

the SAME AUTHOR. Fifth Edition, rewritten and enlarged. Crown 8vo, with 358 Engravings on Wood. 10s. 6d.

"This capital introduction to natural history is illustrated and well got up in every way. We should be glad to see it generally used in schools."-Medical Press and Circular.

By

Introductory Text-Book of Zoology, for the Use of Junior Classes. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Professor NICHOLSON and ALEXANDER BROWN, M.A., M.B., B.Sc., Lecturer on Zoology in the University of Aberdeen. [In the press.

"Very suitable for junior classes in schools. There is no reason why any one should not become acquainted with the principles of the science, and the facts on which they are based, as set forth in this volume."-Lancet.

"Nothing can be better adapted to its object than this cheap and wellwritten Introduction."-London Quarterly Review.

Outlines of Natural History, for Beginners; being Descriptions of a Progressive Series of Zoological Types. By Professor NICHOLSON. Third Edition. With 52 Engravings.

1s. 6d.

"There has been no book since Patterson's well-known 'Zoology for Schools' that has so completely provided for the class to which it is addressed as the capital little volume by Dr Nicholson."-Popular Science Review.

Introduction to the Study of Biology.

By the

SAME AUTHOR. Crown 8vo, with numerous Engravings. 5s. "Admirably written and fairly illustrated, and brings within the compass of 160 pages the record of investigations and discoveries scattered over as many volumes. Seldom indeed do we find such subjects treated in a style at once so popular and yet so minutely accurate in scientific detail."-Scotsman.

Geology.

New Edition, Revised and Enlarged.

Introductory Text-Book of Geology. By Professor PAGE. New Edition, revised by Professor CHARLES LAPWORTH, LL.D., Mason Science College, Birmingham.

New Edition, Revised.

[In the press.

Advanced Text-Book of Geology, Descriptive and Industrial. By the SAME AUTHOR. Revised by Professor LAP[In preparation.

WORTH.

Tenth Edition.

The Geological Examinator. A Progressive Series of Questions, adapted to the Introductory and Advanced TextBooks of Geology. Prepared to assist Teachers in framing their Examinations, and Students in testing their own Progress and Proficiency. By the SAME. 9d.

Botany.

A Manual of Botany, Anatomical and Physiological. For the Use of Students. By ROBERT BROWN, M.A., PH.D., F.R.G.S. Crown 8vo, with numerous Illustrations. 12s. 6d.

"We have no hesitation in recommending this volume to our readers as being the best and most reliable of the many works on Botany yet issued..... His manual will, if we mistake not, be eagerly consulted and attentively studied by all those who take an interest in the science of botany."—Civil Service Gazette.

German.

For

A Handy Manual of German Literature. Schools, Civil Service Competitions, and University Local Examinations. By M. F. REID. Fcap. cloth, 3s.

A Treasury of the English and German LanGUAGES. Compiled from the best Authors and Lexicographers in both Languages. Adapted to the Use of Schools, Students, Travellers, and Men of Business; and forming a Companion to all German-English Dictionaries. By JOSEPH CAUVIN, LL.D. & PH.D., of the University of Göttingen, &c. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d.

Zoology.

A Manual of Zoology, for the Use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Zoology. By HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, M.D., D.Sc., F.L.S., F.G.S., Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. Seventh Edition, rewritten and greatly enlarged. Post 8vo, with 555 Engravings on Wood. Pp. 956. 18s.

"It is the best manual of zoology yet published, not merely in England, but in Europe."-Pall Mall Gazette.

"The best treatise on zoology in moderate compass that we possess. Lancet.

Text-Book of Zoology, for Junior Students. By

the SAME AUTHOR. Fifth Edition, rewritten and enlarged. Crown 8vo, with 358 Engravings on Wood. 10s. 6d.

"This capital introduction to natural history is illustrated and well got up in every way. We should be glad to see it generally used in schools."-Medical

Press and Circular.

Introductory Text-Book of Zoology, for the Use

of Junior Classes. New Edition, revised and enlarged. By
Professor NICHOLSON and ALEXANDER BROWN, M.A., M.B.,
B.Sc., Lecturer on Zoology in the University of Aberdeen.
[In the press.

"Very suitable for junior classes in schools. There is no reason why any one should not become acquainted with the principles of the science, and the facts on which they are based, as set forth in this volume."-Lancet.

"Nothing can be better adapted to its object than this cheap and wellwritten Introduction."-London Quarterly Review.

By

Outlines of Natural History, for Beginners; being Descriptions of a Progressive Series of Zoological Types. Professor NICHOLSON. Third Edition. With 52 Engravings. 1s. 6d.

