Legends of the Lincolnshire Cars.—Part II

The Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births. Translated from the Pali by various hands under the Editorship of Professor E. B. Cowell. Vol. II. translated by W. H. D. Rouse, M.A., 1895. Vol. III. translated by H. T. Francis, M.A., and R. A. Neil, M.A., 1897. Cambridge: University Press. By Joseph Jacobs.

The Cults of the Greek States. By L. R. Farnell. In Three Volumes. Clarendon Press. Vols. I. and II. 1896.

Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London. Supplement I. Nihongi, Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Translated from the original Chinese and Japanese by W. G. Aston, C.M.G. Vol. II. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, &; Co., Limited. 1896.

The Book of Wonder Voyages. Edited by Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by John D. Batten. London: D. Nutt, 1896.

The North-Western Provinces of India, their History, Ethnology, and Administration. By W. Crooke. London : Methuen &; Co., 1897.

The Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India. By W. Crooke, B.A. 2 vols. New Edition. Westminster: Archibald Constable &; Co., 1896.

Greek Folk-Poesy. Annotated Translations from the whole Cycle of Romaic Folk-Verse and Folk-Prose. By Lucy M. J. Garnett. Edited, with Essays on the Science of Folklore, Greek Folkspeech, and the Survival of Paganism, by J. S. Stuart-Glennie, M.A. 2 vols. London : David Nutt, 1896.     

The amplitude of auroral backscatter—III. Effect of tilted ionospheric layer

The effect of tilting of the E-layer on auroral backscatter is considered for the conditions applying in the vicinity of an auroral arc. Tilting modifies the degree of refraction, sometimes causing internal reflection, and this can explain a number of previously anomalous phenomena observed in auroral backscatter, including strong backscatter at apparently large aspect angles. As a result of tilts, refraction effects may be relevant over a wider range of frequencies than considered in the past, and the apparent aspect sensitivity and altitude of backscattered signals should be re-examined carefully.     

The breakdown of the educational system of the G.D.R. in 1989—Problems of restructuring public education

The disappearance of an apparently well-established European state within one year—sudden, unexpected, and self-imposed—probably presents an event without parallels in European history. In educational history, too, there may be few examples of bringing together the structures of two very different educational systems after four decades of separate development.     

Computer simulations of the ionospheric equatorial anomaly in East Asia for equinoctial,solar minimum conditions. Part I—Formulation of model

A new quasi three-dimensional, time-dependent meridional continuity equation for ionization in the ionospheric F-region, taking into account production, loss, electromagnetic and wind drifts, has been derived. This was coupled to the momentum equations for horizontal neutral winds so as to obtain a self consistent solution for the effects of neutral winds on the low-latitude distribution of ionization throughout East Asia. For simplicity, the non-linear inertia terms have been neglected in the wind calculations. The numerical scheme used for solving the coupled equations is given and the selection of input parameters to the numerical model discussed.     

Legislation has safeguarded the self-determination of Tibetan people——Interviewing Mr.Leque,the Chairman of the People s Congress of TAR

My last interview of Mr.Leque was when he was the Chairman of the Government of Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR).As time went by,Mr.Leque became the Chairman of the People's Congress of TAR.Following the custom,I paid my respects by presenting a delicate Karta whereupon,he gracefully gifted me another in return.Talking and laughing between us put me at ease and then led naturally into my questions.     

Geomagnetically quiet day ionospheric currents over the Indian sector—III. Counter equatorial electrojet currents

Counter equatorial electrojet (CEJ) occurring at all hours from 0700 to 1700 h LT in the Indian sector have been studied. The percentage occurrence of morning and afternoon CEJ in each hour and each season are given and discussed. The first quantitative determinations of eight landmark parameters that depict the structures of hourly latitudinal profiles of CEJ current have been presented and discussed.These are the peak height integrated forward current density (or intensity) at the centre of the current, the peak return current intensity, the ratio of the peak return to the peak forward current intensity, the total forward current, the dip latitude of the current centre, the distance of the focus from the current centre, the distance of the peak return current intensity from the centre, and the latitudinal extent of the current. They reveal new and interesting features of diurnal and seasonal variations, and marked contrasts between morning and afternoon CEJ. Other evidences support our focal distance w of CEJ. Comparison with equatorial electrojet (EEJ) shows that five of the parameters are similar for EEJ and morning CEJ but substantially different for afternoon CEJ. The counter worldwide part of Sq currents have also been compared with CEJ.     

The neuroscience of Helmholtz and the theories of Johannes Müller. Part 2: Sensation and perception

In this, our continuation paper on Helmholtz and Müller, we examine Helmholtz's contributions to sensation and perception, with emphasis on his extension and modification of Müller's theory of specific nerve energies. The material is again presented in biographical-chronological context. We also examine Helmholtz's views on depth and space perception, and his empirical theory of knowledge, which are also compared to Müller's views. It will be shown that Helmholtz remained stimulated by the thoughts and doctrines of Johannes Müller in the sensory-perceptual part of his career, which began early in the 1850s and ended with his death. Nevertheless, Helmholtz's own experiments and new discoveries by others sometimes led him to quite different conclusions.     

A HISTORICAL MONUMENT ON HEAVEN'S ROAD——Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Archaeological Survey along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway(Part Three)

<正>V.Animal Skulls and Suppression of Evil Spirits As the sacrificial pits Nos.2,3,and 4 were excavated,more peculiar archaeological findings were unveiled in front of us.Underneath pit No.2,beneath two layers of stone chips,sixteen sets of animal skeletons,mostly skulls,with a small amount of