t in accord science and religion--a propos
du radium! --Revue Scientifique, July, 1904.

Lehrbuch der Physik, by Von O. D. Chwolson, St. Petersburg, 1904. 2
vols. out. First vol. covers general physics and mechanics. Second vol.
sound and radiant energy. "Excellent and quite comprehensive."--Science,
review.

Park, Benjamin.

The Intellectual Rise in Electricity, New York, 1895. This is a popular
account of the progress in the field of electricity from Gilbert to
Franklin.

Radium and all About It, by S. Bottone, London, 1904. Published by
Whittaker & Co. Price is. "An accurate account of the most important
phenomena."--Nature, June, 1904.

The Physical Review. A monthly journal of experimental and theoretical
physics. Published for Cornell University by the Macmillan Company. 263

Theory of Heat, by Thomas Preston, F.R.S. Second edition just out.
Macmillan & Co., 185.

VII.-CHEMISTRY

American Chemical Journal. Edited by Ira Remsen, president of Johns
Hopkins University. Published monthly at Baltimore, Maryland. Price $5
per annum. A strictly technical journal.

Bacon, Roger.

Mirror of Alchemy, and Admirable Power of Art and Nature, London, 1597.

Berthblot, P. E. M.

Introduction a l'etude de la chimie des anciens et du moyen age, Paris,
1889.

Les origines de l'alchimie, Paris, 1885.

Bulletin de la Societe Chimique de Paris. A monthly technical journal,
treating all phases of the science of chemistry.

Food Inspection and Analysis, by Albert E. Leach, S. B. (John Wiley &
Sons, N. Y., $7.50). Note. --This book is designed for the use of public
analysts, health officers, food economists, etc.

Hoefer, J. C. F.

Histoire de la chimie, Paris, 1866-1869. This gives biographical
sketches of many of the great chemists as well as the history of the
development of chemistry.

Jahresbericht uber die Fortschritte der Chemie. A journal of the
progress in chemistry, published irregularly in Brunswick.

Kopp, H.

Geschichte der Chemie (4 vols.), Brunswick, 1843-1847. This is an
exhaustive history of the development of chemistry.

Lehrbuch der Stereochemie, by A. Werner, Jena, 1904, price 10 m. "Should
be in the hands of every organic chemist."--Nature for August, 1904.

Lemoine, Y. F.

La vitalism et l'aminisme de Stahl, Paris, 1864. This discusses fully
Stahl's famous theories of matter and life. Meyer, E. von.

A History of Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Present Day,
London, 1898