"There has been no book since Patterson's well-known 'Zoology for Schools' that has so completely provided for the class to which it is addressed as the capital little volume by Dr Nicholson."-Popular Science Review.

Introduction to the Study of Biology. By the

SAME AUTHOR. Crown 8vo, with numerous Engravings.

5s.

"Admirably written and fairly illustrated, and brings within the compass of 160 pages the record of investigations and discoveries scattered over as many volumes. Seldom indeed do we find such subjects treated in a style at once so popular and yet so minutely accurate in scientific detail."-Scotsman.

Paleontology.

A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Paleontology. By Professor H. ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, Aberdeen, and RICHARD LYDEKKER, B.A., F.G.S., &c. Third Edition. Entirely rewritten and greatly enlarged. 2 vols. 8vo, with 1419 Engravings. 63s.

"The work furnishes the student with an excellent summary of the leading principles of palæontological science-by far the most complete which has ever been published in the English language-and any one who wishes to gain either a general knowledge of the past life of the earth, or a guiding key to any particular division, cannot do better than make use of its assistance."-Geological Magazine.

"This book will be found to be one of the best of guides to the principles of Palæontology and the study of organic remains."-Athenæum.

"The most comprehensive and valuable text-book yet published on the methods and results of paleontological research....... The whole subject of palæontology is treated with a singular fulness and richness of information, the result both of wide research and original investigation."-Scotsman.

The Ancient Life - History of the Earth. An Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Paleontological Science. By HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, M.D., D.Sc., F.L.S., F.G.S., Regius Professor in the University of Aberdeen. With a Glossary and Index. Crown 8vo, with 270 Engravings. 10s. 6d.

"As a text-book of the historical phase of paleontology it will be indispensable to students, whether specially pursuing geology or biology."—Quarterly Journal of Science.

"Scarcely any recommendation of ours can add to the interest with which all students in natural history will receive the present volume."—Athenæum.

Popular Chemistry.

Professor Johnston's Chemistry of Common Life. New Edition, revised and brought down to the present time. By A. H. CHURCH, M. A. Oxon., Author of 'Food, its Sources, Constituents, and Uses,' &c. With Maps and 102 Engravings. Crown 8vo, pp. 618. 7s. 6d.

"No popular scientific work that has ever been published has been more generally and deservedly appreciated than the late Professor Johnston's Chemistry of Common Life.' .....It remains unrivalled as a clear, interesting, comprehensive, and exact treatise upon the important subjects with which it deals."-Mark Lane Express.

"The established reputation of this volume is not merely maintained, but its value is considerably increased by the care with which every subject has been posted up to the date of publication."-Athenæum.

Agriculture.

Johnston's Elements of Agricultural ChemISTRY. From the Edition by Sir CHARLES A. CAMERON, M.D., F.R.C.S.I. Revised and brought down to date by C. M. AIKMAN, M. A., D.Sc., &c., Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow Veterinary College; Examiner in Chemistry, University of Glasgow, &c. 17th Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s. 6d.

"It would be a happy day, not merely for the agricultural interest, but for England in general, if farming were generally carried on in the light of the law laid down in these pages."-Chemical News.

Johnston's Catechism of Agricultural ChemISTRY. From the Edition by Sir C. A. CAMERON.

Revised and enlarged by Professor C. M. AIKMAN. With Engravings. 92nd Thousand. Crown 8vo, 1s.

"Should be in the hands of all students of agriculture, and practical farmers would derive great benefit from its perusal."-Schoolmaster.

Manures and the Principles of Manuring. By
Professor C. M. AIKMAN, M.A., D.Sc. Crown 8vo, 6s. 6d.
"Agreeably fresh in theory, and pleasant in the manner of expression......
An eminently useful work."-Farmer and Stockbreeder.

Farmyard Manure: Its Nature, Composition, and Treatment. By the SAME AUTHOR. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.

"The little manual before us will be found of great assistance in this study. It deals exhaustively with this subject, complex though it be, and says quite sufficient on every point of importance to enable any one of ordinary intelligence to arrive at just conclusions as to the source of value in his farmyard manure."-Agricultural Economist.

Stephens' Catechism of Practical Agriculture. Twenty-second Thousand, revised and largely rewritten by JAMES MACDONALD, F. R.S. E., Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural Society; Editor of the Sixth Edition of 'The Book of the Farm.' With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1s.

"For those who desire to know the elements of agriculture and the work and operations incidental to the four seasons,. .this capital shilling's worth will be found well suited."-Field.

A Manual of Agricultural Botany.

From the

German of Dr A. B. FRANK, Professor in the Royal Agricultural College, Berlin. Translated by JOHN W. PATERSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., Free Life Member of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. With over 100 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.

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