. This treats fully the subject of the phlogiston theory and
its influence in the development of chemistry. Muir, M. P.

Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry, London and New York,
1899. A popular account of the development of the phlogiston theory
from alchemy, giving explanations of the curious beliefs and methods of
working of the alchemists. Rodwell, G. F.

The Birth of Chemistry, London, 1874. Thompson, C. J. S.

The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy, in the Scientific
Press, London, 1897. This is very interesting and readable. Thompson, T.

The History of Chemistry, London, 1830, 1831. Waite, Arthur Edward.

Lives of Alchemisttcal Philosophers, London, 1888. A biographical
account of the most noted alchemists. This is very complete. Waite has
also collected a list of the principal works of the alchemists, this
list filling about thirty pages of fine print.

VIII.--GEOLOGY. BIOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY

American Geologist.

American Museum of Natural History Bulletins, New York.

A merican Naturalist.

Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (18 fr. per annum). A monthly bulletin of
the Pasteur Institute, containing mostly technical articles, but also
articles of interest to persons interested in problems of immunization
and immune sera.

Annales des sciences naturelles: zoologie et paleontologie, Paris.

Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including zoology, botany, and
geology. Monthly. London. A technical magazine. Of little interest to
the general reader.

Archiv fur Naturgeschichte. A journal of natural history published
bi-monthly at Berlin.

Archiv fur Rassen-und--Gesellschaft--Biologie einschliefslich
Rassen--und Gesell.-Hygiene.

Archives de biologie (quarterly), Liege.

Archives des sciences biologiques. St. Petersburg. Five numbers a year.

Archives Italiennes de biologie. Turin. Bi-monthly.

Biological Bulletin of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood's Holl,
Massachusetts. Published monthly by the laboratory. Managing editor,
Prank R. Lillie. Scientific and technical--very good.

Biologie generale des bacteries, by E. Bodin, professor of bacteriology,
University of Rennes, Paris, 1904. Price 2 It. 50. Studies of bacteria
in general treated in a semi-popular manner. Some new ideas prepared to
explain bacterial action in normal life--very good.--Revue Scientifique,
review, August, 1904.

Biometrika. A journal for the statistical study of biological problems
(quarterl